Nelnet · 4 days ago
IT Delivery Lead – Technical Diversification – Rapid Innovation
Centennial, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$80K/yr - $177K/yr
5+ years expNelnet is a diversified and innovative company committed to enriching lives through the power of service. The IT Delivery Lead is responsible for balancing hands-on delivery, leadership, and project management execution in support of Technical Diversification initiatives, particularly focusing on the development of an AI-powered workforce onboarding platform for State Health and Human Services agencies.
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Responsibilities
Actively contribute as a member of the development team, engaging in coding, testing, support, and/or release management activities, such as:
Write, review, and maintain code to ensure quality and functionality
Participate in pair programming, code reviews, and test automation efforts
Write and execute unit and integration tests in collaboration with QA to ensure comprehensive test coverage
Maintain accurate and up-to-date technical documentation, including documenting code and system design decisions
Coordinate and manage the path to production, including release planning, scheduling, and ensuring successful and timely deployments
Own day-to-day delivery execution for cross-functional scrum teams, ensuring alignment to project scope, timelines, and delivery commitments
Develop, maintain, and manage delivery plans, sprint plans, milestone tracking, forecasts, and release schedules for assigned initiatives
Manage and prioritize the product backlog in partnership with product owners and technical leads, ensuring work is well-defined, sequenced, and ready for execution
Track delivery progress, dependencies, risks, and impediments; proactively mitigate issues and escalate as necessary to protect delivery outcomes
Lead required delivery ceremonies and status communications, applying agile and scrum practices pragmatically to support predictable, high-quality delivery
Solid understanding of the delivery goals of the team, stakeholders, and expected outcome of initiatives
Ability to represent technical debt and initiatives for backlog prioritization
Promotes agile principles and fosters an Agile mindset within the team
Capable of strategizing and planning effectively in the face of an uncertain future state
Demonstrated identification of appropriate deliverables and a clear course of action to meet requirements
Considers all relevant factors and uses appropriate decision-making criteria
As an individual contributor, will exercise proficiency in one of more of the following technical skillsets:
Analysis
Quality Assurance
Technical Architecture
Software Engineering
Familiarity with technical documentation, security, and compliance processes and expected outputs. Ensures processes and policies are adhered to by the team
Structured systematic approaches and whole system thinking
Facilitation and negotiation skills. Workflow/Gap-analysis
Process Modeling
Use Case Analysis, Process and Context Diagramming, Data and/or Requirements Modeling
Develops internal and external trusting, professional relationships. Purposefully develops networks to build value through collaboration
Impacts others' thinking, decisions, or behavior through inclusive practices and relationship building. Drives action through influence, not authority
Demonstrates authenticity, courage, and trustworthiness in leadership
Shows self-awareness and actively seeks personal growth and development
Manages ambiguity, learns from setbacks, and adapts to changing situations
Strong time management, project management, and administrative skills
Ensures transparency in work, ticket management, and roadmap coordination
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience
Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting software delivery in an engineering, business analysis, quality assurance, or delivery leadership role, including hands-on contribution and responsibility for delivery outcomes
Strong project management and delivery leadership skills, including planning, execution, dependency management, and risk mitigation
Solid understanding of agile and scrum practices, with the ability to apply them pragmatically rather than dogmatically
Ability to balance hands-on contribution with delivery leadership responsibilities
Technical fluency sufficient to collaborate effectively with engineers and understand system impacts, regardless of primary discipline
Strong communication skills, including the ability to provide clarity and transparency to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous or evolving environments while maintaining delivery focus and accountability
Proven ability to build trust, influence without authority, and foster productive working relationships across teams
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
HSA and FSA
Generous earned time off
401K/student loan repayment
Life insurance & AD&D insurance
Employee assistance program
Employee stock purchase program
Tuition reimbursement
Performance-based incentive pay
Short- and long-term disability
Robust wellness program
Company
Nelnet
Nelnet provides business, communications, and financial services.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
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