Toptal
The World's Top Talent, On Demand®
Delivery Director
Location
United States
Posted
114 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Bachelor Degree15 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Own the end-to-end delivery lifecycle to ensure consistent client satisfaction and revenue retention.
• Partner with Sales, PreSales, and Practice teams to identify and expand existing client engagements into new services.
• Support pre-sales efforts with delivery insights, solutions design, and resource planning to drive growth.
• Establish and enforce standardized delivery methodologies, SLAs, and best practices.
• Continuously measure project performance, delivery quality, and client satisfaction through structured governance and feedback loops.
• Drive operational predictability and consistency across all accounts and projects.
• Support P&L for assigned portfolio, ensuring revenue targets and margin commitments are achieved.
• Implement performance metrics, utilization tracking, and pricing governance to optimize delivery economics.
• Identify and eliminate inefficiencies, improving cost-to-serve through proactive resource and engagement management.
• Lead a team of Delivery Managers across multiple clients and domains.
• Build a performance-driven culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Develop talent pipelines and succession plans to support organizational scalability.
• Accomplish work objectives through leading and supervising other Toptal team members on the Delivery team.
• Coach and mentor team members, provide feedback, conduct performance reviews, and implement performance improvement plans, if needed.
• Partner with internal AI and Operations teams to introduce automation and data-driven insights across delivery processes.
• Implement AI-driven tools for quality monitoring, forecasting, and resource optimization.
• Champion technology adoption to improve productivity and enhance client outcomes.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree is required.
- 15+ years in IT/Professional Services delivery, with at least 5 years in a multi-account or director-level leadership role.
- 5+ years managing global delivery teams.
- Proven success in managing large delivery portfolios exceeding $50M annually, and complex client engagements.
- Strong understanding of both project-based and managed services delivery models.
- Expertise in setting up governance, quality frameworks, and P&L management.
- Experience leading delivery transformation through technology, automation, or AI platforms.
- Deep understanding of the Professional Services business model (utilization, margin, SOWs).
- Excellent leadership, executive-level client communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- P&L and financial management experience.
- Strategic thinker with hands-on execution ability.
- Data-driven and outcome-oriented.
- Collaborative, empathetic leader who builds trust and drives accountability.
- Comfortable leading through change and ambiguity in a fast-scaling environment.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and handle a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a diverse array of contacts.
- Must be fluent in English.
Benefits
- Access to telehealth virtual doctors
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Medical, dental, and vision health insurance plans
- Basic life insurance coverage
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Access to flexible spending, dependent care, and health savings accounts
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible paid time off
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