[Hiring] Senior Delivery Manager @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 a Senior Delivery Manager 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 Senior Delivery Manager governs a product toward continuous outcomes, ensuring that work flows effectively and delivery keeps moving. While the Senior Product Manager decides what gets built, this position is responsible for how the team delivers.

This role is responsible for maintaining delivery momentum in the face of potential ambiguity and organizational friction, moving beyond simple status reporting to active blocker removal and vendor accountability.

• Manage day-to-day operations of the OIT pod, establishing a team tempo that is both productive and sustainable.
• Own and facilitate sprint planning, standups, reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring each has a clear purpose and drives action.
• Introduce and run portfolio-level coordination across CDEC teams and vendors, tracking priorities, dependencies, and risks to produce an integrated roadmap through the transition to a CDEC-owned environment.
• Actively remove blockers by navigating organizational, contractual, and technical obstacles; provide recommendations for solving issues in addition to documenting them.
• Own successful product delivery by establishing and tailoring the SDLC across the service life cycle, from discovery and design through build, live service, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with the Director of Technology and the Senior Delivery Engineer to manage priorities, sequence work, and track commitments, freeing both to focus on technical direction and high-value decisions.
• Regularly review, identify, and simplify processes that are no longer serving the team.
• Lead triage of requests in both directions between OIT and CDEC, ensuring the pod responds promptly, tracks items to resolution, and keeps leadership informed of status.
• Regularly review operations to recognize when delivery capacity is exceeded and communicate clearly to the pod leader.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of agile delivery frameworks (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and how to introduce them in an organization transitioning from waterfall.
• Knowledge of and experience with Jira, including configuring projects, boards, workflows, and dashboards to support sprint planning, request tracking, and cross-team reporting.
• Knowledge of product and service life cycle management, including how team needs and cadence shift from discovery through live service and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in modern technology delivery models, which includes working in or leading cross-functional teams using iterative, user-centered methods.
• A track record of working across disciplines — design, engineering, product, or operations — to ship things that work for real people.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience managing agile delivery work in Jira, including configuring projects, boards, workflows, and dashboards for sprint planning and reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Pragmatic Institute Product Management, or Professional Product Manager (PPM).
• Experience working within a digital service agency or a government-adjacent technology firm, successfully translating mission-driven policy goals into actionable product backlogs.
• Background in User-Centered Design (UCD).

Conditions of Employment

• OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state agency locations where they might perform work.
• A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.
• This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.

Supplemental Information

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

While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology does NOT offer sponsored Visas for employment purposes.