Technical Delivery Manager / Director at IDinsight

About the Role

We are seeking candidates with a strong background in managing agile software teams, and a passion for building solutions to difficult social problems. Most importantly, successful candidates should possess the ability to lead teams solving complex challenges, both human and technological.

As a manager, the day-to-day work may include:

•  Working closely with clients and project technical leads to define requirements, scope, timelines, and budgets
•  Leading business development for select high-profile engagements
•  Leading meetings and removing blockers for IDinsight developer teams
•  Overseeing and implementing project work plans and budgets
•  Creating & maintaining project documentation e.g project plans, status reports, change logs e.t.c
•  Client communication, training, and support on products
•  Reviewing team deliverables for quality control
•  Working with the team leads on refinement of the project lifecycle and how we manage the team
•  Mentoring IDinsight junior team members.
•  Identifying, defining, and mitigating technical risks on projects

Qualifications

Technical qualifications:

•  Advanced degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Project Management, or Information Systems.
•  Minimum of 7 years of cumulative relevant experience (10+ years desirable)
•  Minimum of 3 years in a leadership role (5+ years desirable)
•  Experience managing software development teams, such as serving as a technical product manager.
•  Experience using agile principles and tools in a management context.
•  Understanding of the software development lifecycle and related concepts such as version control, testing, and continuous integration/deployment.
•  Ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
•  Experience using/implementing project management tools such as JIRA, and Confluence.

Required qualifications:

•  Proven ability to work alone and with teams in a dynamic, multicultural environment.
•  Passion for improving lives through evidence-informed policy.
•  Outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills.
•  Strong oral and written communication skills in English. Fluency in languages spoken in countries where IDinsight works is a plus, particularly Hindi or French.
•  Strong values aligned with IDinsight’s stated values .
•  Ability and interest in sharing knowledge, mentoring others, presenting work, and reviewing the work of others.
•  Deeply passionate about global development and improving lives in disadvantaged populations.
•  Open-minded self-starter who will thrive while tackling new, unusual, and unpredictable challenges.