Delivery Lead
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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Delivery Lead
Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid 3 days onsite
Duration: 6-12 Months Contract
Senior Project Manager will own the end-to-end delivery of complex software projects, ensuring implementation is on-time, within budget, and of high quality.
This role requires strong leadership in Agile methodologies, effective team management, and the ability to align stakeholders across technical and business domains.
Responsibilities
- Manage project scope, change requests, and delivery metrics while ensuring adherence to quality standards.
- Track project financials, resource allocation, and capacity planning across multiple workflows.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with external clients and vendor partners, managing SLAs and deliverable approvals.
- Drive Agile/Scrum processes, leading daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming.
- Lead cross-functional engineering, QA, and product teams, removing technical blockers and fostering high performance.
- Act as the primary bridge between technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership to manage expectations.
- Proactively identify project risks, mitigate dependencies, and resolve critical bottlenecks to keep delivery on track.
- Refine internal delivery frameworks, engineering best practices, and CI/CD operations to boost efficiency.
Mandatory Skills
- Agile & Delivery Methodologies: Advanced proficiency in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Sprint Planning, Release Management, and Backlog Prioritization.
- Project & Risk Management: Advanced skills in Scope Control, Dependency Mapping, Risk Mitigation, and SLA Tracking.
- Technical & Domain Literacy: Advanced understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Architecture Basics, CI/CD Concepts, and Cloud & API Overview.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Agile certifications such as PMP or CSM.
- Familiarity with cloud technologies and API integrations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Proven experience in project management with a focus on software delivery.
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Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end delivery of complex software projects, managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, quality, risks, and dependencies. Coordinate cross-functional teams and stakeholders, oversee Agile processes and client/vendor relationships, and improve delivery frameworks and engineering practices.
Requirements
Requires proven project management experience focused on software delivery and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field. Advanced knowledge of Agile methods, project and risk management, SDLC, architecture basics, CI/CD, cloud concepts, and APIs is expected; PMP or CSM certification and cloud/API integration experience are preferred.
Skills
- Agile
- Scrum
- Kanban
- SAFe
- Sprint Planning
- Release Management
- Backlog Prioritization
- Scope Control
- Dependency Mapping
- Risk Mitigation
- SLA Tracking
- Architecture Basics
- CI/CD
- Cloud Technologies
- API Integrations
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- Technology
- Management & Leadership
- Software
- Engineering
- Consulting
Keywords
- Agile
- Scrum
- Kanban
- SAFe
- Sprint Planning
- Release Management
- Backlog Prioritization
- Scope Control
- Change Requests
- Delivery Metrics
- Project Financials
- Resource Allocation
- Capacity Planning
- Vendor Management
- Service-Level Agreements
- Risk Mitigation
- Dependency Mapping
- Software Architecture
- CI/CD
- Cloud Technologies
- API Integrations
- PMP
- CSM
- Quality Standards
- Software Delivery