Technical Delivery Manager

What we’re building

We’re creating a small, elite engineering hub in CIS to take ownership of a large, mission-critical enterprise platform currently operated by an external vendor. The system is live, security-sensitive, and mid-modernization: legacy parts exist (ASP.NET 4.8/WCF), newer services are already on .NET 8, and delivery is moving toward fully automated CI/CD with strict quality/security gates.

We already have:

• CTO / Exec sponsor driving strategy and stakeholder alignment
  
   
• Lead Architect driving target architecture and modernization design
  
   

Now we need the person who makes it all actually happen day-to-day.

The role

You’re the execution + people leader for the CIS hub. You’ll hire and run the team, translate executive priorities into a sane delivery plan, and keep engineering moving without burning people out. You’re technical enough that engineers can’t hand-wave you — but your core job is leadership, delivery, and building a team that ships.

What you’ll do

• Build the hub: hire and grow a team of .NET and Full Stack engineers (and a DevOps profile as needed). Own the pipeline from sourcing → screening → offer.
  
   
• Run delivery: planning, prioritization, sprint/kanban execution, dependency management, and unblocking. Keep scope honest and outcomes measurable.
  
   
• Bridge stakeholders and engineers: turn business goals into clear engineering work; communicate tradeoffs, timelines, and risk in plain English.
  
   
• Protect quality and security: enforce PR culture, branch protection, definition of done, and security scanning gates (SAST) as part of release readiness.
  
   
• Operationalize engineering: improve how work moves through the system (docs, runbooks, incident follow-ups, handover from vendor knowledge).
  
   
• Keep a technical pulse: you won’t code every day, but you can run code-level interviews, review designs at a high level, and spot risky shortcuts early.
  
   

What “good” looks like in the first 3–6 months

• Team hired and onboarded (initial 5–8, scaling toward 10–15) with consistent engineering standards
  
   
• Delivery rhythm established (predictable planning, clean backlog, fewer surprises)
  
   
• Clear ownership boundaries and handover plan from the vendor
  
   
• CI/CD adoption progressing (more services/releases under pipeline, fewer manual steps)
  
   
• Documentation and runbooks improving as part of normal delivery (not a separate “later” project)
  
   

What we’re looking for

• 8+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years managing teams (EM / Delivery Director / Head of Engineering type roles)
  
   
• Strong background in C# / .NET (you can interview seniors and judge tradeoffs)
  
   
• Proven experience hiring and leading remote teams in CEE
  
   
• Comfortable operating in enterprise environments: gated releases, auditability, security requirements
  
   
• Strong written/spoken English and calm executive communication
  
   

Nice to have

• Azure delivery experience (not architecture-heavy, but real-world shipping)
  
   
• Experience with modernization programs (legacy → modern, vendor takeover, platform re-platforming)
  
   
• Familiarity with React/Angular and/or Python (integration context)