Senior IT Delivery Manager — Agile Projects & Strategy

Compunnel Inc.; Merrimack (NH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Compunnel, Inc. is looking for an experienced IT Project Manager to support technology projects and delivery teams. The ideal candidate will have 8-10 years in project management roles and a Bachelor's in Business or related fields.

This position involves significant responsibilities, including aligning project objectives with business strategies, managing complex project timelines, and implementing delivery processes to enhance efficiency.

Strong expertise in frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, and Six Sigma is essential.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in project or delivery management roles.
• Experience supporting technology delivery teams in a large enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Align project scope, objectives, and roadmaps with business strategy.
• Lead complex projects and manage cross-enterprise workstreams.
• Track delivery health and report to stakeholders.
• Implement delivery processes to improve predictability and efficiency.

Skills

Project Planning & Roadmap Development

Delivery Management

Risk & Dependency Management

Stakeholder Communication & Influence

Data-Driven Process Improvement

Change Leadership & Adaptability

Iterative Delivery Frameworks

Software Development Lifecycle Knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, or related field

Job description

JOB SUMMARY
The IT Project Manager supports one or more technology projects and/or delivery teams, partnering with product, program, and engineering/technology leaders to embed modern iterative delivery practices and principles into day-to-day work. This role is accountable for assessing and determining project prioritization, ensuring project delivery, and modeling client leadership behaviors and adaptive ways of working to help evolve and sustain an innovative, collaborative culture.

Key Responsibilities
• **Planning & Coordination:**
• Align project scope, objectives, and roadmaps with product, business, and technology strategy.
• Manage one or more complex projects, including BU-specific and cross-enterprise workstreams, incorporating business strategy.
• Partner with product, program, and technology leaders to create plans, identify risks and dependencies, and define release schedules.
• Maintain project documentation and ensure transparency through structured communication channels.
• **Execution & Delivery Management:**
• Lead and manage events to support backlog prioritization, planning, and execution across multiple projects or complex initiatives, including cross-BU workstreams.
• Track and report delivery health to stakeholders using leading and lagging indicators.
• Facilitate trade-off discussions using empirical delivery data to ensure milestone achievement.
• Drive shared accountability for delivery against capacity, quality standards, and business value.
• Identify, manage, and communicate risks and dependencies.
• Coordinate internal and external communications and training plans to support project execution.
• **Continuous Improvement & Predictability:**
• Implement and refine delivery processes using data insights and historical trends to improve predictability and efficiency.
• Optimize workflows and work sequencing for continuous delivery and reduced context switching.
• Identify lifecycle-based strategy updates and improvements.
• **Technology & Quality Oversight:**
• Motivate and guide teams with a clear vision and purpose, fostering ownership and accountability.
• Support team formation, training, and continuous improvement through feedback and learning opportunities.
• Enforce engineering excellence by managing quality standards, technical debt, incidents, and change processes.
• Accountable for effective and integrated release management, ensuring readiness across teams, and clear communication.

Required Qualifications
• **Experience & Education:**
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8-10 years of experience in project or delivery management roles.
• Experience supporting technology delivery teams in a large enterprise environment.
• **Project & Professional Capabilities:**
• Project Planning & Roadmap Development: Ability to define scope, objectives, and timelines aligned with business goals.
• Delivery Management: Expertise in managing schedules, resources, and budgets for complex projects.
• Risk & Dependency Management: Skill in identifying risks, managing dependencies, and ensuring release readiness.
• Data-Driven Process Improvement: Using metrics and trends to optimize delivery predictability and efficiency.
• Stakeholder Communication & Influence: Providing transparency and aligning diverse stakeholders.
• Performance Monitoring & KPI Management: Tracking delivery health and reporting progress against milestones.
• Change Leadership & Adaptability: Driving adoption of modern delivery practices and fostering innovation.
• Iterative Delivery Frameworks: Deep understanding of frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, SaFE, Lean, Six Sigma, etc.
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Knowledge: Deep understanding of the phases from requirements to deployment, and the systematic implications of challenges across the lifecycle.

Certifications
None specified in the provided description.