Agile Delivery Manager

Job Description

Location: San Francisco

At OpenTable, we take pleasure in Software Development. We believe that velocity comes from a dedication to clean code and solid engineering principles. We deliver innovative products through rapid continuous development. Millions of diners and thousands of restaurants around the globe use our products. If you are excited by constantly challenging engineering processes and can deliver outstanding quality in a fast-paced, agile environment, we'd like to meet you. Bonus points if you love restaurants too!

Delivery Managers at OpenTable are constantly identifying, improving, and reinforcing processes that increase efficiency and improve the culture of our teams. They ensure projects have proven frameworks and processes in place to use best practices and effectively coordinate across multiple teams to drive the delivery of those projects. Ultimately, rightsizing and tailoring processes to be the least amount of process needed to get things done.

We are currently looking for a mid to senior level Delivery Manager to join our team to manage the delivery of new and important projects as well as help our teams continue to improve upon their culture and processes.

Responsibilities

• Drive the tactical day-to-day product delivery process, including ensuring agreed-upon backlog items are prioritized, developed, and released on time.
• Remove impediments that kill productivity or block product team progress.
• Manage issue partner concerns and provide support to teams balancing opposing priorities.
• Coordinate with other delivery managers and engineering leads to identify and manage cross-team dependencies.
• Communicate on behalf of the product or engineering leads when required.
• Provide execution and delivery leadership to the product teams.
• Promote continuous improvement and protect our culture of innovation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working in an agile product development environment.
• 2+ years (mid-level) or 5+ years (senior-level) of experience working in an agile product development environment.
• Familiarity with common agile/lean engineering practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and outstanding emotional intelligence.
• Adept with agile project tracking tools such as Jira/Jira Agile or comparable (e.g. Version One, Rally, Airtable, etc.).
• Ability to identify team impediments and proactively find solutions on the fly.

Benefits

• Generous paid vacation
• Day off on your birthday
• Company matched retirement plans
• Health, dental and vision insurance plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Headspace Subscription
• Drinks, coffee, snacks, games
• Flexible hours
• Universal Paid Parental leave

About OpenTable:

OpenTable , part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG ), powers reservations for the hospitality industry. OpenTable’s software seats more than 1 billion people per year and helps more than 60,000 restaurants, bars, wineries, and other venues attract guests, manage capacity, improve operations and maximize revenue.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

As an employee of OpenTable, you will be part of a global network that includes OpenTable and KAYAK's portfolio of metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights, Swoodoo, checkfelix, and Mundi. Many employees are dedicated to one brand, but we all have the benefit of using each other’s strengths and insights. Together, we’re able to help people experience the world through dining and travel.

OpenTable is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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