Role Summary
The Delivery Enablement Lead is a strategic execution leader embedded within product development teams, responsible for orchestrating end-to-end delivery within a team or across multiple teams and initiatives. This role blends agile delivery expertise with project management discipline to drive predictable, customer-centric outcomes. The Lead partners with product and technology leadership to align roadmaps, manage dependencies, and optimize delivery effectiveness.
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications
Success Measures
The Delivery Enablement Lead is a strategic execution leader embedded within product development teams, responsible for orchestrating end-to-end delivery within a team or across multiple teams and initiatives. This role blends agile delivery expertise with project management discipline to drive predictable, customer-centric outcomes. The Lead partners with product and technology leadership to align roadmaps, manage dependencies, and optimize delivery effectiveness.
Key Responsibilities
- Delivery Leadership: Coordinate multi-team delivery efforts, manage dependencies, risks, and release planning to ensure seamless execution.
- Agile & Project Expertise: Apply fit-for-purpose delivery methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, etc.) and project management practices to support planning, prioritization, and forecasting.
- Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with product and technology leaders to align delivery plans with product vision, KPIs, and customer feedback.
- Execution Excellence: Monitor progress, manage scope, and ensure delivery against milestones and business value targets.
- Data-Driven Enablement: Use delivery metrics and historical trends to inform planning, identify improvement opportunities, and drive process optimization.
- Team Empowerment: Mentor delivery professionals, promote shared accountability, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Governance & Quality: Ensure adherence to enterprise standards, manage tech debt, and support business readiness and release success.
Qualifications
- Relevant proven experience and training/certification in delivery frameworks and methodologies (agile delivery, project management, etc.)
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience working directly to plan and drive the execution of technology delivery within a team or across multiple teams
- Excellent facilitation, planning, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to lead through influence and drive cross-functional alignment
- Strong experience with delivery metrics, forecasting, and capacity planning
- Familiarity with scaled delivery practices and enterprise governance
Success Measures
- Predictable delivery of business and customer outcomes
- Increased delivery efficiency and reduced impediments
- Strong stakeholder satisfaction and team engagement
- Adoption of delivery standards and continuous improvement practices