Lead Technical Delivery Manager

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August 19

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Dimensional Fund Advisors

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Dimensional is a leading global investment firm that has been translating academic research into practical investment solutions since 1981. Guided by a strong belief in markets, we help investors pursue higher expected returns through a systematic investment process that integrates research insights with advanced portfolio design, management, and trading while balancing tradeoffs that can impact returns. Dimensional is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has 15 global offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. As of June 30, 2024, Dimensional manages $739 billion for investors worldwide.

1001 - 5000 employees

📋 Description

• Accountable for the delivery of all Database Platform technology roadmaps, ensuring proper SDLC frameworks and processes are implemented to support the organization. • This role will drive new feature development through every stage of the agile software development lifecycle. • Coordination of program level build schedules, environment downtime, defect resolution ownership, highlights deadlines to meet timelines. • Define objectives with measurable results through data driven insights to ensure our customers, partners and internal teams are successful. • Understand trade-offs between cost, schedule, customer benefit; and provide technical direction/guidance. • Serve as a go-to expert within the Data Platform Technology space in the areas of functionality, integrations, interdependencies, and solution architecture for database platform technology. • Collaborate and solution with engineering teams when technical challenges arise to ensure proper platform product delivery. • Coach the entire program team in empowerment / self-organization and act as a servant leader for the engineering team. • Collaborate with other teams to define SDLC best practices and create delivery frameworks to measure overall team success. • Proactively manage stakeholder groups across various business pillars to establish interdependencies, identify risks and resource constraints, and eliminate significant roadblocks in a timely fashion. • Accountable for resolving all roadblocks that would cause products not to release including risk management & removing impediments. • Create reports and analysis based on business goals and forecasts to understand progress, gaps, risks, and mitigation plans for objectives and key results. • This will include but is not limited to product delivery release reports, program backlogs and epic burn ups. • Maintain and publish all operational reporting for database technology platforms and stakeholder health. • Elicit stakeholder feedback to map out key business processes, develop high level engineering requirements, build executable roadmaps, and form technology initiative recommendations. • Run scrum teams and coach team members on the scrum processes, including running ceremonies, planning, retros, backlog refinement, team velocity, and burndown. • Serve as an agile coach and prepare other team members to step into the Scrummaster role.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ total years of experience in product engineering delivery orgs • 5+ total years technical experience in database platforms • 5+ years of experience in a Technical Program, Technical Product, Delivery Manager, or Solution Architecture role • Undergraduate degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience • Proven track record of successfully leading programs across engineering teams working on database platforms • Expert in Agile/SCRUM development methodologies with 10+ years of experience • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Preferred Competencies: Certified Scrummaster (CSM) or PMP-ACP Agile coaching experience or certification is also preferred • PMP or similar Program or Project Management certificate • Expertise with MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Project, as well as Confluence, Jira, and SharePoint.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits • Educational initiatives • Special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth • Programs to help take care of you, your family, and your career