Robots and Pencils

DeliveryManager

United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Delivery Manager at Robots and Pencils. Skills: Delivery Execution, Client Communication, Agile Practices, AI Tool Usage. Own day-to-day delivery execution for an engagement. Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, standups, and retrospectives”

What You'll Achieve.

deliver measurable results for our clients; deliver quality software on time; deliver production-ready AI in 30 to 45 days; create measurable impact for clients and the people they serve

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Resourceful when the budget, timeline, or team is tight; Constraints don't slow you down

Eligibility Requirements

background check

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years of experience in software delivery, project management, or a related role, Solid understanding of agile delivery practices including Scrum and Kanban, Experience facilitating sprint ceremonies and managing delivery execution for cross-functional teams, communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences, Experience working directly with clients or external stakeholders, Familiarity with delivery tooling (e. g. , Jira, Confluence, GitHub), Demonstrable usage of AI tools to enhance delivery productivity and documentation (e. g. , Claude)

Nice to Have

PMP, Scrum Master, SAFe, or equivalent certification preferred, Experience in a consulting or agency environment is a plus

What You'll Do.

Own day-to-day delivery execution for an engagement

Facilitate sprint planning

Identify and manage dependencies

Track and report delivery progress

Bring an AI-forward mindset to daily work

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Act as the operational bridge between the client and the delivery team; Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement; Share learnings and best practices with peers

Communication Scope

Communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs clearly; Participate in client-facing meetings and working sessions; building trust through consistency and transparency

Process & Methodology

Own execution across digital product engagements, keeping teams aligned, delivery on track, and clients informed, runs the operating rhythm of the engagement, managing the sprint cadence, ensuring the prioritized AI roadmap is delivered on schedule, owns weekly alignment sessions, sprint planning, managing delivery execution for cross-functional teams

Full Job Description

Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm building the next frontier of business architecture. We design and ship AI co-workers that integrate into enterprise operations and deliver measurable results for our clients. We're all in on AWS, combining deep UX capability with senior engineering talent to get AI into production fast and keep it there.  We’ve earned the trust of leaders across Consumer Products and Retail, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Manufacturing and more, and earned a reputation as the nimble alternative to traditional global systems integrators. Founded in 2009, with delivery centers in Canada, the United States, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, we are smaller, faster, and more senior by design. Our teams average 15+ years of experience. We move fast, sweat the details, and build things that actually ship.  About the role We're looking for a Delivery Manager to own execution across digital product engagements, keeping teams aligned, delivery on track, and clients informed. This role is ideal for an experienced delivery practitioner who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and takes pride in shipping quality software on time. We are standing up an AI Pod for a managed services provider (IT, cybersecurity, cloud/infrastructure), beginning with a 3-week Sharpening Sprint and moving into a 3-month build engagement. The Delivery Manager runs the operating rhythm of the engagement — scheduling sessions, capturing artifacts and decisions, managing the sprint cadence, and ensuring the prioritized AI roadmap is delivered on schedule. During the Pod phase, this person owns weekly alignment sessions, sprint planning, and the 30-day readouts with stakeholders, and acts as the connective tissue between the R&P pod team and the client.   Why this role matters  At Robots & Pencils, we design AI systems for a human world. Our name says it all. Robots and pencils means engineering paired with creativity, because every

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