Head of Delivery

Headquartered in Raleigh, the company has grown since 2005 by acquiring regional IT providers. Founded in 2005, we now have 900 employees.

The role:

Barleyrun IT needs another Head of Delivery to manage infrastructure and application projects across IT and engineering. We engage team members in India as full-time contractors. Most of our contractors have been with us for more than two years. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time. A stable internet connection and a backup power option are required.

Main duties:

• Lead lessons learned sessions at project close
• Escalate blockers early, with options rather than just problems
• Coordinate work across engineering, infrastructure, security and business teams
• Track risks, issues, dependencies and decisions in an RAID log
• Write status reports that say plainly whether the project is on track
• Plan cutovers and go-live runbooks with rollback steps

Qualifications:

• 8+ years managing technical projects in IT, software or infrastructure
• Ability to manage several projects at once
• Proficiency with Jira, Smartsheet, MS Project or similar tools
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication
• Experience with both Agile and waterfall delivery
• Comfort holding senior stakeholders to their commitments

Preferred:

• Data centre or cloud migration projects
• ERP implementation experience (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Dynamics 365)

Salary range: $28.50-$31.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Monthly internet allowance
• Long-term engagement

We are reviewing applications as they arrive, so apply early.

Duration: 9 months. Start: Flexible.

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