GitHub Delivery Manager

We are seeking an experienced GitHub Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of GitHub-centric consulting engagements across our client portfolio. This role blends project delivery, program coordination, and client partnership, supporting both multi-engagement delivery and deep, embedded execution within strategic accounts.The GitHub Delivery Manager is accountable for ensuring that GitHub initiatives-such as GitHub Enterprise adoption, platform migrations, GitHub Copilot rollouts, and developer experience transformations-are delivered with high quality, predictable outcomes, and clear business value.This is a client-facing, delivery-owning role, responsible for orchestrating Lantern consultants, aligning stakeholders, managing delivery plans, and protecting the integrity of our Statements of Work while enabling long-term client success.
Key Responsibilities

Delivery Execution & Ownership
• Own delivery for GitHub-focused projects and small programs, either across multiple clients or embedded within a strategic account.
• Ensure delivery aligns to contractual commitments, timelines, scope, and quality expectations defined in Statements of Work.
• Lead project planning, execution, and delivery governance across GitHub initiatives.
• Manage risks, dependencies, and delivery tradeoffs proactively, escalating as appropriate.

Client Partnership
• Serve as a primary point of contact for delivery execution, working closely with client technical leaders, product owners, and delivery stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships with client teams, ensuring transparency, accountability, and alignment throughout delivery.
• Translate client goals into actionable delivery plans that GitHub consultants and engineers can execute against.
• Manage client expectations and communicate progress, risks, and outcomes clearly and consistently.

Agile & Hybrid Delivery Leadership
• Apply Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid delivery approaches based on client context and engagement needs.
• Facilitate delivery ceremonies and working sessions as appropriate (planning, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives).
• Own and manage delivery backlogs, ensuring priorities align with client goals and delivery capacity.
• Partner with technical leads and architects to validate delivery approaches and sequencing.

Consultant & Team Enablement
• Lead and coordinate Lantern consultants across GitHub delivery engagements.
• Work with Practice Leads and Delivery Leadership to ensure effective staffing, onboarding, and mobilization.
• Support consultants by removing delivery blockers and enabling focus on high-value work.
• Foster a collaborative, high-trust delivery environment aligned with Lantern culture.

Commercial Awareness & Account Support
• Maintain awareness of delivery health, utilization, and scope alignment.
• Identify risks to delivery commitments and revenue realization.
• Partner with Account Executives to support account growth through successful delivery and client trust.
• Surface opportunities for expansion based on delivery insights and client needs.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
• 7+ years of experience in technology consulting, delivery management, or project/program leadership.
• Proven experience leading complex, client-facing delivery engagements.
• Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices and delivery frameworks.
• Experience working closely with highly technical teams and translating business needs into delivery plans.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively from technical practitioners to executive stakeholders.
• Strong organizational, planning, and risk-management skills.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and adapting delivery approaches as needed.

GitHub & Platform Experience

While this is not a hands-on engineering role, successful candidates will have experience with or exposure to:
• GitHub Enterprise (Cloud and/or Server)
• GitHub platform operating models (organizations, repositories, security, governance)
• GitHub migrations (e.g., Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab)
• GitHub Copilot adoption and enablement programs
• Developer productivity, DevEx, and change management initiatives
• Working alongside GitHub, DevOps, or platform engineering teams

Tools & Ways of Working
• Experience using modern collaboration and reporting tools such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Power BI.
• Comfortable working in distributed, remote delivery environments.
• Strong facilitation skills in both virtual and in-person settings.
• Strong consulting skills gained through experience in a consulting organization, preferably in technology.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills. Equally comfortable communicating across a broad spectrum of individuals, from technical staff to C-level executives.
• Proven track record of managing a portfolio of diverse initiatives at a client, balancing budget, schedule and resource demands to the overall satisfaction of the client and financial success of the program.
• Experience in all phases of product, software, and testing lifecycles.
• Able to serve as a liaison between both business and technical teams.
• Solid knowledge and practical experience in software delivery: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall.
• Proficient user of modern workplace tools such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, Microsoft Office and Power BI