Delivery Manager

Delivery Manager
Req ID: 53440
Location:

Holon, IL

Location: Holon (Hybrid)

About Us:

Sapiens is a global leader in the insurance industry, delivering its award-winning, cloud-based SaaS insurance platform to over 600 customers in more than 30 countries. Sapiens’ platform offers pre-integrated, low-code capabilities to accelerate customers’ digital transformation. With more than 40 years of industry expertise, Sapiens has a highly professional team of over 5,000 employees globally.

Job Description:

As a Delivery Manager, you will have experience in Agile delivery in a global context across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), ideally for the general insurance, property & casualty, life, pensions, and annuities markets.

As a Delivery Manager your main responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):

Deliver the software on time, on scope, on quality, and on budget, using the appropriate Agile project management methodology, and ensure full customer satisfaction as defined in the SOW.
Meeting tight timelines and motivating the team to meet project deadlines.
Managing the project’s end-to-end life-cycle activities, including analysis & design, development, testing, implementation, and integration.
Managing the project’s scheduling, resource planning, budget & time tracking.
Work closely with the customer and the project team to define the gaps for any given requirement and translate them into user stories.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously, facilitate status meetings and present to large groups.
Identify problems, mediate issues, develop solutions, and implement an appropriate course of action.
Build strong relationships with internal customers, stakeholders, and integration teams to ensure delivery is smooth and customer centric.
Leadership and management of project delivery teams in a distributed global environment, including:
Direct management of Team Leaders and matrix management of a Delivery multidisciplinary team.
Development and cross-training of the team to further improve technical and business knowledge to help us achieve exceptional results.
Building good relationships with distributed delivery teams across the globe.

Requirements:

At least 5 years of proven experience working in a large software development, with teams distributed across the globe.
Experience with International Customers.
In-depth understanding and experience of the management of the software development life cycle (SDLC) from the initiation of a project plan to full execution.
Understanding of software architecture.
Excellent communication skills.
Experience of negotiating with customers and clients regarding scope and delivery schedules.
Experience managing dispersed delivery teams in a matrix environment.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience in enterprise scale software product Implementation.
Familiarity with Cloud Platforms and Information Security.
Digital knowledge – Advantage.
Experience in Waterfall and mainly in Agile delivery and tools - JIRA experience – Must.
Familiarity with insurance domain / financial services – Must.
Ability to travel globally.
Excellent written and verbal skills in English and Hebrew.
Additional languages – Advantage.

Sapiens is an E-Verified & Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/