Delivery Manager III

What You'll Do We’re looking for a Delivery Manager to join our Enterprise Experience Enablement (EEE) platform product families. The Delivery Manager defines, orchestrates, and oversees delivery execution across one of our Platform Product families, which will consist of 2-4 integrated product teams. This role is accountable for delivery system health, predictability, and continuous improvement, ensuring teams can reliably deliver high quality outcomes at scale. This is an individual contributor role that operates with a high degree of autonomy and contributes to the establishment and maturity of Delivery Management practices within the EEE portfolio. Key Responsibilities Define, orchestrate, manage, and oversee the holistic product delivery lifecycle, including delivery cadence, sprint execution, release planning, and milestones for one or more teams. Embed AI into delivery practices by identifying and operationalizing opportunities for AI-assisted planning, estimation, risk identification, and reporting to improve team efficiency, decision quality, and speed of delivery. Oversee the identification and coordination of delivery activities, tasks, dependencies, and milestones; actively monitor progress, timelines, risks, and quality of deliverables. Improve delivery predictability, flow, stability, and scalability by identifying systemic constraints and partnering with technical and product leaders to address technical, process, or organizational challenges. Help develop and guide delivery strategy toward a future state; clearly articulate the “why” behind delivery decisions and rally support across teams and stakeholders. Strengthen the organization’s delivery system through continuous improvement, learning culture, and optimization of interactions and handoffs. Coordinate and resolve cross-team and cross-product dependencies. Coach teams to solve delivery problems, improve outcomes, and build ownership of delivery practices and agile events. Contribute to the development and adoption of shared delivery standards, metrics, and ways of working across our department. Work across the full program, partnering with Product Managers to focus teams on outcomes and building the right solutions. Serve as a change enabler for AI adoption by guiding teams in integrating AI into daily workflows and delivery practices, removing barriers to usage, and modeling effective behaviors—while fostering a culture of experimentation, continuous learning, and measurable productivity gains. Who You Are Associate's or Bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) and 3+ years work experience or equivalent experience 4 - 6 years of Agile team experience in any well-known software environment preferred 3+ years experience managing software/application development projects Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, activities and tasks under time constraints Ability to interface with executives and stakeholders regarding issues of project scope and status Knowledge of insurance and financial services products preferred Advanced planning/organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills required Basic leadership and presentations skills required Must be able to maintain a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality Some travel required, including overnight stays Ability to work on cross-functional teams and collaborate with both IT and non-IT partners Salary Range Information Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly) $95000 - $138000 / year Salary Details The following salary ranges reflect market-specific compensation for this position across multiple job levels. Candidates will be evaluated to determine the appropriate job level based on their skills and experience. Delivery Manager III: $95,000 - $112,000 / year Sr. Delivery Manager I: $116,000 - $138,000 / year Time Off Program Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness. Employees don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided. Pension Eligible Yes Work Environments This position is located in our corporate office in Des Moines, IA, and offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek) in Des Moines, IA. Job Level We’ll consider talent at the next level with the right experiences and skills. Work Authorization/Sponsorship At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. 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Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Posting Window We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline. Original Posting Date 6/12/2026 Most Recently Posted Date 6/12/2026 Principal uses artificial intelligence tools to assist in reviewing and evaluating job applications, fraud prevention, and candidate matching and comparisons. 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This is an individual contributor role that operates with a high degree of autonomy and contributes to the establishment and maturity of Delivery Management practices within the EEE portfolio. Key Responsibilities Define, orchestrate, manage, and oversee the holistic product delivery lifecycle, including delivery cadence, sprint execution, release planning, and milestones for one or more teams. Embed AI into delivery practices by identifying and operationalizing opportunities for AI-assisted planning, estimation, risk identification, and reporting to improve team efficiency, decision quality, and speed of delivery. Oversee the identification and coordination of delivery activities, tasks, dependencies, and milestones; actively monitor progress, timelines, risks, and quality of deliverables. Improve delivery predictability, flow, stability, and scalability by identifying systemic constraints and partnering with technical and product leaders to address technical, process, or organizational challenges. Help develop and guide delivery strategy toward a future state; clearly articulate the “why” behind delivery decisions and rally support across teams and stakeholders. Strengthen the organization’s delivery system through continuous improvement, learning culture, and optimization of interactions and handoffs. Coordinate and resolve cross-team and cross-product dependencies. Coach teams to solve delivery problems, improve outcomes, and build ownership of delivery practices and agile events. Contribute to the development and adoption of shared delivery standards, metrics, and ways of working across our department. Work across the full program, partnering with Product Managers to focus teams on outcomes and building the right solutions. Serve as a change enabler for AI adoption by guiding teams in integrating AI into daily workflows and delivery practices, removing barriers to usage, and modeling effective behaviors—while fostering a culture of experimentation, continuous learning, and measurable productivity gains. Associate's or Bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) and 3+ years work experience or equivalent experience 4 - 6 years of Agile team experience in any well-known software environment preferred 3+ years experience managing software/application development projects Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, activities and tasks under time constraints Ability to interface with executives and stakeholders regarding issues of project scope and status Knowledge of insurance and financial services products preferred Advanced planning/organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills required Basic leadership and presentations skills required Must be able to maintain a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality Some travel required, including overnight stays Ability to work on cross-functional teams and collaborate with both IT and non-IT partners