About the Role
The Delivery Manager will oversee the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of data projects while ensuring strong stakeholder alignment and seamless collaboration between business and technology teams.
Responsibilities
Project Delivery & Governance
* Lead project planning, scope definition, scheduling, and execution.
* Manage timelines, deliverables, dependencies, and overall quality expectations.
* Maintain project documentation, status reports, and governance updates.
* Facilitate Agile or hybrid delivery ceremonies when required.
* Proactively identify and resolve delivery challenges by coordinating with relevant teams.
Stakeholder Management
* Serve as the primary contact for business and technology stakeholders.
* Drive requirement discussions and ensure clarity on priorities and expected outcomes.
* Deliver structured weekly and monthly status updates to stakeholders and leadership.
* Manage escalations and negotiate scope or timeline changes where necessary.
* Build strong relationships across teams to foster collaborative delivery.
Coordination Across Teams
* Track progress against key milestones such as data preparation, analysis, reporting, and deployment.
* Ensure alignment with internal delivery guidelines and standards.
* Support UAT cycles, release planning, and deployment readiness activities.
Quality Assurance & Continuous Improvement
* Review deliverables for completeness, accuracy, and readiness.
* Ensure documentation, requirements, and outputs meet agreed quality standards.
* Promote delivery excellence and contribute to process improvements and team efficiency.
Documentation & Reporting
* Maintain project plans, meeting minutes, communication materials, and change logs.
* Ensure traceability across requirements, scope changes, and key decisions.
* Provide input for project reviews, productivity metrics, and lessons-learned assessments.
Qualifications
Education
* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
* PMP, Scrum Master, or equivalent certifications are a plus.
Required Skills
* 5+ years of experience in project delivery or program management.
* Experience delivering data, analytics, or reporting projects (high-level understanding acceptable).
* Proven ability to work with cross-functional business and technical teams.
Technical/Domain Skills (Lightweight)
* Basic understanding of data concepts including data flows, reporting, and data quality.
* Conceptual familiarity with BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
* Awareness of cloud or data platforms is advantageous but not mandatory.
Soft Skills
* Strong communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation capabilities.
* Excellent problem-solving skills and coordination abilities.
* Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments and manage multiple priorities.
* High degree of ownership, organization, and attention to detail.