Senior Delivery Manager — Government IT Lead

State of Colorado; Colorado; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) in Colorado seeks a Senior Delivery Manager to partner with agencies in delivering innovative public services. You will lead cross-functional pod teams, manage delivery momentum, and drive continuous improvement across the SDLC, from discovery to live service.

You will work closely with the Director of Technology and Senior Delivery Engineer to align priorities and ensure timely, high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in modern technology delivery models.
• Experience across design, engineering, product, or operations to ship usable solutions.
• Two or more years managing agile delivery work in Jira, including configuring projects, boards, workflows, and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the OIT pod, leading sprint planning, standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Coordinate at portfolio level across CDEC teams and vendors to produce an integrated roadmap.
• Remove blockers by addressing organizational, contractual, and technical obstacles and documenting solutions.
• Own delivery by tailoring the SDLC from discovery through live service and continuous improvement.
• Partner with senior leaders to manage priorities and track commitments for focused technical direction.
• Review and simplify processes that no longer serve the team.
• Triage requests between OIT and CDEC, ensuring timely responses and status updates to leadership.
• Monitor delivery capacity and communicate needs to the pod leader.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile delivery

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Jira

Job description

Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) in Colorado seeks a Senior Delivery Manager to partner with agencies in delivering innovative public services. You will lead cross-functional pod teams, manage delivery momentum, and drive continuous improvement across the SDLC, from discovery to live service.

You will work closely with the Director of Technology and Senior Delivery Engineer to align priorities and ensure timely, high-quality outcomes.