Agile Delivery Lead – Core Platform

Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes. Our exceptional teams craft and deploy creative legal strategies that are meticulously tailored to every matter, however complex or high‑stakes. The firm’s work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision.

Based in New York City or Washington, D.C., the Agile Delivery Lead will be responsible for overseeing the planning, execution and delivery of initiatives within the firm’s Core Platform portfolio. This role blends Agile delivery leadership, process optimization, cross team coordination and portfolio visibility to ensure applications and services are delivered predictably, aligned to strategy and continuously optimized.

This role requires strong technical fluency to support decision‑making and stakeholder alignment, as well as strong delivery discipline, experience guiding Agile teams, and the ability to influence without direct authority across business and technical functions.

Portfolio functions and technologies include:

• Platform Engineering:
  Build and manage the shared technology platforms foundations that allow application and engineering teams to rapidly deliver secure and reliable solutions and provide Dev Sec Ops  enablement.
• Software Development Engineering:
  Create enterprise AI capabilities and integration services that power intelligent applications across the firm. Own the full software lifecycle for these services (design, build, test, deploy and support) with reusable APIs and shared components.
• Data Engineering:
  Build and manage the data platforms that enable analytics, reporting, AI and business intelligence. Own data pipelines, models and quality controls end to end so teams can trust the data behind AI and reporting.

This role reports to the Director of Product & Engineering.

• Lead the delivery lifecycle for initiatives across the Business Applications portfolio.
• Drive predictable and transparent execution by facilitating planning, prioritization, and delivery cadence.
• Serve as Scrum Master or Delivery Lead for priority initiatives, removing impediments and supporting team focus.
• Promote effective Agile and hybrid delivery practices tailored to the team and project context.
• Use delivery and flow‑based metrics (cycle time, throughput, capacity) to inform planning and drive improvement.
• Provide visibility into delivery status, risks, milestones, and interdependencies across the portfolio.
• Support roadmap planning and help ensure alignment with business objectives and technology strategy.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, eliminate inefficiencies, and strengthen delivery predictability.

• Partner with business stakeholders to translate needs into actionable backlogs and delivery plans.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, QA/UAT, infrastructure, and security teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Communicate goals, progress, decisions, and risks effectively to senior leaders and project sponsors.
• Coordinate release planning, cutovers, and transition activities for smooth production deployments.

• Develop and refine delivery processes, standards, and templates that promote consistency and quality.
• Ensure adherence to change management, compliance, and security requirements across delivery efforts.
• Support application rationalization and optimization efforts to increase overall portfolio value.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement within and across delivery teams.

• Create and maintain delivery plans, RAID logs, dashboards, roadmaps, and other key artifacts.
• Produce executive‑level reporting on…