Delivery Manager
Company: Foundation Medicine, Inc.
Location: Boston
Posted on: November 4, 2025
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Job Description:
About the Job The Delivery Manager is dedicated to managing
delivery of low and medium complexity functional projects. By
exercising strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills,
this role navigates teams to address multiple competing demands for
successful delivery of project goals. The role relies on a blend of
traditional project management practices with an Agile development
approach for FMI’s complex enterprise-level projects. This role,
using the right balance of agility and predictability helps FMI be
efficient both with new releases and with product enhancements that
are transforming cancer care. Key Responsibilities Team Operations:
Work closely across the R&D function, Engineering, REP, and
other cross-functional stakeholders to ensure priorities are
aligned with organizational goals. Identify team commitments and
execute upon initiatives to ensure that teams are delivering upon
their commitments. Ensure strict adherence to the Software
Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Definition of Done (DoD). Partner
with the teams in identifying and removing roadblocks. Delivery
Planning and Release Management: Oversee and organize different
project aspects within engineering, including timelines, schedules,
and scope. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, REP, and other
key stakeholders to define release scope, ensure quality, and
schedule regular and timely deliveries. Track project status and
lead project status and working meetings at established intervals.
Contribute to defining and tracking key performance indicators
(KPIs) to measure the success of project deliveries. Manage risk
mitigations and issue resolution as they arise. Manage expectations
of cross-functional stakeholders, including senior leadership.
Perform delivery planning for assigned projects. Demonstrate a
creative approach to problem-solving that addresses details and
maintains the ‘big picture’ view. Act as point of contact for major
incidents, ensuring rapid assessment, response, and resolution.
Conduct regular project status meetings with stakeholders and
internal teams to provide updates, address concerns, and manage
engineering expectations. Represent projects to all stakeholders
throughout the lifecycle of delivery. Proactively identify
opportunities for process improvements and recommend strategies to
optimize delivery. Regulatory Compliance: Monitor program execution
to ensure that all parts adhere to regulatory components and
requirements established by The International Electrotechnical
Commission, the International Organization for Standardization,
Food and Drug Administration, and other regulatory bodies. Serve as
SME of regulated software validation process, ensuring that
software validation requirements are satisfied, and validation
process is constantly improving. Shepherd validation documentation
process, collaborating with relevant teams to produce high quality
documentation and maintain compliance. Other related duties as
assigned. Qualifications: Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree
in a life science, engineering, computer science, business, or
mathematics 3 years of experience managing software development
projects with cross-functional teams, as a scrum master, project
manager, or release manager Preferred Qualifications: Certified
Agile Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Advanced Certified Scrum Master
(A-CSM, PSMI), Advanced certified scrum product owner (A-CSPO) or
Project Management Professional (PMP) credentials or equivalence 3
years of experience using SCRUM/Agile methodologies with
enterprise-level application development projects 2 years of
experience developing software in a regulated environment,
preferably FDA regulated Expertise using Agile Project management
tools such as Jira/Confluence, EazyBI or equivalent, SmartSheet,
Lucidchart, and all the Microsoft Office suite of tools Experience
working with geographically dispersed scrum teams with 5-9 team
members Demonstrated experience working within shifting priorities
for successful execution of goals Demonstrated strong understanding
of diverse agile frameworks, such as: Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe
Ability to work well under pressure while maintaining a
professional demeanor Demonstrated attention to detail and strong
organizational skills Excellent verbal and written communication
skills Agreement to maintain confidentiality regarding sensitive
company, employee, and proprietary data and information Commitment
to reflect FMI’s values: Integrity, Courage, and Passion The
expected salary range for this position based on the primary
location of Boston, MA is $85,360 - $106,700 per year. The salary
range is commensurate with FMI’s compensation practice and
considers factors including, but not limited to, education,
training, experience, external market conditions, criticality of
role, and internal equity. A discretionary annual bonus may be
available based on individual and Company performance. This
position also qualifies for FMI benefits. LI-Hybrid
Keywords: Foundation Medicine, Inc., Boston , Delivery Manager, IT / Software / Systems , Boston, Massachusetts
