Director of Technical Delivery
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Job Location:
Horsham, PA - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 175000 - 1455000
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Life Science Connect is dedicated to uniting life sciences professionals and suppliers to accelerate research development and manufacturing. We help professionals discover market opportunities by facilitating mutually beneficial connections between audiences and strategic partners. This accelerates the advancement of life-improving life-extending and life-saving therapies and devices. We serve a loyal satisfied readership that demands original compelling content with utility. Our comprehensive suite of capabilities for B2B sales and marketing enablement contributes significantly to the creation and maintenance of robust business development pipelines for our partners.
The Mission
Life Science Connect ispivotingfrom a traditional publisher to a Data Authority. We are transforming our infrastructure by migrating to a modern Efficiency Stack ( Snowflake Azure).
We have strong technical leadership in place to build the platform. We are now seeking a strategic leader to partner with the CTO in ensuring that our execution is predictable data-driven and aligned with business goals.
As theDirector of Technical Delivery you will own theoperational rhythmof the engineering organization. You will focus on performance intelligence resource forecasting and cross-team orchestration ensuring that we ship high-value work on time and on budget.
Key Responsibilities
1. Performance Intelligence & Data-Driven Insight
The Scoreboard Owner:Youare responsible forthe truth of our progress. You will define track and report on critical delivery metrics (e.g. Cycle TimePlannedvs. Actual Release Predictability).
Executive Visibility:You will transform raw Jira data into actionable intelligence for the Executive Team. You will answer the question When will this shipwithdata-backed confidence.
Process Optimization:While Engineering Leads own the code workflow youidentifythe bottlenecks. You use data to highlight where the process is stalling (e.g. QA is the bottleneck Requirements are unclear) and drive the operational changes needed to fix it.
2. Strategic Resource Planning & Forecasting
Capacity Modeling:You will own the Tetris of resource allocation. You will forecast our capacity against the product roadmap ensuring we have the right mix of FTEs and contractors to hit our targets without burning out the team.
Vendor & Budget Orchestration:You will manage the operational side of our elastic workforce (contractors/agencies). You will track SOWutilizationmonitorburn rates and ensure we are gettingmaximumROI from our external partners.
3. Program Orchestration & Risk Management
Cross-Functional Alignment:You act as the bridge between Product Engineering and TechOps. You ensure that dependencies areidentifiedearlyso that a Product launchdoesntfail because TechOpswasnttold about a server requirement.
Governance Tracking:You will project-manage our compliance initiatives (SOC 2 GDPR). Youdontimplement the security controls but you ensure thetasksare tracked theevidenceis collected and thedeadlinesare met.
Release Train Management:You coordinate thelogisticsof major releases ensuring communication plans rollback strategies and stakeholder approvals are in place before deployment.
4. Operational Leadership
Meeting Hygiene:You ensure that our agile ceremonies (Standups Retrospectives Planning) are efficient focused andhigh-value. You protect the teams Flow State by minimizing administrative overhead.
Communication Hub:You are the central nervous system for status updates. You proactively communicate risks and changes to stakeholders preventing surprises andmaintainingtrust across the organization.
The Ideal Candidate Profile
Experience:8-12 years in Technical Program Management Project Management Office (PMO) Leadership or Agile Delivery Operations. You have experience running the Business of Engineering.
Data-First Mindset:You live in the metrics. You are comfortable using tools like Jira to visualize team health and performance. You believe that what gets measured gets managed.
Operational Discipline:You are highly organized and structured. You excel at taking a chaotic roadmap and turning it into a disciplined executable plan.
Stakeholder Fluency:You can speak Engineer and Executive. You can translate technical blockers into business impact and vice versa.
Certifications:PMP PMI-ACP or Advanced Scrum certifications are highly valued as evidence of your structured approach to delivery.
Why Join Now
Strategic Impact:You will provide the operational backbone for our evolution into a Data Authority ensuring our ambitious vision translates into reality.
Modern Environment:Work within a forward-thinking remote-first organizationleveragingthe latest tools and platforms.
Empowerment:You report directly to the CTO with a mandate to bring predictability and transparency to the organization.
We Invest in YOU
At Life Science Connect our commitment to empowering innovation and facilitating growth within the life sciences sector extends to our employees. We offer a comprehensive total compensation program designed to support your overall health financial well-being and professional development.
In addition to a competitive salary youll enjoy:
- Medical/vision/prescription/dental coverage for you and your family
- 100% company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance
- 100% company-paid life insurance
- 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6%
- 15 vacation days and 6 personal days on day 1
- 13 company-paid holidays
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Fundraising
- Media Relations
- Constant Contact
- Strategic Planning
- Social Media Management
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
About Company
At Life Science Connect we hire world-class employees with high character, drive, discipline, and a track record of success. In turn, the company provides them with career growth potential, a friendly work atmosphere, and excellent pay and benefits. Our teams are devoted to providing ... View more
