Delivery Manager - Evolve

Overview

Job Summary:

The Delivery Manager – Evolve leads delivery, stabilization, budget, and vendor oversight for Allegis Group’s EVOLVE program, an enterprise Oracle-based HR and ERP systems transformation spanning hundreds of people and significant program investment. This role serves as one of the overall program leaders across all phases of the transformation lifecycle — Design/Build, Test, Deploy, and Hypercare — reporting to the Evolve Executive Director and operating as a peer the many Delivery and Business functions tied to the program. The role partners with senior program leadership to manage budget, staffing, vendor performance, phase specific governance, and executive-facing reporting across multiple process-area workstreams. The role leads the Allegis Group PMO for Evolve and serves as the main client-side lead directing the vendor PMOs supporting the effort.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Provide overall program leadership for the EVOLVE transformation effort, driving delivery outcomes across all phases of the program lifecycle (Design/Build, Test, Deploy, and Hypercare)
• Lead the Allegis Group PMO for the EVOLVE program, directly managing the internal PMO staff and overseeing several contractor Program Managers assigned to individual process-area workstreams; serve as the primary Allegis (client-side) point of accountability directing and coordinating the vendor PMOs supporting the program
• Lead delivery management and governance activities appropriate to the program’s current phase — including leading Hypercare stabilization efforts and War Room command during active stabilization periods — inclusive of daily/weekly leadership meeting cadences and updates
• Own budget tracking and reporting for the EVOLVE program, including professional services spend, headcount tracking, monthly vendor and contractor invoice approvals, and overall collaboration with IS Finance for monthly/quarterly forecasting, variance management, and procurement touchpoints; primary resource for annual budget creation for EVOLVE
• Help shape executive-level discussions — determining what content is presented and when — partnering with the Evolve Program Director and peer leaders to prepare and refine materials for Steering Committee and other leadership events
• Lead the Integrated Program Plan (IPP) across all teams and workstreams spanning the entire program — guiding the organization through the planning process, identifying major cross-team dependencies, developing mitigation strategies, and producing cost estimates — with the master program Gantt chart as the resulting output of that planning effort
• Manage vendor and contractor performance, including contract/SLA review and staffing strategy discussions
• Own resource forecasting and allocation planning for upcoming program releases, determining staffing needs and approach across workstreams in partnership with the PMO
• Coordinate PMO scheduling operations across large, cross-company distribution lists

Supervisory or Management Responsibility:

Exercises leadership and influence across a program comprising hundreds of people and a large investment in vendor and contractor spend. Leads the Allegis Group PMO for the EVOLVE program (5 internal direct reports), plus oversight of several contractor Program Managers supporting individual process-area workstreams; serves as the primary Allegis (client-side) lead responsible for directing and holding accountable the vendor PMOs supporting the program; manages team and PMO goals tied to milestones across each phase of the transformation lifecycle

Budget Responsibility:

Owns budget tracking for the EVOLVE program, including Professional Services spend (e.g., Oracle Professional Services), the annual budget planning process, and monthly approval authority over vendor and contractor invoices; maintains the EVOLVE Budget Version Tracker

Qualifications

Minimum Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 10+ years of experience in program/project delivery management, preferably within large-scale ERP/HCM implementations
• Experience leading delivery across the full software implementation lifecycle (Design/Build, Test, Deploy, and Hypercare/post-go-live stabilization) preferred

Skills/Abilities:

• Strong PMO and program governance skills
• Excellent written and verbal executive communication
• Ability to triage and prioritize under pressure during production incidents 
• Financial/budget tracking and reporting
• Vendor and contract management
• Program leadership, including leading a PMO and governance at a large scale and complexity
• Executive-level presentation and reporting (SteerCo-level communication)
• Vendor and contract management, including SOW and SLA interpretation
• Budget and financial tracking for large-scale technology programs
• Working knowledge of Oracle Cloud/OIC-based ERP or HCM systems across the full implementation lifecycle

Core Competencies:

• Program Leadership
• Executive Communication
• Problem Solving & Escalation Management
• Vendor Management
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Financial Acumen

Benefits Overview:

Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.  This role is eligible for the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Hospital plans
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Company paid Basic Life and AD&D as well as voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Company paid Short and long-term disability
• Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, Parental Leave)

Office Requirements:

• Required in office 4 days a week out of our headquarters in Hanover, MD

Salary Range:

• $138,100 - $222,500
• The position is bonus eligible

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email Lauren Lara at [email protected] or call 410-579-3526 for other accommodation options.

Allegis Group is the global leader in talent solutions, focused on working harder and caring more than any other provider. We'll go further to understand the needs of our people – our clients, our candidates, and our employees – and to consistently deliver on our promise of an unsurpassed quality experience. That's the Allegis Group difference, and it's consistent across every Allegis Group brand. We exist to create significant opportunities for people – the employees and the leaders – that, day by day, shape our world.

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