Senior Delivery Manager

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OperationsProject Manager

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About TheodoTheodo is an engineering & design consultancy with offices in Paris, London, New York, Casablanca and Cape Town. We build high-quality digital products for clients across industries,

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OperationsProject Manager

About Theodo
Theodo is an engineering & design consultancy with offices in Paris, London, New York, Casablanca and Cape Town. We build high-quality digital products for clients across industries, and we are increasingly working with enterprise organisations on complex, high-impact tech modernisation programmes - including AI-powered code modernisation. We run lean internally: we care about process, continuous improvement, and doing things properly. Our founders have written books on the best practice for using lean to scale agile in large organisations.

The Opportunity

We’re hiring a Senior Delivery Manager to take ownership of complex client projects and programmes end-to-end. You’ll be the person clients trust to tell them hard truths, protect scope, and deliver - while the client principal focuses on account growth. This is a high-impact role at the heart of how we deliver, and a key part of how we’re evolving our delivery model as we scale.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

Negotiate product scope to deliver the best value on both fixed-price and time/materials engagements
Act as a trusted advisor to clients and Theodo on trade-offs and compromises
Use your own experience and expertise drawn from others to guide client product owner decisions

Requirements

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Manage the flow of requirements from client to team
Drive the use of visual management tools
Oversee a healthy product backlog

Proactively lead client engagements
Produce, maintain and communicate on the project delivery plan
Own and run agile ceremonies
Collaborate with the client principal and client to monitor effort and forecast accurately
Solve day-to-day delivery problems before they escalate
Ensure delivery operates in line with contract terms

Think long-term about product direction and suggest optimal delivery approaches
Provide high-level analysis and improvement recommendations to senior client stakeholders
Own RAID management and proactively manage risk

Advocate for lean delivery principles across the business
Contribute to company-wide continuous improvement initiatives
Mentor and coach more junior delivery managers

What We’re Looking For

You’re a seasoned delivery professional who knows when to push back and when to flex. You build trust quickly with senior stakeholders, spot risks early, and leave every project in better shape than you found it.

Trusted at C-suite and senior stakeholder level - able to have difficult conversations and maintain the relationship
Trusted by on-the-ground delivery teams - able to have detailed conversations about technology and product with the experts on your team
Preventative rather than reactive - you identify risk early and act before it becomes a problem
Rigorous about delivery metrics and able to use them to justify commercial decisions
Genuinely interested in lean delivery principles and willing to keep learning
Humble and coachable - you take feedback and bring that same openness to your team
A multiplier: you improve delivery maturity on every project you touch, and bring things back to the wider team

Required Skills & Experience

Around 5 years of delivery management experience on complex digital or technology projects
Proven track record managing both fixed-price and time/materials engagements
Experience managing senior client stakeholders and steering committees
Demonstrable examples of scope negotiation and risk management on large or high-stakes projects
Experience running agile ceremonies and holding teams to a high standard of delivery
Comfortable using delivery data to drive commercial decisions

What We Offer

25 Days annual leave
Learning and Development support throughout your career at Theodo
Private Health Insurance via Vitality
3 week work from anywhere policy
Equipment budget for your tech set up
Company pension
Monthly Socials
A Slack network of 700+ “Theodoers” across our extended ecosystem — ask questions, share patterns, or troubleshoot obscure challenges with some of the sharpest minds out there
A hybrid working model, with offices based in London