Midwest Senior Delivery Lead

Are you ready to steer the ship of successful project delivery? Join Avanade as a Delivery Lead, where you'll be at the forefront of ensuring exceptional project execution. This is your opportunity to drive impactful solutions, uphold budgets, timelines, and client expectations, and make a significant impact in the realm of Avanade’s projects.

Come join us

As a Delivery Lead, you will play a crucial role in shaping the success of projects, driving strategy, and delivering value to our clients. Your leadership and expertise will enable Avanade to continue thriving as a leader in delivering cutting-edge solutions.  You're a visionary leader with a knack for navigating complex challenges. Your extensive experience and strategic thinking make you an indispensable asset in steering projects to success.

Together We Do What Matters.

Skills and experiences

• Showcase strong leadership skills with direct people management experience.
• Exhibit expertise in contract terms and interpretation.
• Proven ability to think systematically and logically while driving change in unstructured environments.
• Possesses negotiation skills and strong business acumen.
• Showcase proficiency in Microsoft platform technologies and project management tools.
• PMP or similar certification preferred but not required
  
  

About You

Characteristics that can spell success for this role:

• Consultative, collaborative, relationship builder
• Resilient, adaptable, flexible
• Intellectually curious and passionate about tech
• Convincing storyteller and engaging content creator   
  
  

What You'll Do

• Lead project delivery: budget, timelines, resources, scope, and client expectations.
• Manage program-level solutions: terms, economics, schedule, and quality.
• Secure senior management buy-in for critical plans, and handle risks.
• Direct change management, aid clients in change processes.
• Align with stakeholder goals and ensure effective communication.
• Mentor team and oversee supplier/subcontractor relationships.
• Develop governance, control strategies; coordinate service levels, agreements, resource priorities; monitor, resolve delivery issues.
  
  

Learn more

To Learn more about the types of projects our Delivery Management team works on check out these case studies: 

Seattle Children's Hospital Digital Transformation

Seattle Goodwill Grows Up with Technology

Metal Exchange Corporation

UNICEF Netherlands  

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Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade :

• Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)  
• Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally  
• Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth 
• Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you  
  
  

Find Out More About Some Of Our Benefits Here.

A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page 

 

Create a future for our people that focuses on 

• Expanding your thinking  
• Experimenting courageously  
• Learning and pivoting 
  
  

Inspire greatness in our people by 

• Empowering every voice  
• Encouraging boldness  
• Celebrating progress  
  
  

Accelerate the impact of our people by 

• Amazing the client  
• Prioritizing what matters   
• Acting as one