Manager, Enterprise Delivery

Overview The Manager, Enterprise Delivery provides leadership for enterprise strategic initiatives and delivery capabilities across Agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery models. This role ensures high-priority business and technology initiatives are translated into actionable delivery plans, supported with appropriate governance, resource visibility, and execution discipline. The position provides direction and oversight for a team of delivery professionals responsible for program leadership, agile delivery management, delivery operations, and supplemental delivery resources. This role partners closely with business stakeholders, technology leaders, vendors, and delivery teams to align execution with enterprise priorities, strengthen delivery maturity, improve transparency, manage capacity, and support adoption of Sun's Artificial Intelligence Development Life Cycle (AI-DLC) practices. Job Duties Leads enterprise delivery capabilities across Agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery models, overseeing delivery teams, operations, and supporting resources while providing coaching, mentorship, and career development to build a high-performing team. (Essential)Establishes and maintains practical portfolio delivery practices, including intake, prioritization, initiative health monitoring, dependency management, escalation, and executive reporting. (Essential)Develops and continuously improves enterprise delivery practices, including Agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery guidance, playbooks, quality checkpoints, governance routines, and practical execution standards. (Essential)Partners with the Team Leader, Agile Delivery to strengthen Agile delivery practices, backlog visibility, sprint planning discipline, dependency management, and portfolio alignment. (Essential)Support adoption of Sun's AI-Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices across Agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery efforts. (Essential)Coordinates team member selection and development and ensures team members comply with appropriate policies and procedures.Provides leadership and oversight for delivery operations, including portfolio administration, reporting, intake coordination, resource tracking, capacity planning, meeting support, and operational follow-through.Partners with business and technology leaders to forecast demand, assess capacity, identify resource needs, and develop staffing strategies that balance delivery priorities with business continuity and knowledge retention.Manages the process for engaging supplemental delivery resources, including stakeholder alignment, interviewing and vetting, selection, onboarding, governance, and transition planning.Builds trusted relationships with executive leaders and business stakeholders to align initiative execution, resourcing, delivery expectations, risks, and decisions with organizational priorities.Analyzes initiative delivery health indicators, delivery metrics, dashboards, lessons learned, and portfolio analytics to identify trends and improve enterprise delivery effectiveness and advance organizational maturity.Ensures cross-functional risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and delivery challenges are proactively identified, communicated, escalated, and managed.Provides leadership, coaching, and direction to delivery professionals across initiative, program, Agile, and operational delivery functions while reinforcing accountability, collaboration, knowledge retention, and delivery excellence.Oversees effective use and governance of delivery tools and repositories, including Wrike, Miro, AI assistants, the Innovation & Technology playbook, and related repositories, with support from Delivery Operations Analyst.Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, IT, Project Management, Engineering, or a related field (Required)Master's Degree (Preferred)8 years in experience in project management, program management, portfolio management, or delivery leadership (Required)5 years in leadership experience guiding cross-functional delivery teams and Agile resources (Required)Experience leading enterprise-wide business and technology initiatives (Required)Experience advancing enterprise delivery practices, portfolio governance, delivery operations, or a delivery center of excellence (Preferred)Demonstrated success leading delivery teams across Agile, hybrid, and traditional project delivery environmentsExperience overseeing or partnering with Agile delivery teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, or Agile Delivery LeadsStrong understanding of backlog management, sprint planning, dependency management, delivery governance, and enterprise portfolio alignmentKnowledge of AI-SDLC practices or AI-enabled delivery tools to improve planning, documentation, quality, risk management, and delivery transparencyStrong knowledge of portfolio management, delivery governance, resource planning, financial oversight, risk management, and enterprise delivery methodologiesExperience applying Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery approaches based on initiative needsProficiency with initiative delivery, portfolio, and collaboration tools, including Wrike, Miro, SharePoint, and reporting platformsStrong executive communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and organizational change skillsAbility to influence cross-functional teams and decisions without direct authorityStrong analytical, organizational, financial, and problem-solving capabilitiesDemonstrated ability to establish practical delivery practices, drive adoption, and balance strategic leadership with hands-on executionMust have a valid driver's licensePreferred Certifications/Licensures:(PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, or comparable certification) Benefits At Sun Communities, you will be part of an industry-leading organization where you will be challenged, inspired, rewarded and transformed. We place a high priority on our team members, and this is a big part of what sets us apart. We will ask you to give us your very best every day, and will challenge you with interesting work, stretch assignments, a collaborative and supportive work environment and plenty of learning and growth. In exchange, we will reward you with great pay, advancement opportunities, paid time off, great benefits, and flexibility. Comprehensive Medical and Prescription coverage with 4 plan options so you can choose the plan that best meets the needs of you and your familyComprehensive Dental and Vision PlansOn-Site Fitness CenterVoluntary Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement AccountsLife, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance and Dependent LifeShort and Long-Term Disability Coverage401(k) Plan with Sun matching contributionEmployee Assistance ProgramIdentity Theft InsuranceLegal Assistance PlanPet InsuranceTuition Reimbursement program providing financial support to team members who further their formal educationVacation RV Site Discounts for team members when visiting Sun resorts across the nationTeam Member Perks & Discounts program with hundreds of discounts on things like travel, merchandise, mobile phone service, and moreUp to six weeks of paid parental leave for the birth of a child, adoption, or placement of a childPaid Time Off including ten holidays, vacation, personal, sick time, bereavement and pay for jury duty Apply for a Corporate Headquarters (HQ) position, located in the Metro Detroit, Michigan market today. 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