Delivery Lead - IT (contract)

Job Summary

Hilton's Global Technology team is at the forefront of creating the hospitality experience of the future for guests, owners, and team members worldwide. This critical role serves as a technology delivery leader embedded within the Enterprise Architecture Platforms team, responsible for planning, driving, and implementing strategic projects and initiatives that support Hilton's continued global growth.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain delivery roadmaps and delivery schedules in partnership with technology leads, architects, business partners, and development teams
• Establish program cadence to support various delivery teams with capability delivery
• Identify dependencies, risks, and issues across platforms, programs, and projects, then develop mitigation and resolution strategies
• Manage risk and issue identification, mitigation, and communication while building plans that visualize delivery for PMO, leadership, and executive audiences
• Coordinate and support various delivery teams through execution and delivery of initiatives including maintenance, projects, and programs
• Drive planning sessions across teams and represent the Customer Platforms team in delivery planning sessions

Requirements

• Strong organizational skills with dedication and ability to thrive in a high-paced, dynamic environment with minimal direction
• Solid grasp of leading and delivering large enterprise initiatives
• Expertise in waterfall, agile, Kanban change management approach, Scrum, and hybrid delivery methodologies
• Excellent communication skills for engaging with PMO, leadership, and executive audiences
• Strong relationship-building capabilities with teams, PMO, and delivery teams
• Team player mentality with proven leadership abilities
• Vendor management expertise
• Experience 10+ years of professional experience in a technology or product environment
• 6+ years of product or service delivery experience
• 6+ years of agile delivery management or agile project management experience
• 4+ years of experience working with delivery teams using waterfall, agile, Kanban change management approach, Scrum, and hybrid approaches
• 4+ years of experience working with vendors
• 6+ years of collaborative team experience
• 7+ years of experience communicating with PMO, leadership, and executive audiences
• 7+ years of experience building relationships and leading delivery team efforts

Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills with dedication and ability to thrive in a high-paced, dynamic environment with minimal direction
• Solid grasp of leading and delivering large enterprise initiatives
• Expertise in waterfall, agile, Kanban change management approach, Scrum, and hybrid delivery methodologies
• Excellent communication skills for engaging with PMO, leadership, and executive audiences
• Strong relationship-building capabilities with teams, PMO, and delivery teams
• Team player mentality with proven leadership abilities
• Vendor management expertise
• Experience 10+ years of professional experience in a technology or product environment
• 6+ years of product or service delivery experience
• 6+ years of agile delivery management or agile project management experience
• 4+ years of experience working with delivery teams using waterfall, agile, Kanban change management approach, Scrum, and hybrid approaches
• 4+ years of experience working with vendors
• 6+ years of collaborative team experience
• 7+ years of experience communicating with PMO, leadership, and executive audiences
• 7+ years of experience building relationships and leading delivery team efforts

Pay

Pay Rate Range: 48 - 55 USD hourly