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The role helps clients modernize and orchestrate the full flow of delivering and operating software-from discovery and planning through design, implementation, testing, deployment and ongoing maintenance. It combines practice leadership, delivery excellence, commercial leadership and solution ownership. A consultative mindset is essential: uncovering business and industry context, shaping options into practical roadmaps, and connecting technical choices to measurable outcomes. The role is focused on North American execution and operates in a global matrix, aligning regional priorities with the direction set by the Global Head of Practice.\nResponsibilities\nPractice leadership\nAct as the Global Head of Practice’s regional delegate, representing Valiantys in strategic client, partner and Atlassian interactions and embedding the global SDLC strategy in North America.\nBuild the regional practice around end-to-end software delivery transformation, spanning engineering workflows, DevOps practices, governance, quality, delivery speed and measurable business outcomes.\nServe as the regional SDLC solution authority, combining strong Atlassian platform knowledge with a broad view of complementary engineering and DevOps technologies, and mobilizing deep specialist expertise where needed.\nMaintain a current view of established and emerging engineering and DevOps technologies and leading practices, including Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jira Service Management and Rovo), complementary tools such as Xray and SonarQube, and DX and similar capabilities for engineering metrics and insights. Assess how these capabilities align and integrate with Atlassian and client environments, including evolving AI capabilities.\nKeep the practice skills matrix, capability plans and enablement priorities current across SDLC transformation, platforms, delivery and AI-enabled ways of working.\nFoster a collaborative, high-performance practice culture that shares field insight, leading practices and lessons learned to improve client value and Valiantys revenue.\nEnsure approved practice and company methods, governance and tools are applied consistently across North America.\nOwn the regional SDLC Practice shadow P&L, including investment in solution-component development and practice enablement. Partner with the Global Head of Practice and Head of Delivery to clarify regional versus global ownership of training, certification, enablement and solution-development investments, and surface gaps where ownership is not defined.\nDelivery\nDefine and oversee delivery approaches for complex or high-impact SDLC transformation engagements, ensuring alignment with client outcomes, technical feasibility, operating-model needs, Valiantys standards and leading practices.\nLead consultative discovery with client executives and delivery teams, translating ambiguous business needs into target operating models, SDLC roadmaps, solution architectures and phased plans with measurable outcomes.\nBring expertise in one or more client domains, particularly complex or regulated environments, and adapt SDLC transformation to industry-specific business models and constraints, including security, compliance and adoption needs.\nAct as a senior advisor to strategic clients, helping leaders connect investment in engineering and DevOps improvement to measurable business outcomes.\nProvide design assurance across the full software delivery lifecycle, including discovery, planning, feasibility, system design, implementation, testing, deployment and maintenance, with attention to security, compliance, resilience, observability, scalability, operational readiness and cost effectiveness.\nOversee key deliverables and delivery risks where appropriate, including adoption, governance, quality and operating-model considerations that extend beyond a tooling implementation. Assess the delivery, support and maintenance implications of AI-enabled solutions, including clear ownership and appropriate lifecycle plans.\nGuide client onboarding, enablement and iterative improvement so transformed SDLC capabilities are adopted across technical teams and deliver their intended business value.\nSupport the Delivery Management team in forecasting the skills and capacity required for the regional practice.\nPartner with practice and delivery leadership on plans for training, certifications, internal enablement and solution development, in line with the agreed practice investment model.\nSales support\nSupport sales on complex or large-scale SDLC opportunities, providing credible executive and technical leadership while ensuring feasibility and alignment with practice strategy.\nRun regular pipeline reviews and deal clinics to identify where repeatable offerings should be used and where a tailored solution is justified.\nGuide sales teams on the value, scope and appropriate use of the SDLC solution catalogue, including AI-enabled capabilities where they provide an evidenced client benefit.\nContribute to the validation of statements of work, estimates and delivery models to support accurate scoping, commercial discipline and delivery feasibility.\nWork with Marketing, Alliances and the Transformation practice (Tx) on SDLC go-to-market strategy, thought leadership, case studies and market messages.\nProduct and solution ownership\nCollaborate with the Head of Solutions and Global Head of Practice to manage the lifecycle of SDLC solutions, accelerators and training offers from idea through retirement.\nLead regional development of repeatable solution components for the full delivery-project lifecycle, including discovery materials, repeatable roadmaps and delivery-ready project assets and deliverables.\nDevelop repeatable SDLC transformation components, including AI-enabled patterns that strengthen planning, knowledge flow, engineering productivity, quality, service operations or governance; account for their design, delivery, support and maintenance implications.\nAct as design authority for repeatable solution components, ensuring they support product marketing, delivery quality, sales efficiency and measurable client outcomes.\nEnable Practice consultants, sales and delivery teams to use approved components effectively and consistently.\nOwn the regional IP development lifecycle, ensuring investments align with the strategic direction of the practice and can be scaled or reused.\nEnsure delivery lessons and client evidence inform continuous improvement of offerings, methods and enablement.\nCoordinate with other practices to remove duplication and close gaps across Valiantys’ solution portfolio.\nYour team and partners\nHead of Delivery, North America - 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