Delivery Manager

  • Baltimore

    Washington

    Hampton

  • Project Management
  • Professional

Delivery Manager

  • Baltimore

    Washington

    Hampton

  • Project Management
  • Professional

Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.
Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Delivery Manager (Sr. DM), you will lead a portfolio of project work streams that create new and enhanced functionality/modules for the HR LOB Shared Service Center, built on the Oracle PeopleSoft platform. The Sr. DM will lead the overall project of functional analysts, system developers, and change management exp erts, providing Federal HR and talent transformation expertise, acting as the primary customer and stakeholder interface, and managing financial health of the overall project. The Sr. DM will manage the schedule, cost, and risks of the overall HR LOB project.The ideal candidate will excel at managing cross-functional teams, stakeholder relationships, and HR technology platforms while delivering exceptional employee experience outcomes. This position is onsite in Herndon, VA.


Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
  • Strong knowledge of HRIS systems (e.g., PeopleSoft, Workday, or SAP) and service delivery tools.
  • Demonstrated experience with project reporting/financial management
  • Strong understanding of budgeting, cost allocation, and financial planning for HR services.
  • Ability to analyze and manage variances between planned and actual costs, ensuring alignment with organizational budgets and goals.
  • Experience Developing business cases and multi-year strategic improvement road maps
  • Problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Managing multiple stakholders with competing prioirities
  • Strong understanding of cloud-based HR technologies, including AWS.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance from the US federal government.
  • Willing to be oniste in Herndon, VA


Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Scrum Master certification
  • Familiarity with integration tools and APIs for HR technologies.
  • Strong background in Lean, Six Sigma, or Agile methodologies to enhance service delivery and eliminate inefficiencies.
  • Proven ability to analyze and redesign processes for scalability and sustainability.
  • Knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements, particularly in government or public sector environments.
  • Expertise in change management frameworks like Prosci or Kotter to support organizational transitions.
  • Strong understanding of how to align HR delivery with company culture and employee engagement goals.

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About Business Unit

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.


Your Life @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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About IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.


Location Statement

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

– Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being.
– Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs.
– Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
– Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals.
– Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.


Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Key Job Details

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