Delivery Manager – Public Sector

Delivery Manager – Public Sector
Location: Hybrid – New York City, NY (2–3 days onsite weekly)
Experience Required: 15–22 years
Compensation: $170,000–$195,000 gross compensation package (Base: $140,000–$162,000 + bonuses)

Company Overview
At Inabia Solutions & Consulting Inc., we help organizations accelerate digital transformation through innovative technology consulting, enterprise delivery excellence, and scalable engineering solutions. We partner with clients across industries to deliver mission-critical platforms, modernization initiatives, and digital experiences that create measurable business impact. Our culture is collaborative, entrepreneurial, and built around empowering high-performing professionals who thrive in complex environments.

Role Overview
We are seeking a seasoned Delivery Manager – Public Sector to lead large-scale enterprise technology engagements for public sector clients. This role is ideal for a delivery executive with deep experience managing fixed-bid/fixed-fee programs exceeding $2M in value while leading complex application development, platform implementation, and modernization initiatives.
The ideal candidate brings a strong IT Services & Consulting background, exceptional client leadership skills, and a proven ability to deliver high-visibility engagements with operational excellence, financial accountability, and stakeholder confidence.

Key Responsibilities
Program & Delivery Leadership

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale fixed-price/fixed-bid engagements for public sector clients.
• Manage application development, platform implementation, and application migration programs from initiation through go-live and hypercare.
• Ensure delivery excellence across scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client satisfaction metrics.
• Drive governance, project controls, risk mitigation, and escalation management across multiple workstreams.

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the executive point of contact for client stakeholders, delivery teams, and leadership.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with agency leadership, business stakeholders, and technology partners.
• Lead steering committee meetings, executive reporting, and operational reviews.
• Manage stakeholder expectations while ensuring alignment between business objectives and technical execution.

Financial & Commercial Management

• Own delivery financials for fixed-fee projects, including forecasting, margin management, resource planning, and change controls.
• Ensure successful management of contracts, milestones, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.
• Drive accountability across distributed delivery teams and vendor ecosystems.

Team Leadership

• Lead cross-functional teams across architecture, engineering, QA, business analysis, and operations.
• Mentor project managers and delivery leads while fostering a high-performance delivery culture.
• Promote delivery best practices, process optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• 15–22 years of overall IT experience with significant leadership experience in enterprise delivery management.
• Proven experience managing fixed-bid/fixed-fee engagements exceeding $2M from the vendor/consulting side.
• Strong background in IT Services & Consulting organizations.
• Demonstrated success leading:
  • Enterprise platform implementations
  • Application development initiatives
  • Application modernization and migration programs
• Experience managing complex public sector or government technology programs.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery models.
• Expertise in delivery governance, financial management, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Public sector modernization programs
• Cloud migration and enterprise transformation initiatives
• Multi-vendor delivery environments
• Long-term strategic client engagements

What Makes You Successful

• Executive presence with strong communication and client-facing skills
• High ownership mentality with strong operational discipline
• Ability to lead under pressure in highly visible environments
• Strong commercial acumen and delivery accountability
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to motivate distributed teams