Technical Director

Bounteous; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Bounteous is seeking a Tech Delivery Leader to act as the senior-most executive on the ground for the account, owning end-to-end delivery across every workstream and representing the client to CTO/VP-Technical leadership.

The role requires on-site presence with client teams, governance of schedule, budget, quality, and margin, and mentorship of delivery managers, architects, and product managers as you drive an agentic/AI-assisted development model.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in technology delivery in a senior leadership role (Sr Director/Director level).
• Proven track record owning end-to-end delivery — schedule, budget, quality, and margin — for large multi-workstream engagements.
• Ability to build technical trust with client executives (CTO/VP-Technical) and represent decisions to that audience.
• Experience mentoring Technical Delivery Managers, Architects, Program/Project Managers, and Product Managers.

Responsibilities

• Maintain on-site presence with the client's integration teams and build rapport with leadership.
• Represent the account to the client's CTO/VP-Technical equivalents, ensuring credibility.
• Validate solution direction before it reaches the client and redirect as needed.
• Resolve escalations requiring executive authority in partnership with Principal Architects.
• Own end-to-end delivery for the account across all workstreams, including schedule and budget.

Skills

Executive leadership

Delivery governance

Stakeholder management

AI-augmented development

Travel willingness

Job description

Role Summary

The Tech Delivery Leader is the senior-most executive on the ground for the account. [CS1] This person carries dual accountability: they are the final authority representing the account to the client's leadership (CTO/VP-Technical equivalents), and they own end-to-end delivery execution — schedule, budget, quality, and margin — across every workstream. The Tech Delivery Lead runs the delivery organization day-to-day [CS2] through the Technical Delivery Manager(s), Program/Project Manager(s), Architect(s), and Product Manager(s), translating technical trust and stakeholder alignment into shipped, credible work.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain on-site presence with the client's integration teams and build rapport at the client's leadership level.


• Represent the account to the client's CTO/VP-Technical equivalents, acting as the final word on credibility and positioning.


• Validate that solution direction is credible before it reaches the client; hold authority to redirect solution approach before client presentation.


• Resolve technical escalations that require executive-level authority, partnering with the Principal Architect(s) as needed.


• Own end-to-end delivery execution for the account: schedule, budget, staffing, quality, and margin across all workstreams.


• Run the delivery organization day-to-day via Technical Delivery Leaders, Project Manager(s), Architect(s), and Product Manager(s), setting direction and removing blockers.


• Stay accountable for the account's core delivery KPIs: on-time/on-budget delivery, quality, and team utilization.


• Approve or reject resourcing and staffing changes; hold authority to re-plan scope or timeline within account guardrails.


• Champion the adoption of agentic/AI-assisted development practices across the delivery organization, ensuring the account's agent-orchestrated development model is executed responsibly and effectively.


• Conduct once a month on-site visits to the client to maintain visibility, strengthen relationships, and stay close to emerging needs across the account.


• Proactively mine the account for expansion opportunities — new workstreams, adjacent problems, or additional scope — surfacing them early rather than waiting for the client to ask.


• Assist the Client Partner in pursuing account-mining opportunities, providing the credibility and solutioning support needed to convert them into scoped work.


• Represent the account in growth, expansion, and renewal conversations with client leadership where credibility is the deciding factor.


• Mentor and provide executive-level backing to Technical Delivery Managers, Architects, Program/Project Managers, and Product Managers across the account.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in technology delivery, with substantial time in a senior leadership role (Sr Director or Director) at a consultancy, systems integrator, or enterprise technology organization.


• Proven track record owning end-to-end delivery execution — schedule, budget, quality, and margin — for large, multi-workstream client engagements.


• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain technical trust at the client's executive level (CTO/VP-Technical), including representing decisions directly to that audience.


• Experience serving as the final authority on an account's technical direction, including the judgment to redirect a solution approach before it reaches the client.


• Strong track record managing distributed onshore/offshore delivery organizations at scale.


• Comfortable holding dual accountability for both technical credibility and commercial/delivery outcomes simultaneously — this is not a purely technical or purely operational role.


• Experience mentoring and providing escalation support to Technical Delivery Managers, Architects, Program/Project Managers, and Product Managers.


• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with offshore delivery teams, coordinating across time zones, delivery locations, and reporting lines.


• Comfortable operating in a business-development-adjacent capacity — spotting account-mining opportunities during client conversations and partnering with the Client Partner to shape them into pursuits.


• Willingness and ability to travel to client sites frequently to maintain the on-the-ground presence this role requires.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior title of Sr Director/Director/Technical Director or equivalent at a consulting or systems-integration firm.[CS5]


• Experience in healthcare, or another regulated industry is good to have.


• Track record of driving account growth or expansion on the strength of demonstrated credibility.


• Experience operating within an agent-orchestrated or AI-augmented development delivery model.