The Delivery Manager - Connected Solutions owns the end-to-end delivery lifecycle across a cross-functional product and engineering organization building digitally Connected Solutions. Serving as the central orchestration layer across the whole system of work - not individual projects - this role drives Program Increment (PI) planning, orchestrates software and firmware releases including OTA campaigns, and ensures delivery commitments are met with transparency and predictability across hardware and software development streams. This role facilitates program-level SAFe ceremonies, resolves cross-team dependencies, and independently presents delivery outcomes and KPIs to executive and divisional business leadership.
Key ResponsibilitiesPI Planning & Agile Delivery
- Own and facilitate PI planning events end-to-end, including backlog readiness decisions, preparation, realistic commitments, and execution oversight.
- Establish, publish, and maintain the Agile annual calendar. Support training, ceremonies, and artifacts necessary for effective agile delivery across the org.
- Drive visibility into team velocity, burn-down charts, capacity, and delivery health through dashboards and regular reporting.
Release Management & OTA Campaigns
- Own the release calendar and coordinate cross-functional readiness for each release, including alignment with business stakeholders.
- Ensure alignment for OTA (Over-The-Air) campaign plans and oversee execution, confirming proper sequencing, risk mitigation, and stakeholder alignment.
- Refine release process, enforce criteria, go/no-go decision processes, and retrospectives.
Stakeholder Communication & Launch Coordination
- Own launch coordination governance and oversight across the delivery lifecycle, ensuring downstream teams are informed and prepared well in advance of customer-facing changes.
- Primary program-level communication owner for delivery commitments, release status, and launch readiness. Owns transparent communication of risks, prioritization, and tradeoffs to enable informed leadership decisions.
Continuous Improvement & Process Excellence
- Own and maintain the Delivery Lifecycle continuous improvement roadmap, prioritizing and piloting quarterly process and tool improvements informed by retrospectives and KPI trends.
- Champion a continuous improvement culture by identifying and implementing incremental delivery improvements across global teams, activate quick wins.
- Define and govern delivery KPIs that provide leadership with consistent, reliable visibility into program health.
Required Skills & Qualifications- 5+ years of experience in delivery management, release management, or agile program leadership roles within a technology or product-driven organization.
- Deep, hands-on experience with PI planning, agile frameworks (SAFe, Scrum, or similar), and release management processes.
- Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders - from engineers to senior executives.
- Experience coordinating across both Agile and waterfall development workstreams simultaneously.
- Critical thinker who focuses on the whole system of delivery, not just individual workstreams, that recognizes issues and addresses competing priorities.
- Experience managing OTA, firmware, or software release campaigns in a product environment.
- Milwaukee WI, based with ability to collaborate across time zones.
Preferred Skills & Qualifications- Experience in industrial technology, IoT, or embedded systems environments.
- Agile Delivery Lead, Agile Coach, Technincal Program Manager, SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification.
- Experience with agile tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Rally.
- Background in organizational agile transformation or scaling agile practices.
- Familiarity with regulatory or compliance considerations in release management.
Work Type: Hybrid: This role is eligible for a Hybrid Work Schedule, which requires working a minimum of 3 days per week from your designated Regal Rexnord office and allows up to 2 remote workdays.
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Benefits- Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
- Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Paid Leaves
- Tuition Assistance
