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Sr. Director, Delivery Management

Orby

Palo Alto, CAFull-time$220–291K/yrPosted 2mo agoVerified open 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$220–291K/yr
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

Job overview

Orby is hiring a Sr. Director, Delivery Management. The Sr. Director, Delivery Management leads Uniphore’s regional delivery organization for America West, building and scaling Forward Deployed Engineering teams, partnering with sales, managing portfolio margin, and driving enterprise AI adoption across complex customer environments.

Key focus areas include Hire, develop, and deploy Engineering FDEs, Delivery FDEs, and Industry Value Engineers, Define FDE engagement models such as embedded on‑site, remote retainer, and GSI co‑delivery, and Build FDE playbooks, onboarding frameworks, and skill matrices that scale with the team.

Successful candidates bring 12+ Years Delivery Leadership, Deep Domain Fluency In BPO/CX Or Financial Services Or Insurance Or Healthcare Or Telecom, and Experience Leading Enterprise AI Data Or Platform Transformation Programs. Important skills include Building Forward Deployed Engineering Teams, Enterprise Transformation Programs, AI Delivery, Building Embedded Delivery Capability, Earning Trust At The C-Suite, and Hiring Engineering FDEs.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Building Forward Deployed Engineering TeamsEnterprise Transformation ProgramsAI DeliveryBuilding Embedded Delivery CapabilityEarning Trust at the C-SuiteHiring Engineering FDEsDeveloping Engineering FDEsDeploying Engineering FDEsHiring Delivery FDEsDeveloping Delivery FDEsDeploying Delivery FDEsHiring Industry Value EngineersDeveloping Industry Value EngineersDeploying Industry Value EngineersDefining FDE Engagement ModelsBuilding FDE PlaybooksBuilding Onboarding FrameworksBuilding Skill MatricesManaging FDE UtilizationEnsuring Billable ProductivityDeveloping Deployment Strategist CapabilityPlatform FluencyFraming Outcomes in Business LanguageSenior Delivery Voice in Sales CycleValidating ScopeConfirming DeliverabilityBuilding Customer ConfidenceStructuring ServicesIdentifying Delivery RiskIdentifying DependencyIdentifying ConstraintShaping Commercial ConstructsLeading Executive Steering CommitteesLeading Program Risk ReviewsLeading Quarterly Business ReviewsGuiding Customers From Initial Deployment to Enterprise-Scale AdoptionBuilding C-Level RelationshipsDelivery Margin OwnershipFinancial AccountabilityPortfolio-Level PrioritizationMonitoring Program HealthIntervening in Escalated SituationsImplementing KPIsBPO/CX Domain FluencyFinancial Services Domain FluencyInsurance Domain FluencyHealthcare Domain FluencyTelecom Domain FluencyLeading Data Transformation ProgramsLeading Platform Transformation ProgramsBuilding and Scaling Embedded or Forward Deployed Engineering TeamsDeploying FDE or Technical Delivery ModelsP&L OwnershipBPO/CXFinancial ServicesInsuranceHealthcareTelecomLeading Enterprise AI, Data, or Platform Transformation ProgramsExecutive PresenceBuild Forward Deployed Engineering TeamsDelivery SuccessBusiness PerformanceSenior Delivery AuthorityGovern PortfolioDefine FDE Engagement ModelsBuild FDE PlaybooksOnboarding FrameworksSkill MatricesManage FDE UtilizationBillable ProductivityDeployment Strategist CapabilityFrame Outcomes in Business LanguageSales PartnershipValidate ScopeConfirm DeliverabilityBuild Customer ConfidenceStructure ServicesIdentify Delivery RiskShape Commercial ConstructsLead Executive Steering CommitteesProgram Risk ReviewsQuarterly Business ReviewsGuide CustomersBuild C-Level RelationshipsDelivery MarginMonitor Program HealthImplement KPIsOn-Time DeliveryOn-Budget DeliveryCustomer SatisfactionValue RealizationForward Deployed EngineeringBuilding FDE TeamsIntervening in Escalated or at-Risk SituationsUnderstanding MarginUnderstanding UtilizationPlatform AdoptionTeam BuildingPortfolio GovernanceDeep Platform FluencySales Cycle EngagementGenerative AIKnowledge AIEmotion AIWorkflow AutomationCo-PilotVoice AnalyticsVideo AnalyticsText AnalyticsGSI Co-DeliveryProgram Risk ManagementKPI ImplementationStakeholder ManagementCustomer Outcome DeliveryEnterprise AI DeliveryCustomer Relationship BuildingEmbedded DeliveryC-Level RelationshipsLeadershipP&L ManagementDelivery LeadershipConsultingEnterprise AI TransformationData Platform TransformationCustomer Outcome ManagementBuilding Embedded TeamsMargin ManagementUtilization ManagementDeep Domain Fluency BPO/CXDeep Domain Fluency Financial ServicesDeep Domain Fluency InsuranceDeep Domain Fluency HealthcareDeep Domain Fluency TelecomData TransformationPlatform TransformationProgram Risk ReviewQuarterly Business ReviewEnterprise AIHiringCoachingProgram ManagementRisk ManagementCRMC-Level EngagementPortfolio ManagementBusiness AcumenPoV SprintEmbedded Team BuildingEngagement Model DesignOnboarding Framework DevelopmentSkill Matrix DevelopmentTeam Hiring and DevelopmentC-Level Relationship BuildingHiring and CoachingC‑Suite Relationship BuildingTeam Building and LeadershipCustomer EngagementBuilding and Scaling TeamsVoice, Video, Text AnalysisEmbedded Delivery TeamsMargin and Utilization ManagementDomain Fluency BPO/CXDomain Fluency Financial ServicesDomain Fluency InsuranceDomain Fluency HealthcareDomain Fluency TelecomEnterprise TransformationSteering Committee LeadershipServices ManagementDeep Domain FluencyC‑Suite CredibilityBPO/CX Domain KnowledgeFinancial Services Domain KnowledgeInsurance Domain KnowledgeHealthcare Domain KnowledgeTelecom Domain KnowledgeConsulting ExpertiseDelivery ManagementBusiness Language FramingBuilding PlaybooksRetainer-Based DeliveryRisk IdentificationCommercial StructuringProgram Health MonitoringHiring and DevelopmentScaling Embedded TeamsVoice, Video, and Text AnalyticsConsulting and Services DeliveryEmbedded Delivery CapabilitySales Partnership ManagementDevelopmentDeployment Strategy

