Delivery Manager – IT Programme / Project

Helprise is an organization that combines global reach with local talent. They work for companies that value quality, partnership, and responsibility, creating teams that really work. By precisely matching skills and business needs, they connect specialists with projects where their knowledge has a real impact.

• Proven experience as a Delivery Manager, Programme Manager, or Project Manager in a complex IT environment.
• Strong knowledge of Agile / SAFe delivery methodologies and governance.
• Experience coordinating multiple teams, workstreams, dependencies, and stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including senior-level reporting.
• Proven experience in risk, issue, dependency, and escalation management.
• Experience with delivery planning, milestones, and governance documentation.
• Hands-on experience coordinating testing, UAT, and production releases.
• Good knowledge of Jira and Confluence, including backlog and sprint management.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and reporting skills.
• Ability to challenge delivery teams and stakeholders constructively.
• Confidence to make and escalate delivery decisions when required.
• Ability to quickly understand complex products, roadmaps, and operating models.
• Availability ASAP.

• Own delivery governance, delivery gates, release readiness, and go/no-go decisions.
• Drive delivery cadence across workstreams, squads, and dependencies from design through production release.
• Coordinate prioritization cycles across Product Owners, Stream Leads, and delivery teams.
• Ensure clear ownership, accountability, and follow-up of delivery commitments and actions.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, blockers, dependencies, and delivery slippage.
• Maintain delivery plans, milestones, dependency logs, risk registers, and decision records.
• Coordinate testing, UAT readiness, defect triage, business sign-offs, and release preparation.
• Govern backlog hygiene, sprint readiness, and Jira discipline to ensure delivery transparency.
• Develop a strong understanding of the FYND product, roadmap, and operating model.
• Provide transparent reporting on progress, delivery health, risks, decisions, and release readiness to leadership.
• Have the authority to hold or delay delivery gates when entry/exit criteria are not met.
• Own delivery execution and governance while Product Owners remain accountable for backlog content and prioritization.