Software Delivery Management – Senior Technical Software Delivery Manager

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading global analytics software company, helping businesses in 100+ countries make better decisions. Join our world-class team today and fulfill your career potential!

At FICO, we are always looking for exceptional talent to drive our ambitious growth strategy. While we may not have an immediate opening, this is a general posting for outstanding talent who specialize in enterprise technology sales and client relationship management within the financial services sector.  If you’d like to learn more, we encourage you to introduce yourself so that we can begin a conversation and consider you for opportunities as they arise.

The Opportunity

"We are seeking a technically skilled and highly experienced Delivery Management leader to support the Delivery Management - Senior Director in driving strategic software delivery initiatives for the FICO Software Product Organization. You will be part of a highly energetic team that ensure successful end-to-end Platform as a Service (PaaS) delivery. This opportunity offers a unique leadership role to work with senior technology leaders, and agile release management teams building cutting edge technology applied to one-of-a-kind business problems.” – Delivery Management - Sr. Director

What You’ll Contribute

• Oversee and drive end-to-end product delivery management lifecycle and release management operations for the Product organization. This role requires a strategic leader adept at managing complex products, coordinating across numerous technology teams, and implementing best practices to drive efficiency and excellence.

• Works in a senior leadership role to lead highly technical product delivery, aligning scope and release planning with strategic business objectives. 

• Takes ownership and drives teams to quality and on-time delivery using agile methodologies, company-defined delivery standards, and best practices. 

• Identifies potential risks and obstacles that could impact product roadmap and release timelines. Proactively identifies and develops dependency and risk mitigation strategies.

• Establish and monitor KPIs to measure product delivery effectiveness, quality, and overall success.

• Facilitate culture of continuous learning by regularly conducting product retrospectives and improving established product delivery standards.

What We’re Seeking

• Ideally an internal candidate with knowledge of FICO organizational makeup and products.

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science or related discipline.

• Strong background in full lifecycle delivery for PaaS products and operations.

• Experience in planning and delivering commercial software utilizing agile processes for multiple public cloud technologies, e.g., AWS, Google, Azure.

• Practical understanding and application of technical product delivery management and agile development lifecycle in support of PaaS. 

• Experience managing complex dependencies between various teams that play different roles within software releases.

• Proficiency in identifying and responding effectively to technical risks and issues that may impact delivery.

• Collaborative style; partners well with cross-functional teams solve problems and to complete complex deliverables within tight time frames.

• Exceptional facilitation and time management skills with the ability to meet tight deadlines and juggle multiple tasks/projects simultaneously.

• Results oriented with strong attention to detail. 

• Skilled with Atlassian tools such as Aha! And Jira to track progress of software releases.

• Scaled Agile Certification is preferred. 

Our Offer to You

• An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values:  Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.

• The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.

• Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.

• An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.

• The targeted base pay range for this role is: $114,800 to $180,400 with this range reflecting differences in candidate knowledge, skills and experience.
   

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