Qualifications

12+ Years Delivery Leadership Consulting Services ExperienceExperience Building Scaling Embedded Forward Deployed Engineering TeamsProven Track Record Deploying FDE Technical Delivery ModelsExperience Leading Enterprise AI Data Platform Transformation ProgramsP&L Ownership Experience Delivery Organization

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance
Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Uniphore is one of the largest B2B AI-native companies—decades-proven, built-for-scale and designed for the enterprise. The company drives business outcomes, across multiple industry verticals, and enables the largest global deployments.

Uniphore infuses AI into every part of the enterprise that impacts the customer. We deliver the only multimodal architecture centered on customers that combines Generative AI, Knowledge AI, Emotion AI, workflow automation and a co-pilot to guide you. We understand better than anyone how to capture voice, video and text and how to analyze all types of data.

As AI becomes more powerful, every part of the enterprise that impacts the customer will be disrupted. We believe the future will run on the connective tissue between people, machines and data: all in the service of creating the most human processes and experiences for customers and employees.

Job Description:

Why This Role

Uniphore is at an inflection point. The platform is mature, the market is moving, and enterprise customers are ready to deploy agentic AI at scale but only with a delivery partner who can meet them where they are, not hand them a playbook and walk away.

The Regional Delivery Leader for America West is not a project manager with an impressive title. This is the person who defines what great AI delivery looks like in the field, who builds the embedded delivery capability, earns trust at the C-suite, and turns early deployments into long-term platform adoption.

If you have built Forward Deployed Engineering teams, lived inside enterprise transformation programs, and understand that it’s a new delivery reality - this role was designed for you.

The Role

As Regional Delivery Leader, you own delivery success and business performance across America West, one of Uniphore’s four global regions. You are accountable for how the region performs: commercially, operationally, and in terms of customer outcomes.

