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Job Title: PRINCIPAL DELIVERY MANAGER
Location: Rochester, MN
Duration: Temp - 2 months
Pay Range: $75/hr $81.55/hr (W2)
Job ID: 410568
About BCforward
BCforward is a leading global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm providing services and support to Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, BCforward has grown with our customers needs into a full-service business solutions provider. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.
Job Description
We are seeking a Principal Delivery Manager to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in digital product delivery, Agile delivery management, and cross-functional leadership and a proven ability to drive on-time, high-quality product releases across complex portfolios.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and build a comprehensive Delivery Management function aligned to portfolio vision and digital strategy.
- Drive timely delivery of digital products and software across product and platform organizations.
- Ensure team performance and adherence to enterprise requirements methods, validation, maintenance, and tracking.
- Partner with senior product leadership to establish and foster delivery best practices and processes.
- Define and maintain product roadmaps with product managers, managing resource allocation and forecasting.
- Collaborate with principal peers to manage delivery through financial, development, and resource planning.
- Identify and manage inter-team and cross-product dependencies at the enterprise level.
- Report product progress and escalate risks and issues to senior leadership as needed.
- Act as an Agile lifecycle leader, developing toolsets, frameworks, and best practices for delivery teams.
- Stay informed on product and platform architecture to alleviate bottlenecks and support deadlines.
- Co-lead the Delivery Management Chapter to evolve skills and mitigate risk across the lifecycle.
- Build, retain, coach, and mentor Delivery and Scrum team members to support empowered teams.
- Create frameworks, guidelines, and practices for consistent delivery methodologies.
- Partner with IT and Engineering leadership for enterprise coordination and priorities.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external partners to maximize delivery impact.
- Ensure delivery of high-value products aligned to business goals and optimized user experience.
- Lead daily Scrum ceremonies and advocate iterative design, build, and testing.
- Collaborate on backlog grooming, roadmap definition, demos, and retrospectives with Product Managers.
- Produce and socialize Scrum metrics including velocity, capacity, and burndown charts.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 6+ years in digital product delivery management, Scrum Master, or equivalent role.
- Experience managing initiatives across multiple internal and external development teams within complex governance.
- Ability to oversee multiple products, complex initiatives, ongoing releases, and new product development.
- Ability to build release processes and frameworks grounded in Agile and CI/CD best practices.
- Expertise with Agile product methodologies and lifecycle management.
- Effective communication of product and platform vision among product, engineering/IT, UX/UI, operations, and senior leaders.
- Hands-on guidance to remove obstacles and deliver on time, within budget, and to documented requirements.
- Ability to assess emerging technologies and adapt delivery approaches accordingly, especially in healthcare contexts.
- Demonstrated leadership driving best practices in product discovery and development operations.
- Technical fluency and leadership experience partnering with engineering and IT teams.
- Relationship-building skills across multiple organizational levels and stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal communication with active listening and facilitation abilities.
- Planning, organization, problem solving, attention to detail, and multi-initiative management skills.
- Proactive conflict navigation and resolution to support delivery outcomes with high-risk interdependencies.
- Recognized subject-matter expertise as the delivery lead for assigned products and portfolios.
Preferred Skills:
- Product management experience in life sciences, healthcare payor, or regulated industries such as banking, government, or non-profit.
- Background creating and launching digital healthcare products with market adoption.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree required.
Certifications & Licensure:
- Preferred: CSM, A-CSM, PMI-ACP, or CSP.
Schedule Notes:
- Understand mobile and web product strategy and translate into delivery plans.
- Write and refine functional and technical requirements for new and existing digital features.
- Liaise with engineering, product management, and QA to communicate feature definitions.
- 3-5 years experience in similar roles shipping mobile and web software in regulated environments.
- Experience in rapid ideation, problem solving, product definition, and net-new feature creation.
- Preferred experience creating and launching digital healthcare products with adoption.
Why BCforward?
At BCforward, we believe in advancing lives and careers. When you join our team, you gain access to:
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Opportunities for growth with global clients
- A supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and people
- Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and projects
About Our Commitment
BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.
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