Associate Director - Delivery
- Omnicom Media Group
- 6 - 9 years
- Bengaluru
- 2 months ago
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Job Description
Annalect is currently seeking a Associate Director Delivery to join our Technology team. We are seeking passionate individuals eager for personal and professional growth within our supportive and collaborative culture. In this dynamic role, you will work closely with the executive team, strategic leaders, engineering teams and Product Managers to deliver impactful projects aligned with business objectives, while driving Agile Methodology and Scrum practices. You will be responsible for the delivery of the project(s) on time, managing one more account/portfolio within scope, and within budget while managing risks, quality standards, and client expectations. Join us for a journey of growth, collaboration, and innovation in a role where your skills and passions can truly shine.
- Oversee program changes from inception to successful implementation.
- Evaluating and assessing the programs' strengths and weaknesses.
- Monitoring projects and overseeing project managers to ensure goals are met.
- Working with the sponsors and Product team to improve strategies for implementation and availability of functions.
- Convert Technical specifications, along with the LoE (in conjunction with inputs from Product and Solution Architect), to SoW and milestone delivery schedules.
- Monitoring of resource allocations and performance - Ensure teams have the necessary resources for project completion, Highlight any resource concerns or gaps to senior leadership.
- Manage Program schedule and scope, define KPIs for defining success and measurements.
- Maintain effective communication and reporting to stakeholders, Manage expectations of internal and external stakeholders and communicate project updates effectively.
- Manage promotion of platform releases to assigned clients.
- Manages risks to the successful completion of the project. Identifies, classifies, prioritizes, mitigates, and develops contingency plans for risks appropriately.
- Manage change plan for program based on original requirements via constant feedback loop from stakeholders
- Ensure high throughput of development teams by preparing risk forecast models identifying potential issues and roadblocks and working on preventing or eliminating them.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives and suggest refinements to existing processes.
- Clarifying product requirements and client needs, driving product implementation following its vision, working closely with engineering and product team to ensure that the clients are happy.
- Regularly connect with Delivery Senior Leadership to discuss the performance of the portfolio(s) and various tracks.
- Provide updates on the strengths and weaknesses of teams and how we can improve the operations of tracks and resources.
- Review progress of assigned delivery improvement efforts and goals.
- Own and manage Jira Enterprise roadmap for assigned tracks. Ensure that each team has their work aligned with Product vision and strategy. Provide regular updates on completed vs remaining efforts for assigned teams and any other planning and roadmap changes that require leadership's attention.
- Grow healthy "Be the client" culture in a team.
- Create environment for growth of development team competencies and expertise via collaboration with a tech lead role representative.
- Running people management practices: performance management, goals setting SMART, Objective Key Results (OKR); feedback giving, Talent Management Framework (TDF), etc.
- Driving key strategic initiatives with product and engineering heads.
- 17-18 years of overall SDLC experience, with 15+ years of being dedicated, full-time Project Manager of teams 50+ and managing at least one Account.
- Program Management Professional
- Solid agile experience in software development.
- Previous experience of managing multiple teams.
- Strong mediation and negotiation skills.
- Experience in managing both Product Development and/or Professional Services teams.
- Working experience with European/USA clients.
- Advanced level of skills in Jira/Confluence.
- Knowledgeable in technology. Previous experience of working with web products (.NET web products and AWS services is a strong plus).
- Business and System Analysis skills.
Job Classification
Industry: Film / Music / EntertainmentFunctional Area / Department: Project & Program ManagementRole Category: Technology / ITRole: Director - Program ManagementEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: Omnicom Media GroupLocation(s): Bengaluru
Keyskills: confluence aws iam program management ansible docker sql operations java git devops negotiation linux jenkins shell scripting mediation communication skills jira python software development analysis monitoring aws cloudformation aws lambda amazon ec2 scrum agile aws sdlc unix
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