We’re seeking a talented Delivery Manager to help drive key client projects forward. You'll be working with a delivery team composed of Software Engineers, QA and Product Management, collaborating with both the team and client to deliver products of the highest quality as efficiently as possible and communicate progress. The ideal candidate wants to take ownership for the team’s delivery, is resourceful, has both strong project management and communication skills, and enjoys working in a close-knit team environment.
For this role, we are particularly seeking candidates experienced with ecommerce and subscription products. Candidates should also have a keen interest in product development, particularly for b2c products.
Whitespectre is a product development company that creates high-performing platforms and apps, both for our long-term client partners and our own products. Founded in 2013, we partner with both large established companies and high-growth start-ups in the US and Europe. We're a close-knit team of 75 smart and diverse architects, engineers, product managers and designers, working together remotely and growing!
In this role you will
- Maintain the high performance of the team while continuously driving improved output and business impact with quantifiable metrics
- Partner with Product Management to manage dependencies and tradeoffs, and remove bottlenecks
- Ensure successful delivery and manage major releases
- Report to Whitespectre’s leadership team on the team’s status, success metrics, team engagement, and risks/issues against key milestones, whilst also identifying areas for improvement
- Client management: Help both manage and build key client relationships, communication clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Share excellence and contribute best practices across all Whitespectre projects
Core Skill Set
- A demonstrated technical / logical background - able to decompose problems into surmountable challenges.
- Ability to scope projects accurately with limited information (and capture assumptions).
- Highly organized with a commitment to manage projects on-time and within the resource budget
- High attention to detail – able to provide feedback on deliverable quality.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to write clear analysis for reports and executive-level presentations
- Comfortable interacting directly with the executive team and explaining technical concepts to non-technical people
- Experienced in managing risks and issues
- An experienced practitioner of Scrum or similar delivery methodology
- End-to-end understanding and appreciation of a software product's lifecycle
- Ability to triage issues across multiple systems and drive technical issues to resolution
Benefits
- Competitive salaries, with payment in USD
- Annual Performance &Salary Reviews, with proactive career management
- 20 Days PTO &3 Charity Days annually
- Funded face-to-face meet ups in Barcelona, as well as, South America and Asia
- Assisted Relocation package up to $5k
- Flexible working hours for efficient teaming in a 100% remote environment (proudly remote-first for 9 years!)
- Generous Employee Referral Plan
- Team Fitness and Charity Initiatives
Cultural benefits
In addition to the above benefits, we foster an inclusive working environment that provides:
- Great company environment - check out Glassdoor
- Personalized onboardings
- Opportunity to contribute to company-level initiatives
- Work with a broad range of best-in-class technologies
- Cross-company knowledge groups - improve your expertise, share your learnings and work with different technologies and tools
- Regular brown bag learning sessions
- An emphasis on Work-life balance
The ‘check the box’ Requirements
- 4+ years of management or project lead experience
- 3+ years of managing software development teams
- High attention to detail – able to provide feedback on deliverable quality.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to write clear analysis for reports and executive-level presentations
Interested in applying?
- Apply by completing the form below
- Or email us with any questions on recruiting@whitespectre.com