Senior Delivery Leader: Agile IT & Product Delivery

Comunidade Metodista; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, IA is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to lead software delivery across one or more agile teams within the IT Service Center BU Enablement group. You will shape release plans, sprint schedules, and execution, driving stability, scalability, and efficiency through collaboration.

As a formal leader, you will champion customer-centric product development and foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation across the organization.

Qualifications

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) and 8+ years work experience or equivalent experience
• 7+ years experience managing software/application development projects
• Strong leadership experience
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, activities and tasks under time constraints
• Ability to connect with executives and stakeholders regarding issues of project scope and status
• Advanced planning/organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making, presentation, and communication skills
• Ability to work on cross-functional teams and collaborate with both IT and non-IT partners

Responsibilities

• Lead, design, and influence Lean, Product, and Technology practices with business partners, driving alignment and adoption across the enterprise. This includes championing modern engineering practices such as Test-Driven Development (TDD), DevOps, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
• Establish good relationships across the enterprise to create a more efficient and effective delivery system, enabling the team to deliver high-value software solutions
• Partner with Product Managers to define roadmaps and translate them into clear, customer-centric user stories
• Serve as an advocate for experimentation, continuous improvement, and data-informed decision-making
• Work across the value stream to cultivate a product mindset, guiding teams in adopting product development techniques that integrate real-time feedback loops
• Identify and recommend solutions to improve the tools, processes, and methods used in software development. Encourage a learning culture that embraces change
• Define, orchestrate, and lead all aspects of the product delivery lifecycle, including release planning, sprint cadence, and milestone execution across multiple agile teams
• Establish and track key success metrics (e.g., cycle time, throughput, team velocity, and deployment frequency) to continuously improve team effectiveness and delivery efficiency. Use data to identify opportunities for growth and drive performance improvements

Skills

Leadership

Agile delivery

DevOps

Test-Driven Development (TDD)

CI/CD

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-informed decision making

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field)

Job description

Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, IA is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to lead software delivery across one or more agile teams within the IT Service Center BU Enablement group. You will shape release plans, sprint schedules, and execution, driving stability, scalability, and efficiency through collaboration.

As a formal leader, you will champion customer-centric product development and foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation across the organization.