Senior Delivery Manager - Program Management

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client in Irving, TX that is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager. The Delivery Manager will lead the end-to-end delivery of projects, products, and technology solutions, ensuring execution within scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations. This role partners with cross-functional teams, engineering, product management, program management, and executive stakeholders to drive planning, execution, risk management, and delivery excellence. The ideal candidate will have delivery management, project management, strategic planning, scheduling, scope management, and dependency tracking.

Key Responsibilities:
* Lead end-to-end delivery of projects, products, and technology initiatives from planning through release
* Develop project plans, schedules, milestones, and resource strategies aligned with business objectives
* Drive planning using backward-planning techniques to identify critical milestones, dependencies, and delivery paths
* Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria with stakeholders
* Establish and maintain schedules, release plans, roadmaps, and execution timelines
* Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, hardware, software, QA, operations, product management, and external partners
* Identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and mitigation plans
* Drive accountability to ensure commitments are met and objectives achieved
* Facilitate planning sessions, status reviews, steering meetings, and executive updates
* Manage competing priorities and negotiate trade-offs to optimize delivery outcomes
* Ensure alignment between business goals, technical requirements, and delivery commitments
* Support release readiness activities, including validation, deployment planning, and communication
* Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance delivery processes, planning methodologies, and execution efficiency

REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field
* Proven experience in Delivery Management, Program Management, or Project Management roles

Strong expertise in:
* Project Planning and Execution
* Release Management
* Scheduling and Milestone Tracking
* Dependency Management
* Risk and Issue Management
* Agile methodologies

* Demonstrated ability to plan projects backward from target delivery dates and build executable schedules
* Experience managing complex cross-functional programs involving multiple stakeholders and teams
* Strong communication, leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
* Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, highly matrixed environments

Preferred:
* Experience managing hardware deployment and release cycles
* Experience coordinating hardware and software integration programs
* Experience with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar platforms

Key Competencies:
* Delivery Excellence
* Project & Program Management
* Backward Planning Methodology
* Scheduling & Milestone Management
* Risk Management
* Hardware Release Management
* Communication & Influence

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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