Software Delivery Manager
HybridLagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Job Summary
Own end-to-end delivery of software products and engineering initiatives across multiple development teams, driving planning, execution, and successful releases throughout the Software Development Lifecycle. Serve as the primary delivery point of contact between Product, Engineering, Business, and Executive stakeholders to facilitate cross-functional alignment and manage risks to ensure commitments are met. Continuously improve delivery frameworks, establish metrics for velocity and release predictability, and drive adoption of automation and engineering best practices. Collaborate with Architects, QA, and DevOps to enforce quality standards, optimize processes, and remove organizational impediments. Lead a cross-functional team in an Agile environment, balancing multiple priorities while fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 10 years of professional experience
- At least 7 years in a managerial/leadership role
- Extensive experience in developing and delivering digital projects and products
- Creative problem solver
- Proven experience in leadership and direction to the delivery teams
- Ability in handling Operational issues related to the delivery centre
- Strong negotiation and presentation skills
- Understanding of Agile methodologies
- Proven experience balancing multiple priorities and dealing with ambiguity
- Minimum of 10 years of professional experience
- At least 7 years of experience leading cross-functional software development teams in Agile environments
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including requirements management, design, development, testing, deployment, and support
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent software projects and distributed development teams
- Strong understanding of release management, and cloud-based development environments
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, risk management, and decision-making capabilities
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
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