We are looking for an experienced Delivery Manager – Engineering to lead end-to-end delivery across multiple software and product engineering initiatives.
The role requires a strong combination of engineering delivery leadership, people management, Agile execution, technical understanding, program management, and executive stakeholder management.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of managing multiple engineering teams, delivering complex SaaS, cloud, and product initiatives, improving engineering productivity, and ensuring predictable, high-quality releases.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Delivery Leadership
- Own end-to-end delivery of multiple software/product engineering initiatives from planning through production release.
- Define delivery plans, milestones, timelines, dependencies, and success criteria.
- Ensure predictable and high-quality delivery across multiple engineering teams.
- Identify delivery bottlenecks and proactively drive resolution.
- Ensure effective coordination between Engineering, Product, Architecture, QA, DevOps, and Business teams.
- Drive engineering delivery governance and establish consistent delivery processes.
Agile & Program Management
- Lead Agile/Scrum execution across multiple engineering teams.
- Drive sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release planning.
- Track delivery progress, risks, dependencies, issues, and mitigation plans.
- Ensure effective prioritization and capacity planning across teams.
- Establish appropriate governance and reporting mechanisms for engineering programs.
- Manage cross-team dependencies and ensure timely resolution of blockers.
People & Engineering Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop multiple engineering teams and engineering managers/leads.
- Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, succession planning, and career development.
- Identify skill gaps and work with leadership to build appropriate team capabilities.
- Ensure effective resource allocation and workforce planning across engineering initiatives.
Engineering Excellence & Productivity
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on engineering productivity and delivery efficiency.
- Establish and monitor engineering KPIs and delivery metrics.
- Track metrics such as:
- Sprint predictability
- Velocity
- Cycle time
- Release frequency
- Lead time
- Defect rates
- Production incidents
- Engineering productivity
- Identify trends and implement corrective actions to improve delivery performance.
- Promote engineering best practices, quality standards, automation, and operational excellence.
Stakeholder & Executive Management
- Partner closely with Product, Architecture, Engineering, QA, DevOps, and Business leadership.
- Provide executive-level communication on delivery status, risks, dependencies, issues, and business outcomes.
- Present program health, delivery metrics, and improvement initiatives to senior leadership.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Proactively communicate delivery risks and establish mitigation strategies.
SDLC, DevOps & Quality
- Ensure adherence to SDLC, Agile, engineering quality, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
- Work with engineering teams to improve release management and deployment processes.
- Ensure appropriate quality gates are established throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Partner with QA and DevOps teams to improve automation, release quality, and production stability.
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes and delivery standards.
Primary Skills – Must Have
- 12+ years of experience in Software Engineering / IT.
- 5+ years in Delivery Manager, Engineering Manager, Program Manager, or Senior Technical Project Manager roles.
- Strong experience managing multiple engineering teams.
- Proven experience delivering complex SaaS / Product / Cloud-based solutions.
- Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum and SDLC.
- Strong program/project planning and execution experience.
- Excellent stakeholder and executive management skills.
- Strong experience in risk, issue, dependency, and change management.
- Strong people leadership and team-building capabilities.
- Experience managing engineering capacity and resource planning.
- Strong understanding of engineering delivery metrics and continuous improvement.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, and other Agile delivery tools.
Technical Exposure
The candidate should have a strong understanding of modern software engineering and cloud technologies, including:
- Cloud: AWS / Azure
- Microservices Architecture
- REST APIs / Distributed APIs
- CI/CD
- DevOps
- Kubernetes / Containers
- Databases
- Distributed Systems
- Software Architecture
- Application Security
- Monitoring & Observability
Hands-on coding is not mandatory, but the candidate must have sufficient technical depth to understand engineering challenges and effectively engage with Architects, Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and Developers.
Preferred Qualifications & Experience
- Experience working with US/global product organizations.
- Experience managing geographically distributed engineering teams.
- Experience in SaaS, B2B products, EdTech, Developer Platforms, or Technology Products.
- Experience managing large-scale engineering programs.
- Exposure to AI/ML-enabled products or platforms.
- Experience with engineering transformation and productivity initiatives.
- Experience working in high-growth product organizations.
- PMP, SAFe, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification is an advantage.
Key Competencies
- Engineering Delivery Leadership
- Program & Project Management
- Agile / Scrum
- People Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Executive Communication
- Technical Acumen
- Risk & Dependency Management
- Capacity & Resource Planning
- Engineering Productivity
- Continuous Improvement
- SDLC & DevOps
- SaaS / Product Delivery
- Strategic Thinking
- Problem Solving