Senior Delivery Manager — Multi-Project Leadership

3Cloud; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work location

401(K) with match

Generous PTO

Medical plan options

Vision and dental coverage

Life and disability insurance

Home office allowance

Bonuses

Job summary

3Cloud, A Cognizant Company, is seeking a Delivery Manager to coordinate delivery across multiple projects, mentor Lead Project Managers, and drive governance, risk management, and client outcomes. This role leads cross‑team collaboration and tailors delivery methods to each engagement.

The position is remote-first within the US, offering strong compensation and benefits. Travel up to 20% may be required; candidates should have 5–7 years of consulting or delivery experience and experience with

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of consulting or delivery experience.
• 5–7 years of Agile / delivery methodology experience.
• Proven ability to lead multiple teams or projects simultaneously.
• Strong delivery governance and risk management experience.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar work-management tools.

Responsibilities

• You own delivery health across multiple concurrent engagements, ensuring consistent execution, predictable reporting, and effective management of cross-team dependencies and risks.
• Own delivery across multiple concurrent engagements or workstreams.
• Ensure consistency in delivery execution and reporting across teams.
• Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, and escalations to keep delivery on track.
• Assess parallel or competing change initiatives that may cause change saturation, and develop strategies to minimize delivery risk.
• You grow the capability of the delivery organization by mentoring Lead Project Managers and delivery teams, and by helping shape the standards that the broader Delivery Management community operates against.
• Mentor Lead Project Managers and delivery teams on delivery practices and client engagement.
• Model servant leadership and provide frequent, honest feedback that helps team members grow.
• Contribute to community leadership and the development of delivery standards across the practice.
• Establish clear performance standards aligned to outcomes, recognize strong performance, and address performance gaps through structured, outcome-focused conversations.
• You bring judgment to selecting and applying the right delivery methodology for each engagement, and you continuously raise the bar on delivery efficiency and process maturity.
• Assess and apply appropriate delivery methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid) based on engagement context.
• Drive process improvement and delivery efficiency across teams and engagements.
• You act as a consultative partner and internal advocate for clients, providing strategic guidance, aligning stakeholders, and resolving conflict to keep delivery and client outcomes in lockstep across multiple engagements.
• Provide strategic, consultative guidance to clients, leveraging industry experience and best practices to help them achieve their business objectives.
• Advocate for clients internally, ensuring their needs and concerns are addressed effectively by cross-functional teams such as sales, operations, and support.
• Support stakeholder alignment and lead conflict resolution across client and internal teams.
• You contribute to growth by supporting scoping, estimation, and delivery planning for new and expanding engagements.
• Support scoping, estimation, and delivery planning during pre-sales activities.
• Partner with account and solution teams to ensure delivery readiness at engagement kickoff.

Skills

Delivery management

Agile delivery

Risk management

Leadership

Cross-team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

3Cloud, A Cognizant Company, is seeking a Delivery Manager to coordinate delivery across multiple projects, mentor Lead Project Managers, and drive governance, risk management, and client outcomes. This role leads cross‑team collaboration and tailors delivery methods to each engagement.

The position is remote-first within the US, offering strong compensation and benefits. Travel up to 20% may be required; candidates should have 5–7 years of consulting or delivery experience and experience with