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Life Science Connect · 1 day ago

Director of Technical Delivery

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

8+ years exp

Life Science Connect is dedicated to uniting life sciences professionals and suppliers to accelerate research, development, and manufacturing. As the Director of Technical Delivery, you will own the operational rhythm of the engineering organization, focusing on performance intelligence, resource forecasting, and cross-team orchestration.

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Responsibilities

You are responsible for the truth of our progress. You will define, track, and report on critical delivery metrics (e.g., Cycle Time, Planned vs. Actual, Release Predictability)

You will transform raw Jira data into actionable intelligence for the Executive Team. You will answer the question "When will this ship?" with data-backed confidence

While Engineering Leads own the code workflow, you identify the bottlenecks. You use data to highlight where the process is stalling (e.g., "QA is the bottleneck," "Requirements are unclear") and drive the operational changes needed to fix it

You will own the "Tetris" of resource allocation. You will forecast our capacity against the product roadmap, ensuring we have the right mix of FTEs and contractors to hit our targets without burning out the team

You will manage the operational side of our "elastic" workforce (contractors/agencies). You will track SOW utilization, monitor burn rates, and ensure we are getting maximum ROI from our external partners

You act as the bridge between Product, Engineering, and TechOps. You ensure that dependencies are identified early—so that a Product launch doesn't fail because TechOps wasn't told about a server requirement

You will project-manage our compliance initiatives (SOC 2, GDPR). You don't implement the security controls, but you ensure the tasks are tracked, the evidence is collected, and the deadlines are met

You coordinate the logistics of major releases, ensuring communication plans, rollback strategies, and stakeholder approvals are in place before deployment

You ensure that our agile ceremonies (Standups, Retrospectives, Planning) are efficient, focused, and high-value. You protect the team's "Flow State" by minimizing administrative overhead

You are the central nervous system for status updates. You proactively communicate risks and changes to stakeholders, preventing surprises and maintaining trust across the organization

Qualification

Technical Program ManagementData-Driven InsightResource ForecastingAgile Delivery OperationsJiraPMP CertificationPMI-ACP CertificationAdvanced Scrum CertificationStakeholder FluencyOperational DisciplineCross-Functional AlignmentGovernance TrackingCommunication Skills