Senior Delivery Manager

Description :

Our Senior Delivery Managers are the drivers of successful outcomes at Sarvika. They sit at the centre of complex programmes, orchestrating people, processes, and priorities to deliver enterprise-grade digital products at speed and scale. At Sarvika, Senior Delivery Managers combine strategic oversight with hands-on delivery discipline. They ensure teams are empowered, risks are managed, dependencies are resolved, and customers have full visibility of progress. Beyond timelines and budgets, they create the conditions for teams to thrive, enabling innovation while ensuring accountability. Here's what you should know if you want to be a Senior Delivery Manager at Sarvika.

Requirements :

The ideal person

• Proven track record in leading delivery of large-scale digital projects or programmes.
• Strong grasp of Agile, Lean, and modern delivery frameworks, with the ability to adapt them to enterprise contexts.
• Ability to manage multiple teams and stakeholders across complex, multi-market projects.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of engaging confidently with C-level stakeholders.
• Proven experience managing budgets, contracts, and commercial dependencies in enterprise environments.
• Commitment to balancing delivery velocity with quality, risk management, and customer value.

Desirable Skills :

• Experience delivering projects in headless, composable, or cloud-native technology contexts.
• Strong knowledge of product development lifecycles, from discovery to release.
• Familiarity with modern project management and collaboration tools (e.g., task
• tracking, documentation, and communication platforms) for managing distributed teams.
• Experience building and leading delivery governance structures (RAIDs, dependency registers, escalation frameworks).
• Ability to run portfolio-level planning and reporting for executive stakeholders.
• Understanding of design systems, UX/UI, and engineering workflows, enabling better cross-discipline collaboration.
• Skills in risk management, change management, and conflict resolution.
• Proven ability to coach and mentor delivery teams, uplifting capability across the organisation.
• Comfortable leading both fixed-scope projects and flexible subscription or retainer-based engagements.
• Knowledge of procurement, contract management, and supplier evaluation in enterprise settings.

On any given day you might

• Own the delivery of enterprise programmes, ensuring projects stay on track for scope, time, and budget.
• Lead ceremonies and planning sessions with cross-functional teams.
• Partner with customers to provide clear delivery updates and manage expectations.
• Build and maintain delivery governance frameworks (RAIDs, reporting cadences, escalation pathways).
• Work closely with architects, engineers, and product designers to identify risks and resolve dependencies.
• Translate high-level business objectives into actionable delivery plans.
• Manage resource allocation and scheduling across a portfolio of projects.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery practices, introducing new ways of working to accelerate outcomes.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers, shaping delivery strategies and highlighting opportunities for acceleration.
• Coach and mentor less experienced Delivery Managers.

You bring

• 7+ years of delivery management experience, ideally in digital or technology-focused organisations.
• Deep experience working with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and adapting them pragmatically.
• Strong skills in stakeholder management, particularly at senior executive levels.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams across different geographies.
• Proven experience with enterprise delivery reporting, governance, and commercial management.
• Advanced English and excellent written/verbal communication.
• (Bonus) Experience with subscription or retainer-based delivery models in agencies or consultancies