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Avanade Inc. Delivery Lead in Warsaw, Poland
Introduction:
The Delivery Lead at Avanade plays a dynamic role and serves as a driving force behind our transformative growth. In this position, you will be at the forefront of shaping the future, structure, and organization of our Delivery Team, which you will then guide to new heights of success.
Come join us:
You'll be responsible for ensuring seamless partnerships with our clients, overseeing the flawless delivery of project portfolios and services, and leaving a trail of satisfied customers in your wake. While you'll be following our regional blueprint, we're relying on your expertise and innovative thinking to ignite and accelerate our journey of growth.
This role isn't just about managing the day-to-day; it's about envisioning the bigger picture and being the visionary who maps the path to success. If you're ready to make a significant impact, drive change, and collaborate with a team toward boundless opportunities, this role is just right for you.
What you’ll do:
· Lead the delivery of the contracted solution on the program level at the agreed upon terms, original deal economics, schedule, and quality level.
· Manage overall project/program risks, adjusting as necessary and obtaining buy-in from senior management for critical project plans, commitment, and changes.
· Oversee and lead development, implementation, and maintenance of the Project Work Plan, including approval for the project's estimated schedule, effort, and cost.
· Manage accurate development and traceability of requirements during project lifecycle.
· Ensure understanding of stakeholder goals and expectations, addresses misalignments, monitors the program to meet/exceed the agreed expectations and communicates back to customer.
· Provide project leadership to appropriate teams. Mentor and develop team members and peers.
· Provide oversight to management of relationships with project or program suppliers and subcontractors.
· Develop strategy for control and governance structures to ensure desired outcomes across projects.
· Coordinate service levels and agreements and prioritize resources across projects and programs.
· Manage delivery portfolio - monitoring, escalating, and resolving delivery issues internally.
· Participate in sales pursuits driving the solution planning and deal shaping process that will help drive business value for our customers.
· Work in our Warsaw office (hybrid mode including 1-2days/week in the office).
Skills and experiences:
· Minimum 10 years of experience in IT Project/Program Management, coordinating a medium-large team, with high level of exposure to customer and a proven ability to document, communicate and market IT programs while executing them.
· Good understanding of contract terms and interpretation as well as key project management disciplines (estimating, work planning, contract management, scope management, user acceptance, etc.)
· Experience leading a team, being accountable of their growth and careers (training and development plans, performance management, etc.)
· Experience in customer expectations management within IT consulting environment.
· Demonstrated experience employing project management methods, tools, techniques.
· Expertise in Microsoft Project, working knowledge of Microsoft platform technologies especially D365 and Power Platform.
About you:
Characteristics that can spell success for this role:
· Excellent communication skills. Fluent Polish and English is a must.
· Certifications: Project Management Institute (PMI) PMP or PgMP. Additional certifications (e.g., Agile/SCRUM, ITIL etc.) are an advantage.
· Educational background: bachelor's degree in business or technology-related field.
Enjoy your career
Some of the best things about working at Avanade:
· Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
· Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
· Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth
· Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you
Find out more about some of our benefits [1] Employee Benefits at Avanade | Avanade
A great place to work
As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!
We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page.
Create a future for our people that focuses on:
• Expanding your thinking • Experimenting courageously • Learning and pivoting
Inspire greatness in our people by:
• Empowering every voice • Encouraging boldness • Celebrating progress
Accelerate the impact of our people by:
• Amazing the client • Prioritizing what matters • Acting as one
Learn more
To learn more about Avanade check out these links:
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[3] Inside Avanade Blog
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[5] Avanade Careers
References
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https://www.avanade.com/en/career/benefits
https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/inside-avanade
https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/inside-avanade
https://www.avanade.com/en/about-avanade/careers
https://www.avanade.com/en/about-avanade/careers