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Delivery and Portfolio Manager (IT Consulting)

Indigo Beam Consulting
UKRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 20 Aug 2026

About the role

This is a remote position.

Engagement: Full-time, hybrid position

Location: Houston, TX or Remote

Summary

Indigo Beam is seeking a Delivery and Portfolio Manager to personally lead complex, client-facing IT consulting engagements while guiding a small team of project managers. This is a hands-on delivery role — not a governance-only position — for someone who can run the toughest engagements themselves while setting delivery standards across the portfolio.

The ideal candidate will bring substantial experience from a well-established consulting organization serving enterprise clients in the U.S. market , preferably a Big Four or comparable top-tier consulting firm.

Projects span application development, AI initiatives, modern application delivery, business process improvement, systems integration, and IT integration work supporting client M&A, including systems consolidation, data migration, and application rationalization.

Responsibilities

  • Personally lead 2–3 complex, client-facing engagements at a time from initiation through delivery, owning on-time, on-budget delivery at the margin sold
  • Run Agile delivery hands-on using Azure DevOps: write and groom user stories, configure sprints, track velocity, manage capacity and resource allocation, and produce status and risk reporting
  • Drive project planning, requirements gathering, business analysis, and user story development — especially during discovery and early shaping
  • Identify risks, remove obstacles, and keep engagements on scope, schedule, budget, and quality
  • Lead distributed project teams spanning the U.S., Brazil, and India
  • Oversee and coach 2–3 project managers running additional engagements and establish delivery standards across the portfolio
  • Communicate effectively with C-level stakeholders, client teams, and technical teams; escalate and resolve issues early
  • Support SOW scoping, estimation, and engagement planning as needed

Requirements

Must Have

  • 10+ years of professional experience, including 7+ years in IT consulting leading complex, client-facing engagements
  • Significant experience working within a recognized U.S. or global consulting firm delivering technology consulting services to enterprise clients in the United States
  • Demonstrated experience operating in a structured consulting environment with responsibility for client delivery, commercial commitments, executive stakeholder management, and multiple concurrent engagements
  • Strong application development project experience
  • Hands-on Agile/Scrum delivery from a PM perspective, including user stories, sprint configuration, velocity tracking, capacity planning, and resource allocation
  • Experience delivering projects within the Microsoft ecosystem, including Azure, .NET, and/or Power Platform
  • Ability to lead projects from the ground up, including discovery, requirements gathering, solution shaping, planning, and delivery
  • Strong business an

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