Senior Manager, Delivery

Applause seeks a dynamic, customer-focused leader to support a portfolio of data collection and AI projects with one of our most strategic customers. This person will be a player/coach who owns the end-to-end project delivery of all strategic projects on the account, personally manages projects, and directly leads a group of project managers. The role will provide consulting and cross-functional support, working directly with internal and external stakeholders to ensure program success across multiple delivery sites and projects. This person will have hands-on experience running multiple high-visibility projects, prioritizing client demand, and developing best-in-class delivery practices. This person should be adept at hard analytical and soft people skills, and able to adapt to rapidly changing business needs. Strengths in strategy development, program management, project management, and executive communication are keys to success in this role. Additionally, this role will require coaching, mentoring, and managing a team of project managers.

This individual must have the passion and energy to work in an entrepreneurial and fast-paced environment to succeed in this role. They must have the maturity, confidence, experience with customers, and the passion, energy, and leadership skills to develop others. They will enjoy helping others achieve success and helping them grow in their project management and professional abilities.

Responsibilities:

• Own and lead multiple, strategic customer engagements delivering high-quality outcomes against customer targets

• Develop strong customer relationships that enable Applause to become a trusted adviser for our customers’ executives and stakeholders

• Manage multiple project plans and delivery schedules, leading project leads to successfully meeting targets

• Leverage Quality and Performance reporting to identify projection execution gaps

• Gather testing requirements from the customer and translate them into actionable delivery plans

• Ensure customer and project success by managing the completion of deliverables, schedules, customer expectations, and meeting milestones

• Successfully manage a team of project managers.

• Coach project managers in all aspects of their job.

• Develop KPIs and metrics to track team performance and identify coaching opportunities

• Lead internal and external business reviews providing actionable feedback and insights

• Work cross-functionally with the leadership team to implement and monitor the impact of strategic initiatives

Essential Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to manage individual and engagement-wide scope of work

• Strong client relationship and interpersonal skills

• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills

• Team player with solid communication and presentation skills

• Competent with advanced project management principles

• Ability to lead teams in fast-paced environments with rapidly changing demands

• Strong communication skills and ability to deliver challenging messaging

Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of experience in project management within the AI Sector

• Track record of successfully delivering AI Projects at scale

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree from a 4-year University

• 4+ years of leadership experience as an SME on global or strategic engagements

• 4+ years of leadership experience with direct reports preferred

Base Salary Range: $110,000 - $160,000

What Makes Applause a Great Place to Work

Applause is a world leader in digital quality testing. Since 2007, Applause has been the driving force in testing and digital quality innovation. Our expertise continues to help leading brands deliver quality digital products to their customers. Utilizing the skills of 1.5+ million testers in more than 200 countries and territories, Applause helps the world’s leading brands to deliver quality digital products and experiences to their customers on a global scale. With insightful, actionable testing results that can directly inform go/no go release decisions, we enable our customers to release digital products and experiences better, faster and with confidence.

At Applause, living our core values - In it Together, Be Accountable, Create Value for Our Customers, Celebrate Authenticity, and Crush Your Goals - informs our choices as individuals, as teammates and in our everyday interactions with customers. Our values help to keep us on track to deliver the best outcomes, and to be the very best team we can. Embracing a culture of respect, authenticity and inclusion, we value and celebrate diversity. Together as one Applause Nation, we strive to enable professional opportunities for all employees.

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Applause is a place where everyone belongs and where we believe everyone deserves the exceptional. Since our founding, we have continued to celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment. If you believe you require a reasonable accommodation under any of the legally protected characteristics, please click here to complete an accommodation request. Please note Applause will only review requests for applications that have been submitted. We will review your qualifications and follow up with you regarding your request if your qualifications meet our current needs.

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