{"id":3339716,"url":"https://alion.io/job/rainforest-alliance-senior-delivery-manager","title":"Senior Delivery Manager","company":{"id":1756583,"name":"Rainforest Alliance","domain":"rainforest-alliance.org","url":"https://alion.io/company/rainforest-alliance","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"UltiPro","truth_index":null},"role":"Product","role_family":"Product","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["London, United Kingdom","Amsterdam, Netherlands"],"countries":["GB","NL"],"hiring_countries":["GB","NL"],"hiring_countries_total":2,"salary":{"min":70501,"max":88126,"currency":"EUR","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":98552},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Confluence","optional":false},{"name":"Jira","optional":false},{"name":"Waterfall","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-27T14:59:27Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-27","last_verified_at":"2026-10-31T22:17:24Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":4,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":4},"description":"POSITION: Senior Delivery Manager\nLOCATION: We will only consider candidates legally authorized to work in the Netherlands or the UK.\nWORKPLACE TYPE: Flexible hybrid working environment\nCLOSING DATE: 08 November 2026\nJOB LEVEL: 16\nSALARY:\nNetherlands salary range: €70,501 - €88,126\n\nUK salary range: £51,904 - £68,000\n\nPOSITION SUMMARY:\n The Senior Delivery Manager takes full ownership of complex technology projects from planning through execution and handover, applying deep expertise in SaaS and Agile delivery for cost-effective, high-quality outcomes. You will drive accountability throughout the project lifecycle, proactively managing scope, resources, risks, and dependencies. The Senior Delivery Manager champions a strong delivery culture, collaborating closely with stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and third parties to ensure seamless, reliable outcomes and continuous improvement.\nYou will report to the Solution Delivery Director.\nWHAT YOU WILL DO:\nThe Senior Delivery Manager may handle additional duties as needed to support change projects.\n\nPlanning and Roadmaps\nDevelop and maintain delivery plans with timelines, milestones, and dependencies.\n\nAlign quarterly and annual roadmaps to organisational objectives.\n\nIdentify and manage inter-team and vendor dependencies and delivery risks.\n\nGovernance and Reporting\nMaintain dashboards tracking progress, velocity, risks, and milestones.\n\nEnsure compliance with internal standards and industry benchmarks.\n\nUse Jira and Confluence to manage backlogs and reporting.· Report on delivery health and risks at committee meetings.\n\nStakeholder Engagement\nMap and engage stakeholders, securing representation for decision-making.\n\nMediate team or stakeholder conflicts.\n\nCommunicate clear, focused updates to senior leaders.\n\nDelivery Management\nLead the delivery of SaaS platforms and enterprise solutions using fit-for-purpose methodologies, prioritising Agile approaches.\n\nDocument processes and standards for Agile and Waterfall teams.\n\nCreate onboarding guidelines and contribute to playbooks for risk and dependency management.\n\nLead Agile squads and oversee Waterfall workstreams, resolving blockers and partnering with Product Owners and Technical Leads.\n\nTake ownership of all aspects of SaaS implementation, managing stakeholder and vendor collaboration to drive successful outcomes.\n\nPortfolio & Cross-Stream Leadership\nAlign initiatives to portfolio goals and budgets.\n\nCoordinate across teams and vendors, managing dependencies and risks.\n\nIntervene in at-risk projects to troubleshoot and accelerate progress.\n\nRepresent delivery health at portfolio forums.\n\nWHAT YOU BRING:\n5+ years senior delivery management experience.\n\nExpertise in Agile, Scaled Agile (SAFe), Waterfall.\n\nUnderstanding of SaaS delivery, CI/CD, cloud deployment, SLAs, and integration.\n\nFamiliarity with engineering and quality best practices, governance, and change.\n\nDegree in a relevant discipline; Agile/PM certifications; Cloud/DevOps awareness.\n\nBENEFITS OF WORKING AT THE RAINFOREST ALLIANCE:\nBe a part of a global organization with an impactful mission and a collaborative, respectful, and accountable culture.\n\nEnjoy opportunities for professional growth and career development.\n\nBenefit from remote working flexibility and flexible hybrid working environment.\n\nA favourable time-off policy.\n\nPrioritize your wellbeing. We have numerous ways to promote work-life balance.\n\nApply now and let's grow together. We look forward to hearing from you and exploring how your skills can help us advance our mission.\nIf you have any questions about the job vacancy, please contact the HR department: The Rainforest Alliance encourages diversity and inclusion across the global organization. With this commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ages, disability and any other protected group.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4009,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"},{"name":"Netherlands","iso":"NL","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Food Ingredients","Nonprofits & Foundations"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-27T15:03:57Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":17,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":98552,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/rainforest-alliance-senior-delivery-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/rainforest-alliance-senior-delivery-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-31T23:34:00Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":36884,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1756583},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1756583"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Frainforest-alliance-senior-delivery-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Frainforest-alliance-senior-delivery-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Frainforest-alliance-senior-delivery-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/rainforest-alliance-senior-delivery-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Frainforest-alliance-senior-delivery-manager"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3339716}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"rainforest-alliance.org","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3339716},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}