Delivery Manager (product and tech)
What Works · Canberra, ACT, AU
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About the role
About the role
We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Delivery Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of technology and product projects across our client portfolio. In this role you will own the full delivery lifecycle — from discovery and scoping through to build, release, and retrospective — managing client relationships, commercial outcomes, and cross-functional teams throughout. The ideal candidate bridges the gap between business needs and technical execution, and is equally comfortable running a discovery workshop with a client as they are coordinating a sprint with a development team. While your primary portfolio sits across technology and product accounts, you'll work within a collaborative delivery team and will occasionally support cross-functional projects spanning marketing, growth, and brand — ensuring continuity and quality across the agency's full service offering.
Responsibilities
Project delivery
- Lead end-to-end delivery of technology and product projects across the agency's client portfolio
- Lead technical discovery processes, including requirements gathering, feature prioritisation, and scope definition
- Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, resource schedules, and budgetsIdentify and manage project risks, dependencies, and scope changes proactively
- Facilitate internal team meetings, sprint ceremonies, stand-ups, and delivery checkpoints
- Maintain project tracking and reporting across all active engagements
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to the standard expected by clientsSupport cross-functional delivery across marketing, growth, and brand projects during peak periods
Account management
- Serve as the primary client contact for a defined portfolio of technology and product accounts
- Lead client discovery workshops, project kickoffs, status updates, and review meetings
- Manage client expectations around timelines, deliverables, technical constraints, and change requests
- Identify opportunities to grow existing accounts through additional scope or services
- Prepare and present project proposals, estimates, and statements of work in collaboration with senior leadership
Internal coordination
- Coordinate across development, QA, UX, and creative disciplines to resource and schedule project work
- Manage hybrid teams across local and remote environments
- Provide clear technical briefing and product context to team members at project initiation
- Escalate resourcing, quality, or timeline issues to leadership as needed
Commercial and operational
- Track project profitability and flag budget variances early
- Support accurate time and cost tracking to maintain visibility on job-level performance
- Contribute to process improvement across technical delivery workflows
- Assist with onboarding of future delivery hires as the team grows
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Delivery Manager, Technical Project Manager, or Senior PM in an agency or consultancy environment
- Strong understanding of product development methodologies — Agile, sprint-based delivery, backlog management, and hybrid approaches
- Experience leading discovery-to-outcome engagements across complex technology or product projects
- Ability to bridge business and technical stakeholders, translating client needs into clear development team direction
- Strong commercial acumen — job costing, margin tracking, and budget management
- Ability to manage hybrid teams across local and remote environments
- Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience
Company Overview
Please visit https://www.whatworks.com.au for more information
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Skills
- Project Management
- Agile
- Scrum
- Kanban
- Jira
- Confluence
- Stakeholder Management
- Leadership
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