- Delivery Head is a senior leadership role accountable for managing the successful delivery of our software solutions across all clients.
- Your role will be to ensure at a project and function level: operational excellence, team satisfaction, client satisfaction, financial health, and continuous improvement in all facets.
- Beyond client delivery, this role is accountable for building and managing strategic relationships with SaaS Providers, Cloud Platforms, and Technology Partners (e.g., Salesforce, ServiceNow etc.), as well as third-party vendors and service partners to strengthen the overall delivery ecosystem.
- You will be accountable for aligning delivery outcomes with the strategic business goals of WarpDrive.
Role Definition :
Organizational Leadership:
- Define and drive delivery strategies that align with the organizational vision and growth objectives.
- Establish governance frameworks to ensure operational efficiency and compliance.
- Lead by example to foster a high-performance, customer-centric culture.
- Mentor project managers and build leadership pipelines within delivery teams.
- Champion change management initiatives and digital transformation.
- Ensure alignment between sales, pre-sales, and delivery teams.
SaaS & Technology Platform Engagement:
- Establish and nurture strategic relationships with leading SaaS providers, cloud platforms, and technology ecosystems (e.g,, Salesforce, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, ServiceNow).
- Act as the senior delivery representative in partner governance meetings, ensuring alignment with platform-specific delivery standards, certifications, and best practices.
- Leverage technology partner resources, accelerators, tools, and roadmaps to enhance delivery efficiency, solution quality, and client value.
- Ensure compliance with SaaS provider frameworks, security guidelines, and integration protocols during project delivery.
- Drive co-innovation initiatives with platform partners, collaborating on joint go-to-market strategies and solution development.
- Manage escalation processes involving SaaS platforms, ensuring swift resolution of delivery-impacting issues related to platform dependencies.
- Monitor evolving SaaS partner programs, ensuring that the organization maintains or elevates its partnership status.
- Promote certification pathways within delivery teams to strengthen internal expertise on strategic platforms.
- Collaborate with technology providers on enablement programs, roadmap alignments, and thought leadership opportunities.
- Ensure that SaaS and platform engagements contribute to both client success and organizational growth objectives.
Portfolio Management:
- Oversee execution across multiple client portfolios, ensuring profitability and value delivery.
- Balance team capacity with demand across engagements.
- Manage portfolio-level risks, dependencies, and escalations.
- Align portfolio performance with contractual commitments and SLAs.
- Drive portfolio growth through upselling and cross-selling opportunities.
- Ensure that portfolio outcomes align with the client's strategic objectives.
- Work with the Sales teams to minimize risk during renewals or scope expansions.
Program Management:
- Govern large-scale, multi-year programs, ensuring milestones, budgets, and quality standards are met.
- Implement standardized program management methodologies across engagements.
- Monitor interdependencies across programs and resolve conflicts.
- Ensure stakeholder alignment through structured communication and reporting.
- Lead steering committee meetings and executive reviews.
- Ensure program benefits realization in line with business cases.
Collaboration:
- Promote seamless collaboration between onsite, offshore, and nearshore teams.
- Build strong relationships with internal departments such as Sales, HR, Finance, and Marketing.
- Facilitate knowledge sharing and disseminate best practices across teams.
- Encourage joint problem-solving and innovation workshops.
- Drive the adoption of collaborative tools for better project visibility and coordination.
- Act as a bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders.
Performance Management:
- Define KPIs and OKRs for delivery excellence and track adherence.
- Implement structured review mechanisms for continuous performance evaluation.
- Drive accountability through transparent performance dashboards.
- Address underperformance with targeted improvement plans.
- Recognize, reward, and retain top talent within the delivery function.
- Benchmark performance against industry standards and competitors.
Customer Satisfaction:
- Establish proactive client feedback loops and satisfaction surveys.
- Ensure delivery commitments translate into measurable business value for clients.
- Lead service improvement plans where customer satisfaction dips.
- Develop customer-centric delivery models tailored to client expectations.
- Ensure high Net Promoter Score (NPS) and client retention rates.
- Personally engage with key clients during critical project phases or when escalations arise.
Employee Satisfaction:
- Conduct regular engagement surveys and take action on the feedback.
- Foster a culture of transparency, inclusivity, and recognition.
- Implement flexible work policies and wellness initiatives.
- Support career development through mentorship and coaching.
- Create clear growth paths and succession plans.
- Address attrition risks proactively with retention strategies.
Reporting:
- Deliver executive-level dashboards covering operational, financial, and delivery health.
- Standardize reporting frameworks across engagements for consistency.
- Utilize predictive analytics for risk identification and mitigation.
- Ensure compliance reporting for regulatory and client-specific requirements.
- Provide insights-driven recommendations to improve delivery outcomes.
- Automate reporting processes to reduce manual effort and increase accuracy.
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