Senior Delivery Manager

Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm building the next frontier of business architecture.

As a Senior Delivery Manager, you are the senior delivery authority on a cross‑functional engagement: owning execution from kickoff through release, leading distributed onshore‑and‑offshore teams, and serving as the primary delivery partner to the client.

Senior Delivery Managers are where Robots & Pencils' promise of "production‑ready AI in 30 to 45 days" actually has to hold. On the engagements you run, you set the pace of delivery, the discipline behind it, and the trust that decides whether the client comes back for more. The work moves only as fast as someone is willing to own the plan, surface trade‑offs early, and keep distributed teams pulling in the same direction.

• Craft & Delivery Lead end‑to‑end delivery of complex, multi‑phase engagements, ensuring alignment across scope, budget, timeline, and quality to meet delivery commitments and achieve successful outcomes.
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, and delivery execution across one or more cross‑functional teams.
• Manage phased releases, production readiness, and transitions into operations and maintenance models.
• Identify and proactively manage dependencies, risks, scope changes, and escalations before they become blockers.
• Define, track, and report delivery KPIs, using data to guide decisions, manage delivery health, and inform tradeoffs across scope, timeline, and budget.
• Support QA and UAT efforts, ensuring quality is validated and outcomes meet agreed acceptance criteria.
• Bring an AI‑forward mindset to your daily work, using tools like Claude to enhance delivery planning, reporting, and stakeholder communications.

• Serve as the primary delivery contact for clients, building trusted relationships through transparency, consistency, and clear communication while identifying opportunities to expand value within the engagement.
• Lead stakeholder working sessions, roadmap alignment discussions, and delivery forums with confidence.
• Communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to executive and non‑technical audiences.
• Partner with Client Partners to spot expansion opportunities inside the engagement (scope, follow‑on work, new use cases) and help shape the case for what's next.
• Translate delivery progress into business impact for client stakeholders (ROI, milestones, decisions) so executives see ongoing value, not just status.

• Lead distributed delivery teams across onshore and offshore locations, fostering accountability, collaboration, and delivery excellence.
• Coach junior delivery managers with concrete feedback and stretch opportunities, contributing to their development plans.
• Foster a culture of transparency, continuous improvement, and high performance across the engagement.
• Contribute to improving delivery practices, tools, and frameworks across engagements.
• Assess team strengths and gaps on your engagements, and partner with Client Partners to flag staffing needs and high‑potential talent for the firm.
• Conduct executive interviews for engineers, designers, and other roles joining your engagements, and serve as an essential voice in go/not‑go hiring decisions across the firm.

• 5+ years of experience in software delivery, technical project management, or engineering leadership.
• Strong understanding of agile delivery practices across complex, multi‑team engagements (e.g., Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).
• Experience managing distributed teams across onshore and offshore locations.
• Proven ability to deliver complex, multi‑platform digital systems in agile environments.
• Strong client‑facing communication and relationship management skills.
• Experience with delivery tooling (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Git Hub, Azure Dev Ops, CI/CD pipelines).
• Familiarity with cloud‑native architectures and AI‑enabled platforms.
• Demonstrable usage of AI tools to enhance delivery planning, reporting, and documentation (e.g., Claude).
• PMP, Scrum Master, SAFe, or equivalent certification preferred.
• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., utilities,…