Egen · 2 months ago
Delivery Lead (Contract)
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$100/hr - $110/hr
10+ years expEgen is a fast-growing and entrepreneurial company specializing in data-driven solutions. They are seeking a Delivery Lead to manage and oversee client projects, ensuring successful execution of IT modernization and transformation initiatives while building strong relationships with clients.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Consulting
Responsibilities
Partner with the Customer
Build relationships, becoming the customer’s advocate and coach by building trust
Keep a regular cadence of discussions and progress updates
Manage communication with stakeholders of multiple levels, knowing when to change tone
Learn the client’s business, environment, objectives, and challenges. Use your strong sense of empathy to provide the right support and advice to help them deliver their product or program effectively
Coach customer and partner teams in agile or execution improvements. Know the difference between recommending a standard set of rules and strategically, creatively finding the right behaviors to coach and change
Leverage your product management expertise and understanding to demonstrate good product owner and product management behavior and practice
Help guide client and Egen teams in good prioritization, roadmap, and execution practices, keeping the end user (“customer”) first
As needed, supplement the Customer’s team with your skills
Prepare and use Egen’s tools to prepare and manage your project, or bring your own ideas and suggestions to do so better
Initiate project work with team members ensuring they are set for success internally and externally
Create and manage project plans, communicating plans to internal and external stakeholders in formats suitable to the audience. Identity and manage dependencies proactively
Moderate and lead meetings with strong communication and efficiency. Take meeting minutes (with team collaboration), create decks and ad hoc meeting structure/ assets
Manage the day-to-day project ensuring the Egen team is delivering against expectations or, where needed, creatively changing our approach
Manage scope and change requests as needed
Identify and manage risks, issues, and asks. Escalate appropriately and early
Utilize agile and traditional program management backgrounds to craft the right delivery and management process and tools to effectively guide teams from need to goal, communicating within
Manage your project budget, aligned with your Sales partners
Actively look for ways to grow the account you are on; suggesting ideas for next projects to your SSDL or account team
Approach project delivery with a product mindset; this is core to our approach. Utilize good product management practices to manage Egen deliveries, leading by example to our clients
Deliver SDL offerings as they evolve, which may include workshops, innovative delivery approaches, or coaching
Know the difference between task management and owning product delivery and success
Work with internal stakeholders to source the right resources for new projects sold
Partner with account teams to be sure they have the information they need to make informed decisions
Lead SOW contracting, writing SOWs, and managing the redline process through to close. Participate in MSA redline processes
Support the SDL team’s initiatives to grow Egen and the SDL team through improvements to processes, templates, or sellable offerings
Clearly articulate scope and expectations to Egen team members, making sure their roles are clear and they are set up for success
Partner effectively with other teams engaged, treating the customer as an equal and actively coaching others to avoid common consulting behavior
Keep internal stakeholders up to date as needed through regular ceremonies or ad hoc checkpoints. Clearly communicate objectives, risks, and any needs/asks
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in managing large-scale and complex projects with experience managing project teams of various sizes, locations, and skill sets/ levels
Recommended experience in professional Service or client delivery; this is a hands-on client-facing role
Experience with team/employee career management is a plus
Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, or a technology-related field
Experience working with product companies, working both in the weeds and strategically
Experience in product management and project management, understanding the roles of a product manager, and owner and how that can be applied to the delivery of projects
You enjoy working with minimal structure, and you enable change around you
You think and work systematically and logically, and your strong communication skills are backed up by technical skills and knowledge
You are a clear communicator, both verbally and in writing
You know how to convey information through illustration, words, or diagrams/workflow
You may have a background in engineering, software architecture, or delivery
Trained in project management and agile disciplines required either self-taught or formal
You generally are process-oriented and like to reduce the chaos and find satisfaction in organizing people, activities, and delivery
You are a learner, proactive, and generally strive to do more
You have experience with agile disciplines, software development methodologies, various agile delivery tools, and administration thereof, and have a background in engineering, software architecture, product management, or delivery
Preferred
Helpful certifications or training may include CSM and other project management certifications (PMI, PMP…)
Benefits
Comprehensive Health Insurance
Paid Leave (Vacation/PTO)
Paid Holidays
Sick Leave
Parental Leave
Bereavement Leave
401 (k) Employer Match
Employee Referral Bonuses
Company
Egen
Egen is a technology services company with leading capabilities in cloud, data engineering, analytics, AI, and platform engineering.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Raghu Potini
Founder and CEO
Nandita Tiwari
Co-Founder
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