Technical Delivery Lead, Consultant

Technical Delivery Lead, Consultant

Our healthcare technology client is seeking a Technical Delivery Lead, Consultant to serve as the execution engine for their strategic technology portfolio, managing delivery across six platform towers: Core Health Plan, Membership & Support, Digital, Care Management & Quality, Pharmacy, and Technology Enablement. The Technical Delivery Lead will report to the Director of Technical Delivery. In this role you will serve as the on-the-ground execution owner for one or more strategic technology programs, driving initiatives through planning, implementation, and closure while maintaining executive-ready delivery visibility for stakeholders. Your work directly determines whether the highest-priority technology investments land on time, within scope, and with the organizational confidence they deserve.

Pay Rate: $75 $80/hr

Duration: 6-month contract-to-hire

Location: Hybrid; 2x/week in office San Diego, Long Beach, Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, or Oakland (SF Bay Area)

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end delivery for directly owned and executed strategic initiatives from intake and scoping through implementation and formal closure ensuring scope, schedule, and quality targets are met

Track and actively manage cross-functional programs in coordination with business and platform teams, surfacing risks, resolving blockers, and maintaining accurate status on behalf of Technical Delivery

Produce and maintain delivery artifacts including project plans, RAID logs, milestone trackers, and executive status decks aligned to internal reporting standards

Facilitate structured working sessions, sprint reviews, stakeholder alignment meetings, and executive briefings; serve as the primary TD point of contact for assigned platform towers

Apply AI tools and prompt engineering (including Claude/Anthropic ecosystem and Microsoft Copilot) to accelerate delivery workflows including automated status summarization, risk narrative development, decision documentation, and meeting preparation

Champion responsible AI adoption within the team; contribute to emerging AI delivery frameworks, playbooks, and best practices across the Technical Delivery organization

Coordinate with Release & SCM management on change management requirements and release readiness for managed programs

Identify systemic delivery impediments and escalate proactively to management with structured problem framing and recommended paths forward

Maintain delivery classification integrity for assigned work; flag scope or ownership changes as initiative needs evolve

Qualifications

7+ years of experience in technology project or program delivery, delivery management, or a closely related discipline

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives with competing priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment

Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience preparing executive-facing materials (status decks, briefings, escalation memos)

Proficiency with AI tools and prompt engineering active experience using LLMs (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to improve delivery quality, throughput, and documentation

Working knowledge of at least one delivery framework (Agile/Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall, or hybrid); ability to adapt approach to initiative needs

Comfort operating in ambiguity; proven ability to create structure, establish cadence, and drive clarity where none yet exists

Healthcare technology experience (payer, provider, or health tech services)

Familiarity with cloud modernization, enterprise SaaS, or platform migration programs

Experience with JIRA, Smartsheet, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar delivery tooling

PMP, SAFe, or equivalent delivery certification preferred

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or other non-merit factor. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees.