Lead Delivery Manager, Partnership Intelligence

We are Two Circles. We are a Sports & Entertainment Marketing business. We grow audiences and revenues. We do that by knowing fans best. We work with clients to help them understand & influence what their fans are doing the way fans spend their money the events that fans attend the channels fans respond to the content fans watch and more. And we use the understanding this gives us to help our clients grow. Grow their audiences and grow their revenues - both direct to consumer and business to business revenues. Our platforms and services are trusted by over 1000 clients globally including the English Premier League Red Bull UEFA VISA the NFL Nike and Amazon. We are over 1000 people based out of 15 offices and we deliver work for sports and entertainment businesses of all shapes and sizes all over the world.

Werelooking for a Lead Delivery Manager to drive high-quality predictable delivery across Partnership Intelligence our product suite used by both rights-holders and brands to value manage measure and grow commercial partnerships and sponsorships.

This is a senior individual-contributor role with leadership influence: you willoperateas the connective tissue across Product Engineering Data Design and Client teams shaping how we plan execute and continuously improve delivery across multiple squads. You will bring deep experience strong strategic judgment and a mature delivery toolkit whileremaininghands-on in the rhythms ceremonies and operational structures that keep our teams moving.

You will orchestrate delivery across several cross-functional squadsmanage complex dependencies in a fast-evolving productanticipateand neutralise risksand introduce scalable delivery frameworks that improve velocity quality and commercial playa central rolein preparing Partnership Intelligence for a pivotal year of investment and acceleration in 2026 ensuring we can scale delivery as the platform grows.

While your focus will be Partnership Intelligenceyoullalsohave the opportunitytoinfluence delivery frameworks across the broader KORE Intelligence Platform.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complexity brings structured calm to technical environments and can elevate delivery maturity while staying close to the work.

Whatyoullbe doing

Orchestrating Multi-Squad Product Delivery

• Lead delivery across multiple Partnership Intelligence squads ensuring alignment to roadmap priorities and high-quality execution.

• Build andmaintaindelivery plans milestones dependency maps and risk frameworks that provide clarity across global teams.

• Work with Product leadership to translate strategy into structured delivery sequences and measurableobjectives.

• Anticipate risks early surface trade-offs andfacilitatestructured decision-making.

Elevating Agile & Delivery Practices

• Own and improve delivery ceremonies across squads (planning refinement reviews retros) raising the bar for consistency and quality.

• Coach teams on breaking down complex initiatives into deliverable increments improving estimation and tightening feedback loops.

• Ensure Jira boards epics and workflows reflect real delivery status and support meaningful reporting and forecasting.

• Introduce lightweight but robust delivery tooling dashboards and cadence improvements that support scale.

Cross-Functional & Cross-Regional Leadership

• Partner with Engineering Leads on sequencing capacity planning and aligning team focus with technical constraints.

• Work closely with Product Marketing Client leads and Data teams to ensure releases migrations and integrations land smoothly.

• Align with regional teams (North America EMEA and India) tomaintainshared rhythms reduce friction and improve hand-offs.

• Provide clear concise communication to stakeholders includingregular reporting onroadmap progress risks mitigations and delivery confidence.

Operational Excellence & Framework Building

• Introduce scalable delivery standards playbooks and governance models that allow the product organisation to accelerate in 2026 and beyond.

• Improve visibility at all levels of the organisation through structured reporting dashboards and predictable communication rhythms.

• Support commercial predictability byprovidingearly insight into scope delivery timing resource needs and key trade-offs.

• Collaborate with Product & Engineering leadership on operating model refinements across the KORE Intelligence Platform.

Leadership Mentorship & Culture

• Mentorand line managedelivery managers or coordinators as the function grows shaping how we work communicate and make decisions.

• Foster a culture of clarity accountability continuous improvement and healthy challenge.

• Model emotionally intelligent calm structured leadership especially during periods of high change or ambiguity.

• Act as a unifying presence across squads helping teams stay connected to product vision client needs and organisational priorities.

In your first year you may have

• Established predictable reliable delivery rhythms acrossallPartnership Intelligence squads.

• Designed and embedded delivery frameworks that improved velocity cross-team alignment and roadmap visibility.

• Partnered closely with Engineering and Product Leadership to successfully deliver our 2026 strategic roadmap.

• Improved cross-timezonecoordination reducing friction between squads and regions.

• Rolled out delivery tooling/reporting that increased confidence and reduced planning noise across the organisation.

• Played a visible leadership role in maturing delivery across thePartnershipIntelligence Platform.

Experience

• 5 years in delivery management technical program management or similar roles within SaaS data products or platform engineering environments.

• Proven success delivering complex multi-squad initiatives in a product-led organisation.

• Experience shaping delivery frameworks coaching teams and maturing operational practices.

• Strong familiarity with modern product engineering environments (data pipelines cloud platforms APIs integrations).

• Experience working with global/distributed teams and managing cross-timezonedelivery rhythms.

Skills

• Strong delivery instincts with the ability to bring structure to ambiguous environments.

• Fluency in Agile methodologies and hands-on experiencefacilitatingmulti-team Agile rhythms.

• Exceptional organisation prioritisation and risk management skills.

• Ability to engage confidently with engineers product managers and commercial stakeholders.

• Excellent communication skills crisp structured and audience-aware.

• Calm pragmatic commercially minded and able tooperatewith maturity in moments of pressure.

Bonus

• Experience in sports media or partnership ecosystems.

• Exposure to hybrid SaaS services operating models.

• Experience during a scaling phase.

Required Experience:

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