Delivery Manager
Golden Valley, Minnesota
|Hybrid
|Contract to hire
|Job ID 71433|Posted Aug 21, 2025JOB DESCRIPTION
The Product Configuration team within the Actuarial department is responsible for the successful implementation of complex calculations in our policy administration system. As a Delivery Manager, you will work directly with the configuration analysts and testers, as well as our external vendor to enable high-performance agile delivery across the enterprise by embedding strong agile delivery practices and encouraging team-level agility. The Delivery Manager connects strategy to execution by driving delivery excellence, cultivating a culture of continuous improvement, and championing adaptive ways of working aligned with enterprise goals.
Key Responsibilities
Additional Information
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Horizontal facilitates valuable and productive conversations between you and potential employers. We can assist you in growing your career by partnering you with employers that offer challenging assignments. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $31 - $64 per hour. This is not a guarantee of compensation, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with Product, Operations, IT, and Configuration teams to translate strategic priorities into actionable delivery plans.
- Ensure quality of delivery by establishing and enforcing best practices and standards throughout intake, solution design, development, testing, deployment, and support phases.
- Drive consistency across multiple workstreams supported by the capability.
- Build and sustain effective communication with all stakeholders and cross functional teams to maximize customer experience.
- Partner with functional leads to escalate and resolve impediments.
- Monitor and report the scope and schedule of release milestones and the delivery progress of new product and features.
- Develop frameworks to improve team-level performance, velocity, predictability, and continuous improvement.
- Develop and track delivery metrics that drive insight and accountability.
- Maintain configuration team delivery costs
- Cultivate a culture of empowerment, accountability, and continuous learning.
- Advanced organizing and planning skills to effectively manage larger teams.
- Lead large cross-functional delivery teams, both onshore and offshore.
Additional Information
Experience
- 1-2 years of leadership experience leading high performing teams
- Relevant IT experience in application development and support.
- Experience working in Life and Annuities Insurance preferred.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage diplomatically with a diverse workforce
- Expertise in Agile and Scrum methodologies and ability to incorporate them into project deliverables
- Strong focus on accountability and results
- Highly organized with strong analytical abilities
- Commitment to quality assurance and continuous improvement.
- Experienced in Atlassian software – Jira and Confluence
- Experienced in Project Server, time tracking, budget planning and management skills.
Education
- 4 year degree required: Four year degree in technical discipline, engineering, business, Actuarial science, mathematics, physics, economics or related field; or equivalent experience.
Licenses/Certifications/Other:
- Technology, business and project certifications preferred
Horizontal facilitates valuable and productive conversations between you and potential employers. We can assist you in growing your career by partnering you with employers that offer challenging assignments. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $31 - $64 per hour. This is not a guarantee of compensation, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.
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In addition, Horizontal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the application or interview process, please contact us.
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