You partner with Sales before the contract is signed and remain the senior delivery authority through go-live and beyond. You build the team, govern the portfolio, and set the standard for how Uniphore delivers, not through oversight alone, but through the credibility you bring into every room.

At the center of your delivery model is the Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) capability: a team of embedded technical and business practitioners who work inside customer environments, accelerating adoption and compressing time-to-value in ways traditional PS models cannot.

What You Will Do

Build and Lead the FDE Team

This is your most important mandate. The FDE model is how Uniphore delivers differentiated, embedded value — and you will build it in the West from the ground up.

  • Hire, develop, and deploy Engineering FDEs, Delivery FDEs, and Industry Value Engineers (IVEs) across regional accounts
  • Define FDE engagement models: embedded on-site, remote retainer, and GSI co-delivery — matched to customer complexity and commercial structure
  • Build FDE playbooks, onboarding frameworks, and skill matrices that scale with the team
  • Manage FDE utilization and ensure billable productivity supports regional margin targets
  • Develop the Deployment Strategist capability within the FDE team: practitioners who combine deep platform fluency with the ability to frame outcomes in business language

Own the Sales Partnership

  • Engage as the senior delivery voice in the sales cycle — validating scope, confirming deliverability, and building customer confidence before the ink dries
  • Ensure all services are appropriately structured: FDE resoources, PoV Sprints, and partner co-delivery arrangements
  • Identify delivery risk, dependency, and constraint early
  • Shape commercial constructs that are both winnable for Sales and sustainable for Delivery

Drive Customer Outcomes

  • Serve as the delivery executive for key regional accounts throughout the customer lifecycle
  • Lead executive steering committees, program risk reviews, and quarterly business reviews
  • Guide customers from initial deployment through enterprise-scale adoption of the Uniphore platform
  • Build C-level relationships that generate expansion, reference value, and long-term partnership

Govern the Regional Portfolio

  • Own delivery margin, and financial accountability across all active and upcoming engagements in the West
  • Drive portfolio-level prioritization, balancing customer commitments, team capacity, and commercial health
  • Proactively monitor program health and intervene in escalated or at-risk situations before they become visible to the customer
  • Implement KPIs for on-time, on-budget delivery, utilization, customer satisfaction, and value realization

What Success Looks Like — Year One

  • FDE team is hired, deployed, and operating at target utilization across at least three anchor accounts
  • PoV Sprint model is live and being used as the standard pre-sales engagement in the West
  • Regional delivery margin is on-plan and improving quarter over quarter
  • Two or more customers have expanded from initial deployment to broader platform adoption
  • You are known by name in your customers’ C-suites not as a vendor, but as a transformation partner

What We Are Looking For

  • 12+ years in delivery leadership, consulting, or services — with direct experience building and scaling embedded or Forward Deployed Engineering teams
  • Proven track record deploying FDE or technical delivery models in complex enterprise environments, including retainer-based and GSI co-delivery structures
  • P&L ownership experience in a delivery organization — you understand margin, utilization, and the levers that drive both
  • Deep domain fluency in one or more of: BPO/CX, financial services, insurance, healthcare, or telecom
  • Experience leading enterprise AI, data, or platform transformation programs from pilot to production at scale
  • Executive presence that earns credibility in both the sales room and the customer boardroom

Hiring Range: $220,000 – $291,000 OTE — for Primary Location Palo Alto, CA

The specific rate will depend on the successful candidate's qualifications and prior experience.

In addition to competitive base pay, this position also includes an annual incentive opportunity based on target achievement, pre-IPO stock options, benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with a match, and more, plus generous paid time off, paid holidays, paid day off for your birthday and other paid leave policies to support employees through all phases of life.

Benefits :

In addition to competitive base pay, this position also includes an annual incentive opportunity based on target achievement, pre-IPO stock options, benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with a match, and more, plus generous paid time off, paid holidays, paid day off for your birthday and other paid leave policies to support employees through all phases of life.

Location preference:

USA - CA - Palo Alto

Uniphore is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

For more information on how Uniphore uses AI to unify—and humanize—every enterprise experience, please visit www.uniphore.com.

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