Delivery Manager

About Us:
Incepta Solutions is an award-winning and Certified Great Place to Work, driving digital transformation for globally recognized brands and enterprises. We are at the forefront of IT and high-tech, delivering premier automation and integration solutions. By modernizing legacy applications and creating innovative digital products, we empower our clients to conquer complex challenges and digitally transform their operations. Join our dynamic team and contribute to impactful solutions using cutting-edge technologies.

About the Role:
As a seasoned CSM/PM expert, you will lead and manage project and scrum teams, ensuring successful project progress and delivery. You will cultivate strong relationships with client teams, product owners, and sponsors, acting as a key point of contact and trusted advisor. This role requires a blend of technical understanding, project management expertise, and exceptional communication skills to drive successful outcomes and identify new opportunities.
Responsibilities:

• Lead and Manage Project Teams: Guide and mentor project/scrum teams to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.
• Client Relationship Management: Develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with client teams, product owners, and sponsors, ensuring clear communication and alignment of expectations.
• Collaborative Project Planning: Partner with Practice Managers to collaboratively build project teams, define project scope, resource requirements, and proactively identify and mitigate risks.
• Agile Facilitation: Expertly facilitate Agile ceremonies, including Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospectives, and Daily Stand-Ups, ensuring productive and focused discussions.
• Stakeholder Communication: Prepare and deliver compelling presentations on project status, providing clear and concise progress reports to both client and Incepta management.
• Business Development: Proactively identify new project opportunities within existing client relationships and collaborate closely with Customer Success and Sales teams to pursue them.
• Pre-sales Engagement: Leverage prior pre-sales experience to engage with clients during the project initiation phase, providing insightful technical guidance and ensuring a strong alignment between client needs and Incepta's delivery capabilities.
• Incident Managem-*ent: Take ownership of critical incidents, effectively coordinating the issue resolution process to minimize impact and ensure timely resolution.
• Service Delivery Excellence: Ensure the establishment and adherence to robust systems and procedures that support superior service delivery standards.
• Time Management Oversight: Monitor employee timesheet recordings to ensure accurate and timely reporting of time records.

Requirements:

• Strong technology development background with a deep understanding of full-stack API and distributed architectures, enabling you to effectively lead highly technical resources and engage with product owners.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as an IT Project Manager.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience as an IT Technical Lead.
• Proven experience working with Confluence, JIRA, and Scrum/Kanban boards.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) preferred, particularly with experience in Data and POS domains.
• Prior experience in a pre-sales capacity, demonstrating the ability to engage with clients, understand their requirements, and contribute to the development of tailored solutions is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated self-sufficiency in utilizing SDLC templates and techniques for both traditional and agile methodologies.
• Demonstrated self-sufficiency in applying architecture methodologies, templates, and techniques.
• Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, and customer service skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to prepare clear and concise documentation.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or an equivalent formal educational program, coupled with relevant IT technical and project management experience.

Additional Qualifications (A Plus):

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Work Location: In person