Product Delivery Manager / Contract / Hybrid / San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Hybrid
Contract
$85/hr - $90/hr
Our client, a leader in FinTech, is seeking a contract (to potential hire) Product Delivery Manager. This is a hybrid role (Tue-Thu onsite) in San Francisco, CA
As a Senior Product Delivery Manager, you will drive coordinated, transparent delivery of product initiatives across an assigned product portfolio. You'll operate at the portfolio and initiative level, ensuring cross-functional alignment between Product, Design, Engineering, Operations, and Business stakeholders while enabling empowered product teams to deliver meaningful value for our members.
You will partner closely with Product Managers, Engineering Leaders, Design, Business Partners, and Product Operations to facilitate portfolio-level planning, manage cross-team dependencies, provide portfolio visibility, and ensure delivery health. Together, you'll help advance company mission to help members keep more of what they earn and improve their financial health. This position reports to the VP of Product.
Required skills and experience:
8+ years of program management, delivery management, or product operations experience, with at least 3 years managing cross-functional initiatives at scale
Strong background in data
Demonstrated experience coordinating work across Product, Engineering, Design, Operations, and Business stakeholders
Experience in modern product development environments (Agile, Lean, continuous delivery)
Bachelor's degree in a related field; or equivalent work experience
You Have
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Technical understanding sufficient to comprehend technical dependencies and trade-offs
Understanding of product development lifecycle from discovery through launch
Daily Responsibilities:
Portfolio Planning & Coordination
Support portfolio-level planning, quarterly planning, and roadmap-to-execution alignment across Product Managers and Engineering teams
Help translate strategic objectives into clear delivery plans with defined milestones, dependencies, and sequencing
Facilitate cross-team alignment during planning to surface resource conflicts, sequencing risks, and dependency challenges
Coordinate capacity planning across the portfolio with guidance from Product Leaders
Support quarterly planning ceremonies and retrospectives
Execution Management & Cross-Team Alignment
Coordinate cross-functional work at the portfolio level (not at the feature or task level)
Coordinate work that spans multiple Product teams or Engineering teams, ensuring alignment on timing and integration points
Maintain and communicate delivery status, progress updates, and initiative sequencing to stakeholders
Organize delivery ceremonies as needed: milestone reviews, cross-team dependency check-ins
Help ensure teams have clear priorities, resolved dependencies, and unblocked resources
Risk & Dependency Management
Identify and track risks, blockers, and cross-team dependencies that could impact portfolio delivery
Facilitate resolution of resource conflicts, sequencing challenges, and dependency conflicts across teams
Escalate issues requiring Portfolio Leader or executive decision-making with supporting data and analysis
Coordinate with other PDMs when dependencies span multiple portfolios
Maintain portfolio-level risk visibility for stakeholders
Communication & Portfolio Visibility
Provide transparent reporting on portfolio health to Portfolio Leaders and stakeholders
Maintain portfolio dashboards showing initiative status, risks, dependencies, and milestone progress
Communicate delivery status appropriately for different audiences: Product Managers, Engineering teams, Business Partners, and leadership
Support leadership reviews and business reviews with portfolio health updates
Surface risks proactively through clear, data-driven communication
Launch Coordination & Readiness
Coordinate launch planning activities across Product, Engineering, Operations, Marketing, Risk, and Compliance
Work with Product Operations to track launch readiness requirements
Support business partner readiness for launches, including tracking training, documentation, and operational preparedness
Track launch milestones and criteria achievement across cross-functional workstreams
Support go/no-go readiness assessments (while Product Manager owns the final go/no-go decision)
Process Improvement & Standards Adoption
Support retrospectives and process improvements at the portfolio level
Help identify opportunities to improve planning, coordination, and delivery processes
Provide feedback to Product Operations on Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) effectiveness
Adopt and evangelize Product Operations standards, templates, and tools within your portfolio
Learn and apply best practices from across portfolios
You will receive the following benefits:
Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
Vision Benefits
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
Hospital Indemnity Insurance
401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
Paid Sick Time Leave
Legal and Identity Protection Plans
Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
529 College Saver Plan
Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP's Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.