Technical Delivery Manager

Job description

Key Responsibilities 1. Technical Delivery Leadership • Lead end-to-end engineering delivery across multiple strategic technology initiatives. • Translate business and product requirements into clear technical delivery plans. • Drive technical planning, estimation, prioritization, sprint execution, and release management. • Monitor delivery progress, timelines, dependencies, and key milestones. • Ensure successful delivery within agreed scope, quality, timeline, and budget. 2. Engineering & Architecture Governance • Review solution architectures, technical designs, implementation approaches, and development plans. • Ensure engineering solutions follow established architecture, security, quality, and development standards. • Provide technical guidance and challenge design decisions where required. • Promote scalable, maintainable, secure, and high-performing software solutions. • Support architecture governance across ERP/GRP and enterprise technology environments. 3. External Team Management • Manage and oversee external software development and technology delivery partners. • Establish clear delivery expectations, milestones, KPIs, and quality standards. • Monitor vendor performance and ensure adherence to agreed technical and delivery commitments. • Coordinate effectively between internal stakeholders and external engineering teams. • Identify and address delivery or performance issues proactively. 4. Engineering Roadmap & SDLC • Own and maintain the engineering delivery roadmap in alignment with product and business priorities. • Ensure effective execution across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). • Establish appropriate delivery processes, governance, documentation, and reporting. • Partner with PMO and relevant stakeholders to provide accurate delivery status and forecasts. • Drive continuous improvement across engineering processes and delivery practices. 5. Product & Business Alignment • Collaborate closely with Product, Business, QA, Infrastructure, Operations, and other stakeholders. • Ensure technical decisions support business objectives, product strategy, customer value, and commercial priorities. • Contribute to technology and product roadmap discussions. • Evaluate technical options based on business value, feasibility, scalability, and cost. • Support the adoption of SaaS, cloud, and modern technology strategies where applicable. 6. Cloud & Technology Modernization • Support and drive cloud modernization initiatives, particularly within Microsoft Azure environments. • Promote modern engineering practices, cloud-native capabilities, automation, integration, and scalable architectures. • Contribute to technology modernization and digital transformation initiatives. • Ensure cloud solutions consider performance, security, availability, scalability, and operational efficiency. 7. Quality, Security & Operational Excellence • Ensure engineering teams follow software development, testing, security, and quality best practices. • Work closely with QA and Operations to ensure production readiness and release quality. • Monitor technical and operational performance and drive continuous improvement. • Promote effective documentation, knowledge management, and lessons learned. • Ensure delivery processes support organizational quality and governance requirements. 8. Risk, Compliance & Governance • Identify, assess, and manage technical and delivery risks. • Maintain visibility of dependencies, constraints, issues, and mitigation plans. • Support engineering governance, internal reviews, audits, and compliance requirements. • Contribute to quality frameworks and process maturity, including CMMI-related practices where applicable. • Ensure appropriate technical documentation and governance controls are maintained. 9. Team Capability & Innovation • Support the development and continuous improvement of engineering capabilities. • Coach and guide technical teams and promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and quality. • Contribute to recruitment, technical assessments, performance development, and capability building. • Identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity through automation and emerging technologies. • Support innovation initiatives, including the evaluation and adoption of AI/ML solutions based on business value, ROI, and prioritization frameworks such as ICE/RICE.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
• 3–5+ years of experience in software engineering, technical delivery, engineering management, or a related technology leadership role
• Experience managing software development teams and/or external technology vendors
• Strong understanding of software development life cycle and Agile delivery methodologies
• Experience with technical planning, estimation, sprint execution, release management, and delivery governance
• Strong understanding of software architecture, system integration, application development, and enterprise technology environments
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud modernization initiatives is highly desirable
• Strong knowledge of software quality, security, scalability, performance, and operational best practices
• Strong stakeholder and communication skills with the ability to work across technical and business functions
• Saudi nationality is required
• The ideal candidate should have working knowledge of several of the following
• Software Architecture & Design Patterns
• SDLC & Agile/Scrum
• NET / C
• MVC / Web API
• Angular
• SQL Server
• IIS
• APIs & System Integration
• SaaS Architecture
• DevOps & CI/CD
• Application Security
• Software Quality & Testing

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