Senior Advisor, Solution Delivery Manager (P4)

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world's hardest-to-reach places - over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you're creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

The Role

As the Solution Delivery Manager, you'll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. You will lead the successful execution of product development efforts within an agile framework. Partnering closely with a Product Manager, you will focus on the "how"-ensuring that resources are available, risks are managed, and work is delivered efficiently and on time. Your primary responsibility is maintaining delivery velocity by leveraging agile methodologies, fostering team collaboration, and ensuring delivery based on the product team's strategic roadmap and overall strategic goals for the organization.

You will work with a suite of products that enhance the user experience for supporters and staff within Save the Children. In addition to coordinating sprints and facilitating daily scrums, you will manage third-party vendors, plan releases, and optimize team workflows. Strong communication and leadership skills will be essential for driving transparency, avoiding silos, and keeping all stakeholders informed about progress and delivery schedules.

This is a temporary assignment with an anticipated end date of June 2026.

Location

Hybrid - Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations

What You'll Be Doing (Essential Duties)*

*Not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

Delivery Execution (50%)

• Oversee timely delivery of product releases, including new product features, break fixes, and ongoing system maintenance.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, such as sprint planning, sprint execution and daily scrums, and retrospectives.
• Track progress against the roadmap and partner with the UX Product Manager to adjust as necessary to meet your business and product team's goals.
• Manage risk by identifying bottlenecks or resource constraints and proactively developing solutions to mitigate these issues.
• Collaborate with your fellow Solution Delivery Managers to increase the effectiveness of our Agile delivery approach and process and as such, the development of a cohesive, high-performing Solution Delivery team.
• Lead the delivery of work based on established delivery team KPI's.
• Coordinate the work needed to be done with vendors within your product team and be held accountable to articulate the work being done, the spend against budget, and escalate when needed to adjust budget or work being done.
• Guide and mentor BTS colleagues and business stakeholders as we transition to Agile and upskill in associated enablement tools.

Resource Management (30%)

• Understand the availability of resources and manage team capacity to ensure delivery targets are met.
• Identify gaps in team skills or capacity and work with management to address them.
• Develop and maintain a resource forecast, ensuring team and other Delivery Managers are aligned on capacity, sprint planning and adherence to agreed-upon roadmaps.

Stakeholder Communication & Collaboration (20%)

• Engage with product managers and leadership to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Facilitate communication between team members and leadership.
• Keep cross-functional teams and stakeholders informed of delivery timelines, progress, and any potential risks to on-time delivery.
• Promote a culture of transparency and continuous improvement.

Required qualifications for the role

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 7 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, issues, and priorities effectively and simultaneously with attention to detail
• Demonstrated experience with agile delivery frameworks, including sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.
• Proven ability to manage multiple work streams and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong leadership skills, capable of managing both internal teams and external vendors
• Ability to adapt to change in an environment of continuous delivery and shifting priorities.
• Experience working with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence) to manage delivery work and resourcing
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English

Preferred qualifications for the role

• Experience communicating and facilitating across multiple divisions and levels of the organization
• Experience in resource capacity management and planning
• Experience in vendor management
• Scrum Master Certification
• Experience in other work/productivity tools, such as Mural, Airtable, and Lucid

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $108,800 - $121,600 base salary
• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $98,600 - $110,200 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $88,400 - $98,800 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here).

About Us

We are looking to build a diverse, equitable and inclusive team at Save the Children. We offer a range of outstanding benefits to support this goal:

• Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays and hybrid working opportunities
• Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits
• Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
• Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
• Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1, safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days), mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events
• Employee Assistance Program: free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services
• Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships

Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in you.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

If you require disability assistance with the application or recruitment process, please submit a request to applicantsupport@savechildren.org.