Platform Delivery Manager

Dimensional Fund Advisors • Austin, TX

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

About Dimensional: Dimensional was built around a set of ideas bigger than the firm itself. With a confidence in markets, deep connections to the academic community, and a focus on implementation, we go where the science leads, and continue to pursue new insights, both large and small, that can benefit our clients. The Technology Department at Dimensional leverages the rapidly evolving state of the art to engineer scalable, innovative, and research driven solutions to improve our client’s financial lives. As a Delivery Manager on the Platform Engineering team you will work cross-functionally to ensure well solicited and socialized plans to deliver the highest impact solutions to customers across the enterprise as well as the timely and effective delivery of the team’s roadmaps. You will work across platform capabilities including collaboration and productivity platforms, critical enterprise-wide middleware, and software engineering tools and platforms. You may be a fit for this role if you: Are open-minded, curious, and resourceful Are passionate about/stay current with modern technologies Solve problems systematically and transparently Share ideas, solicit/integrate feedback, design and solve collaboratively Take an engineering approach and demonstrate automation and security mindsets

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant domain or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience in a Product Manager, Technical Program, Technical Product, Project, Manager or Delivery Manager role.
• Demonstrated experience successfully managing senior stakeholders through large and complex products or programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading products or programs across multiple engineering and operations teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to synthesize information, communicate complex concepts to various audiences, and translate raw data into actionable insights.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or advanced degree
• PMP or similar Program or Project Management certification
• Vendor management experience
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or PMP-ACI
• Release Train Engineer experience in SAFe
• Agile coaching experience or certified is also preferred

Responsibilities

• Accountable for coordinating Platform Engineering-wide roadmaps incorporating team plans to support Platform Engineering team-wide goals.
• Accountable for coordinating Platform Engineering organizational evolution and operational maturity planning, documentation, delivery, and internal communications.
• Proactively manage across stakeholder groups internally and externally to establish interdependencies, identify risks and resource constraints, and eliminate significant roadblocks in a timely fashion.
• Accountable for hands-on leadership and facilitation as needed to ensure delivery on Platform Engineering commitments.
• Assist product managers with customer identification, segmentation, use-case analysis, feedback solicitation, planning, and external communications.
• Assist product managers to coordinate Platform Engineering financial management processes; ensuring timely, well negotiated agreements.
• Assist product managers to coordinate participation in Security programs; ensuring timely satisfaction of associated requirements.

Benefits

• Dimensional offers a variety of programs to help take care of you, your family, and your career, including comprehensive benefits, educational initiatives, and special celebrations of our history, culture, and growth.
• It is the policy of the Company to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants.
• The Company recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, religious practice, creed, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), caregiver status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender identity, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, familial status, domestic partnership status, military or veteran status or service, unemployment status, citizenship status or alienage, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, status as a victim of stalking, status as a victim of sex offenses, genetic information, political activities or recreational activities, arrest or conviction record, salary history, natural hairstyle or any other status protected by applicable law except as otherwise required or permitted by law or regulation applicable to the Company or its affiliates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level