Delivery Manager, Acquisitions

Mission Lane

9h•$96,000 - $125,000•Remote

About The Position

Mission Lane is seeking a Delivery Manager to run delivery across Acquisitions, reporting to the Principal Delivery Manager. The role helps teams across Credit, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Data coordinate their work so customer-facing improvements ship on time and with appropriate guardrails. The Delivery Manager improves delivery speed and predictability by surfacing risks and trade-offs early, and Acquisitions is the long-term focus, with potential support for other high-priority initiatives. The person in this role contributes to the delivery approach, leads discovery and planning for new work, and runs workstreams end to end. They coordinate across internal teams and third parties, own delivery communications, coach teams on delivery practices, and help improve delivery standards and metrics. Success includes finding and closing delivery gaps and resolving owned issues before escalation.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience delivering cross-functional initiatives end to end.
Track record of identifying and resolving delivery problems within a team before they require escalation.
Strong coordination skills, including recognizing connections between teams and acting on them early.
Clear communication with peers and managers, including the ability to facilitate small stakeholder groups.
High standards for delivery quality and follow-through.
Ability to travel approximately four or more times per year for in-person collaboration.

Nice To Haves

Experience in financial services, fintech, or another regulated industry.
Experience in acquisitions, growth, or customer-acquisition-adjacent domains.
Familiarity with a credit acquisitions process at a bank, fintech, or card issuer.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the delivery approach and serve as the go-to person for delivery questions within assigned teams.
Lead delivery discovery for new work by mapping dependencies, risks, and open questions before committing to a plan, and keep the plan current as delivery signals change.
Run workstreams end to end, define clear criteria for completion, and deliver against them with visibility into risk.
Coordinate across cross-functional teams and third parties, identify connections between teams, and build strong working relationships.
Own delivery communications, including status and risk updates to peers and managers, and provide partner teams with a clear path to raise requests and concerns.
Coach teams on delivery practices, onboard contributors to delivery tooling and norms, and help improve delivery standards and metrics.
Provide delivery support for other high-priority initiatives when needed.