Variable Lift is seeking a Delivery Manager / Engagement Manager to own the day-to-day reality of client work across multiple engagements.

This is not a "status meeting scheduler" role. You will be responsible for making sure work is clearly defined, owned by the right people, and actually gets done — with risks and gaps surfacing early, not after deadlines slip.

You will work closely with senior technical leadership, contractors, and clients to keep delivery predictable and sane. Initially, this role is fractional / part-time, with a clear path to expanded scope as the company grows.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery & Execution

• Maintain and oversee project boards across active client engagements

• Capture work from conversations and turn it into clear, actionable tickets

• Ensure tasks are properly assigned, scoped, and prioritized

• Track progress and follow up when momentum stalls

• Surface delivery risks, dependencies, and blockers early

Client & Engagement Support

• Support the creation and refinement of Statements of Work (SOWs)

• Help translate client needs into structured execution plans

• Maintain a clear view of engagement status across clients

• Ensure delivery expectations are visible and realistic

Coordination & Communication

• Act as the connective tissue between leadership, contractors, and clients

• Maintain clear documentation of decisions, scope changes, and next steps

• Ensure nothing important "lives only in someone's head"

What This Role Is Not

• Writing code (though technical literacy is important)

• Acting as a sales closer

• Micromanaging how people do their work

• A purely administrative PM role

Your job is to create clarity, accountability, and momentum.

Required Experience

• Experience managing delivery across software, systems, or technical projects

• Comfort working with engineers, technical leaders, and non-technical stakeholders

• Strong written communication and documentation habits

• Ability to operate independently with incomplete information

• Calm, structured thinking in ambiguous or fast-moving situations

Nice to Have

• Experience in consulting, agencies, or multi-client environments

• Familiarity with tools like OpenProject, Jira, Notion, Asana or similar

• Ability to read technical discussions and extract actionable work

• Experience supporting SOWs, scopes, or engagement planning

What Success Looks Like

• You notice when things are drifting and intervene early

• You follow up and ask uncomfortable but necessary questions

• You balance multiple threads without losing the plot

• You value clarity over heroics

• Teammates can focus where they add the most value because you've removed friction and reduced chaos