Senior Technical Delivery Director

Horizontal Talent; Chicago (IL); Ibrido; USD 175.000 - 195.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Horizontal Talent seeks a Technical Director to lead account delivery for a high‑impact client engagement. This senior technical leader ensures delivery quality, directs architecture, and drives client success across multiple workstreams.

The role blends hands‑on leadership with delivery oversight, coordinating with delivery managers, architects, and product managers while guiding budgets, change orders, and staffing. Travel to client sites is expected.

Competenze

• 12-15 years of technology delivery with leadership roles.
• Strong technical background to guide architecture decisions.
• Experience leading large, multi-workstream engagements.
• Experience managing distributed onshore and offshore teams.
• Excellent communication for executive and technical audiences.
• Hands-on with AI-assisted development and quality controls.
• Willingness to travel monthly to client sites.

Mansioni

• Act as the primary technical contact for senior client stakeholders.
• Own end-to-end delivery performance across scope, schedule, quality.
• Set clear quality standards for delivery, reviews, testing, releases.
• Lead Technical Delivery Managers, PMs, Architects, and Product Managers.
• Provide final technical direction for solution design and tech decisions.
• Participate in architecture reviews and solution shaping.
• Resolve escalations quickly with client and team.
• Oversee AI-assisted development and related risk controls.
• Coach and mentor team members to grow delivery capability.
• Partner on staffing, resource planning, and cross-team coordination.
• Collaborate on margins, budgets, SOWs, and change orders.
• Identify expansion opportunities and support business growth.

Conoscenze

Delivery leadership

Technical background

Multi-workstream

Distributed teams

Budgets & margins

Executive communication

Mentoring

AI-enabled delivery

Travel readiness

Descrizione del lavoro

Horizontal Talent seeks a Technical Director to lead account delivery for a high‑impact client engagement. This senior technical leader ensures delivery quality, directs architecture, and drives client success across multiple workstreams.

The role blends hands‑on leadership with delivery oversight, coordinating with delivery managers, architects, and product managers while guiding budgets, change orders, and staffing. Travel to client sites is expected.