Manager, Delivery
Chicago, IL · HybridFull-time$109–133K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Manager, Delivery oversees a specialized Employee Experience delivery team focused on implementation, data mapping, client data ingress, or engagement services. The role manages daily operations, ensures timely and accurate delivery aligned with contractual commitments, resolves escalations, improves processes, and develops team culture. It also involves cross-functional collaboration, workload planning, employee engagement initiatives, and coaching team members.
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Full job description
At Qualtrics, we create software the world’s best brands use to deliver exceptional frontline experiences, build high-performing teams, and design products people love. But we are more than a platform—we are the creators and stewards of the Experience Management category serving over 18K clients globally. Building a category takes grit, determination, and a disdain for convention—but most of all it requires close-knit, high-functioning teams with an unwavering dedication to serving our customers.
When you join one of our teams, you’ll be part of a nimble group that’s empowered to set aggressive goals and move fast to achieve them. Strategic risks are encouraged and complex problems are solved together, by passing the microphone and iterating until the best solution comes to light. You won’t have to look to find growth opportunities—ready or not, they’ll find you. From retail to government to healthcare, we’re on a mission to bring humanity, connection, and empathy back to business. Join over 6,000 people across the globe who think that’s work worth doing.
Manager, Delivery
Why We Have This Role
As the Manager, Delivery within Employee Experience, you will oversee the day-to-day operations of a specialized Delivery team focused on implementation, data mapping, client data ingress, or engagement services. You will ensure your team delivers services on time, error-free, and in full alignment with contractual commitments. Acting as an operational problem solver and knowledge resource, you will lead process efficiency improvements, foster cross-functional collaboration, and build a strong team culture. If you are a high-impact leader passionate about operational excellence, employee engagement, and delivering exceptional customer experiences across healthcare systems, this role offers an ideal fit.
How You’ll Find Success
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Operational Leadership & Execution: Manages day-to-day team operations to ensure seamless, error-free delivery and contract compliance.
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Resource & Caseload Allocation: Assigns client accounts and projects strategically to maintain equitable workload distribution.
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Urgent Problem Solver: Leverages strong analytical skills to troubleshoot complex operational issues and drive service recovery.
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Process Innovator: Navigates ambiguity effectively to build new workflows from scratch and evolve processes as business needs change.
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Culture & Team Builder: Fosters strong cross-functional communication, drives engagement initiatives, and actively coaches team members.
How You’ll Grow
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Expand your leadership profile within Employee Experience and broader Business Unit management teams.
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Deepen strategic capabilities by contributing directly to corporate goals and OKR execution.
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High-visibility collaboration across cross-functional departments to evolve delivery functions and operational standards.
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Refine organizational design skills through capacity planning, workload management, and team development.
Things You’ll Do
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Manage & Mentor Team: Direct all aspects of team supervision, including regular group and 1-on-1 meetings, coaching, and performance management.
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Ensure Operational Quality: Oversee client implementations, data ingress, mapping, or engagement specialist workflows to guarantee timely, accurate delivery.
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Drive Service Recovery: Provide internal and client-facing escalation support to resolve service failures and troubleshoot complex issues.
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Optimize Delivery Processes: Identify operational bottlenecks and lead continuous improvement initiatives to scale efficiency.
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Champion Employee Experience: Lead engagement survey action planning and foster a collaborative, positive team environment.
What We’re Looking For On Your Resume
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10+ years of healthcare, quality improvement, or project management experience.
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Demonstrated experience managing large teams and complex operational caseloads.
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Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 4-year college program.
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Proven proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), with advanced Excel skills preferred.
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Track record of building new processes from scratch and driving service recovery for complex clients.
What You Should Know About This Team
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Execution & Quality Focused: We are committed to high precision, contract compliance, and delivering error-free client outcomes.
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Collaborative & Culture-Driven: We place strong emphasis on cross-team collaboration, transparent communication, and team culture.
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Agile & Process-Oriented: We embrace change, continuously evolve our delivery models, and solve problems with a sense of urgency.
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Goal-Aligned: We actively contribute to overall division metrics, employee experience initiatives, and strategic business goals.
Our Team’s Favorite Perks and Benefits
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Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance options for you and your dependents.
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Leadership Development & Coaching: Opportunities for professional growth, management coaching, and leadership advancement.
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Paid Time Off & Work-Life Balance: Generous vacation allowance, sick time, and paid company holiday schedule.
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401(k) Retirement Savings Plan: Competitive company matching contributions to support your long-term financial health.
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The Qualtrics Hybrid Work Model: Our hybrid work model is elegantly simple: we all gather in the office three days a week; Mondays and Thursdays, plus one day selected by your organizational leader. These purposeful in-person days in thoughtfully designed offices help us do our best work and harness the power of collaboration and innovation. For the rest of the week, work where you want, owning the integration of work and life. #hybrid
Qualtrics is an equal opportunity employer meaning that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.
Applicants in the United States of America have rights under Federal Employment Laws:Family & Medical Leave Act,Equal Opportunity Employment,Employee Polygraph Protection Act
Qualtrics is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Qualtrics will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please let your Qualtrics contact/recruiter know.
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Illinois Base Annual Pay Transparency Range $109,000—$132,500 USD
How this job compares
Set against the 3,947 open Operations Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$109–133K/yr
- Illinois median$85–126K/yr106 salary ranges
- US median$105–150K/yr2,243 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $121K, is 12% above the Illinois median midpoint ($108K) — in the middle half of Operations Management salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 146 open Operations Management jobs in Illinois and 3,947 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Thorntons LLC25 open
- Amazon17 open
- Oracle8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Operations Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,958 postings).
- Education
- 859 of the 3,947 open Operations Management jobs (22%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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