Technology Delivery Lead

CIBC•Chicago, IL

2d•$125,000 - $145,000

About The Position

The Technology Delivery Lead joins CIBC’s Commercial Banking & CRE Technology team to deliver complex, enterprise-scale internal and external solutions involving multiple back-end systems, including the FIS core banking application. The role maintains transparency over technology activities, risks, dependencies, issues, and status reporting. It leads technology triage and intake, ensures SDLC artifacts are properly created and stored, supports steering committee reporting, coordinates closeout activities, and enables the transition of outstanding technology work to business-as-usual. When a centralized PMO or business project manager is not assigned, the role may also take on broader project management responsibilities. The position leads technology work products for application development and modernization initiatives, establishing resource allocations and delivery approaches with the Technology Lead and Sponsor and providing appropriate governance throughout the project lifecycle. It manages schedules, dependencies, costs, budgets, forecasts, vendor invoices, change requests, cloud delivery, reporting, documentation, and stakeholder relationships. The role supports Azure-based initiatives, application development teams, cloud migrations, workflow automation, and structured change management in regulated environments such as financial services.

Requirements

Experience managing technology projects for application development teams, ideally in financial services or another regulated environment.
Hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban, and Hybrid delivery models.
Experience managing schedules, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, and executive status reporting.
Knowledge of SDLC, governance, and documentation requirements.
Knowledge of tools such as MS Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Planview, and ServiceNow.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Experience supporting Azure migration and modernization initiatives.

Nice To Haves

PMP or equivalent certification (preferred).
Scrum and/or Azure certification (optional).

Responsibilities

Lead planning and execution of technology work products for application development and modernization initiatives.
Establish and maintain resource allocations with the Technology Lead and Sponsor, define delivery approaches, and ensure appropriate governance and execution throughout the project lifecycle.
Apply and tailor Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban, and Hybrid delivery approaches to initiative complexity, regulatory requirements, team maturity, and business objectives.
Support multiple teams and business units in the effective use of delivery frameworks.
Develop and maintain technology deliverable schedules; identify, communicate, and mitigate schedule risks; and escalate external and inter-project, program, or product dependencies for enterprise planning where required.
Support estimation processes, baseline initiative costs with project finance, manage budgets, track spend, monitor forecasts, and manage vendor invoices.
Coordinate analysis, documentation, and approval of technology-related change requests and ensure change management standards and processes are followed, including ServiceNow.
Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives, particularly in Microsoft Azure, ensuring alignment with business objectives, architecture expectations, security requirements, and delivery standards.
Prepare and deliver timely, accurate status updates and milestone reports, and respond to governance and audit-related information requests.
Ensure project plans and reporting provide appropriate detail and transparency for technology activities.
Ensure required technology documentation, SDLC artifacts, records, and deliverables are created, maintained, and centrally stored according to data lifecycle, data governance, and records management requirements.
Build relationships with business partners, technology teams, service partners, vendors, and stakeholders across workstreams.
Facilitate regular meetings, create transparency, align delivery expectations, and help teams make informed decisions.
Lead technology triage and intake processes, support steering committee reporting, coordinate closeout, and transition outstanding technology activities to business-as-usual.
Assume broader project management responsibilities when a centralized PMO or business project manager is not assigned.