Director - Solution Ownership, West Coast

US West Coast

About project

What You’ll Do:

• Perform large-scale, complex delivery project/program management on client engagements.
• Maintain client/partner relationships and demonstrate expertise in leading/overseeing Agile projects to ensure successful outcomes.
• Manage production of project deliverables, budget, and presentations to client personnel and leadership.
• Engage directly with senior client stakeholders to manage engagement risks, and project economics, including planning and budgeting, managing accounts receivable, defining deliverable content and ensuring buy-in of proposed solutions from top management levels at the client.
• Lead multiple delivery projects for a client engagement.
• Lead the efforts to capture best practices and develop case studies and other core deliverables to build solution offerings; conduct workshops revolving around Solution Owner best practices and concepts.
• Participate in industry forums, events, and speaking engagements.
• Work with Product Owners and Solution Architects to define and deliver technology solutions for clients.
• Develop and promote innovative agile and team leadership solutions, methodologies, and proposals.
• Support selection, staffing, and onboarding of consultants to projects; assist in qualifying opportunities and work with people managers and consultants to assess project fit.
• Provide guidance, coaching, mentoring, and day-to-day direction for a team of direct reports.
• Handle the performance feedback and annual review processes for direct reports.
• Lead business development opportunities, including writing SOWs and presenting solutions to prospective clients; identify opportunities and support sales to both new and existing clients.
• Serve as a People Manager for people within the Solution Ownership capability, and provide meaningful mentoring and advisement to more junior members.

What You'll Bring:

• 12+ years of consulting experience in iterative solution development as a Program Lead, Engagement Lead, or similar role.
• Experience in all phases of product development, software development, and testing lifecycles.
• People Management experience, including a strong history of mentoring others.
• Management experience in established technology and product departments with mature program management processes and standards for both Agile and waterfall project methodologies.
• Experience with recruiting and building out teams.
• Hands-on management of complex projects with multiple work streams and $10M+ budgets; management of roadmaps and financials.
• Demonstrated professional growth and the proven ability to work cross-functionally.
• You are comfortable creating proposals, writing RFPs and SOWs, and reviewing proposals with clients.
• Expert business operations experience (e.g., invoicing, SOW, margins, utilization).
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to audiences of all levels, including client-facing skills.
• Expert in agile software delivery methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, and Lean.
• Ability to organize and run scrum of scrums on larger engagements.
• A real passion for building software solutions with state-of-the-art technology.
• You embrace challenging situations and enjoy solving complex problems.

WE OFFER:

• Competitive salary + annual bonus upon reaching the agreed KPIs. The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently $160-$235k of the offered base plus up to 20% of the base as a bonus as well as benefits. The salary range is determined through interviews and a review of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, and alignment with market data.
• Unlimited Vacation policy.
• Generous health insurance plan and 401 (K) matching plan.