Delivery Manager

Job Title: Delivery ManagerLocation:Seattle WADuration: 6 MonthsJob Type: Temporary AssignmentWork Type: OnsitePay Rate: $ 58.89-58.89/ Hr Overview:TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client provider of digital technology and transformation, information technology and services.Job Description:GovernanceCreate continuous quality improvement plan.Define QA processes / plan.Tailor organization's quality guidelines and benchmarks to meet specific project quality requirements and processes.Identify root causes and implement necessary preventive/corrective actions to proactively address challenges that might impact project KPIs.Domain / Industry KnowledgeGuide team members to conduct research to keep abreast of the key business environment and competitive landscape.Understand how the proposed solution meets client requirements.Identify the key industry parameters to achieve market sensing.Technology ConceptsUnderstand customer's technology landscape.Map business requirements to technology requirements.Set expectations with the customer.Leverage that knowledge in day-to-day work or upgrading skills of the team.Provide inputs on potential areas of opportunity for ClientProfitability ManagementAnalyse profitability for project.Create profitability sheet based on resource plan.Modify parameters in the profitability sheet and identify impact on margins.Carry out basic deal pricing.Apply project principles for improving the project profitability.Pricing & Licensing ModelsDefine the pricing models for medium complex projects.Conduct estimation for "complex" projects viz. FP / value-based pricing, etc.Understand pricing strategies and business models of relevant products, solutions or associated services.Review "simple" proposals.Knowledge Management (KM)Establish a KM plan and platform that can be leveraged by new joiners to the project.Establish a platform to enable knowledge sharing among the project team members.Ensure that the learnings from the project are contributed to the KM repository.Ensure that the organization level KM Platforms (platform and content) is enabled for consumption by the project.Account Management Processes and ToolsComply with account management activities and drive towards the account management KPIs relevant for the project.Ability to write contracts in a language mitigating potential risks.Collaborate with other projects and enabling functions to deliver value to Client and to the customer in terms of ideas, automation, etc.Solution StructuringPresent the proposed solution to the customer highlighting the solution benefits and road map to achieve.Understand the end in mind and define Win Themes. Carve out simple solution / POC to build confidence in the solution.Review the proposal for completeness.Self-Development and Organizational InitiativesReview other project artefacts with health assessment.Actively participate in forums like PM forums and share best practices and learnings from own projects.Adopt learnings and reusable methodologies/tools from other projects to improve productivity and quality.Constantly enhance knowledge and implement the same to leverage the best software engineering methodologies, concepts, automation, etc.Team DevelopmentImplement a framework to assess the skill level of the team and work with the team to define a skill enhancement plan.Nurture the innovation potential within the team and harness it to positively impact the project outcomes.Provide feedback and enable the team to perform independently and grow.Identify the career aspirations of the team members and guide/coach them to define a development plan to achieve the same.Skill Examples:Impact and Influence.Relationship building.Project strategy planning.Identify project risks and define action plans to manage.Define a project plan by breaking it down into individual project tasks.Communicate project progress to all relevant parties reporting on topics such as cost control, schedule achievements, quality control, risk avoidance and changes to project specifications.Delegate tasks and manage team member contributions appropriately.Manage external, contracted resources to achieve project objectives.Optimize project portfolio timelines and delivery objectives by achieving consensus on stakeholder priorities.Assess the project heath using quantitative measures and change the course of action as needed.Conflict management within the team and with external stakeholders.Collaborate with different techno-functional teams within own and customer organization to ensure the right standards and practices are implemented.Knowledge Examples:A project methodology, including approaches to define project steps and tools to set up action plans.Technologies to be implemented within the project.Company business strategy and business processes.Development and compliance with financial plans and budgets.IPR principles and regulation.Structured project management methodologies (e.g. agile techniques).Estimation techniques.Metrics analysis and quantitative management.Root cause analysis.People management including goal setting, growth aspects and coaching.Understanding of the quality and governance models of Client and the customer; aligning the deliverables to meet those standards.TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.