Service Delivery Manager

Accountabilities: You will take ownership of customer deployment projects while ensuring effective coordination, consistent execution, and continuous improvement across the service delivery organization. Manage the complete delivery lifecycle for enterprise customer deployments, from project kickoff and onboarding through implementation, activation, stabilization, and formal handoff. Develop and maintain project plans, delivery schedules, milestones, resource requirements, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies. Oversee multiple concurrent deployments across different regions, ensuring projects remain on schedule, within scope, and aligned with quality standards. Act as the primary customer contact throughout implementation, leading kickoff meetings, technical workshops, status reviews, and executive-level updates. Build strong relationships with customer IT leaders, project managers, technical teams, and business stakeholders while proactively managing expectations and escalations. Coordinate cross-functional teams across Sales, Solutions Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Service Engineering, Network Engineering, Product, Support, and Customer Success. Validate technical discovery, solution design, and Bill of Materials (BoM) approvals before deployment execution. Manage deployment resources and external partners, including field technicians, installation providers, cabling vendors, and logistics teams. Monitor partner performance, deployment quality, site readiness, equipment availability, shipping schedules, and installation requirements. Establish standardized deployment methodologies, project templates, delivery playbooks, and operational procedures. Identify opportunities to automate repetitive processes and improve delivery visibility using tools such as Jira and internal platforms. Ensure smooth operational handoffs to Customer Success, Support, and Technical Account Management teams, including complete documentation, testing, outstanding issues, and early-life stabilization. Track project performance, customer satisfaction, delivery KPIs, resource requirements, and portfolio health, providing regular updates to leadership. Drive continuous improvement through lessons-learned reviews, process optimization, and scalable delivery practices. Requirements: The ideal candidate combines extensive technical project management experience with enterprise networking expertise, strong customer-facing capabilities, and a proactive approach to operational leadership. 8+ years of experience in IT service delivery, network deployment, technical project management, or professional services. At least 3 years of experience managing enterprise customer deployments or complex technical implementation projects. Strong understanding of enterprise networking technologies, including wireless LAN, switching, routing, firewalls, and network infrastructure. Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects and geographically distributed resources. Demonstrated ability to manage enterprise customer relationships, executive stakeholders, and complex delivery escalations. Experience working with third-party deployment partners, field service organizations, and technology vendors. Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, delivery governance, risk management, and execution standards. Familiarity with project management platforms such as Jira, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or similar tools. Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, organizational, and stakeholder management skills. Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams. Strong sense of ownership, customer focus, execution discipline, accountability, and continuous improvement. Additional qualifications that would be advantageous: Experience in Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), managed services, or cloud networking environments. Familiarity with enterprise networking vendors and technologies such as Cisco, Aruba, Juniper, and Fortinet. PMP, ITIL, or other relevant project or service management certifications. Experience supporting enterprise customers across multiple geographical regions. Previous experience developing and improving scalable service delivery processes within a high-growth technology organization. Benefits: Full-time position with remote working opportunities across Europe and the EMEA region. Opportunity to work with enterprise networking solutions and contribute to the expansion of a global Network-as-a-Service business. Exposure to international enterprise customers, cross-functional technology teams, and complex deployment projects. Opportunity to shape and improve service delivery methodologies, operational standards, and scalable processes. A high-growth technology environment offering opportunities to take ownership and contribute to organizational development. How Jobgether works: We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best! Why Apply Through Jobgether? Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. 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