[Hiring] Enterprise Practice Lead (Delivery Management) @State of Colorado

Role Description

The Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology is in the middle of a transformation worth joining. We're building cross-functional pod teams that partner directly with agencies to design, deliver, and continuously improve services that work for Coloradans. Good government depends on technology that works. And OIT exists to make that true for every Coloradan. The State of Colorado is seeking an Enterprise Practice Lead, Delivery Management to help build the next generation of public services. We're looking for people who want to do the best work of their careers in service of the public.

The Enterprise Practice Lead, Delivery Management owns how delivery is managed across OIT’s pods: the standards, procurement playbooks, sprint governance frameworks, and professional community that make every Delivery Manager more capable.

• Define what good delivery management practice looks like at each stage of the product lifecycle: discovery, alpha, beta, live, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain contract templates, SOO frameworks, sprint governance standards, and procurement playbooks aligned to EA-approved vendor and technology guardrails and Colorado acquisition law.
• Build triage frameworks for inherited waterfall contracts.
• Identify patterns of delivery management weakness across the portfolio.
• Run a delivery management guild.
• Develop a career pathway for delivery managers.
• Build and deliver training programs that embed modern operational standards statewide.
• Create and maintain shared resources that practitioners can use.
• Advise ITDs on strong delivery management practice.
• Distinguish between a practitioner skill gap, a vendor quality problem, and a structural constraint.
• Surface systemic procurement or governance patterns across pods.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of modern delivery management at a deep practitioner level: agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban), sprint governance, risk and dependency management, vendor accountability in continuous delivery contexts.
• Knowledge of government procurement and contracting.
• Knowledge of the distinction between classical project management and modern delivery management.
• Knowledge of Vendor management in a government delivery context.
• Knowledge of state budget and legislative cycles as they affect technology delivery timelines.
• Knowledge of career pathway design for delivery managers.
• Ability to navigate procurement complexity without slowing delivery.
• Ability to resist the gravity of waterfall.
• Ability to hold accountability standards without micromanagement.
• Ability to make procurement accessible.
• Ability to distinguish processes from overhead.

Requirements

• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in the delivery of technology products.
• A track record of working across disciplines — design, engineering, policy, or operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant certifications such as Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).
• Proven experience drafting and managing Statements of Objectives (SOOs) and modular procurement contracts within a government or highly regulated environment.
• Deep expertise managing the evolution of team cadences and needs across the entire service life cycle.

Conditions of Employment

• OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state entity locations.
• A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.
• Positions supporting some agencies will also require a pre-employment drug test.
• This position may require travel within the specified geographic area.

Supplemental Information

If this posting indicates “remote from anywhere in CO” in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator.