75% remote: Platform Delivery Manager (f/m/d)

For our client we are looking for a Platform Delivery Manager (f/m/d).Start: 03.11.2025Duration: 3 months, + wish for a long-term prolongationCapacity: 80-100%Location: 75% Remote, 25% Berlin (1 week Berlin / 3 weeks remote in rotation), up to 50% onsite in peak timesLanguage: English is a must, German is a plusRole:The Delivery Program Line is responsible for the design, rollout, and continuous optimization of a software delivery function.To accelerate software delivery, the focus lies on optimizing engineering workflows, increasing automation levels, and introducing modern development tools—including AI-assisted capabilities. Development pipelines are structured to support rapid iteration, reliable test automation, and safe deployment, ensuring high-quality outputs with reduced lead times.The Development 4 Platform product is our own platform for developing and releasing software. Program Delivery is a key stakeholder in this platform and is responsible for providing business requirements into this platform. Objectives & Tasks:- Objective: Define the stages and gates of our development process.Tasks:• Working with key stakeholders (e.g. development, operations, product lines) to understand how our software development process should look like.• Conducting deep dives into critical delivery challenges and define actionable solutions.• Aligning of the technical problem-solving with program priorities and timelines.• Identifying systemic gaps and ensure consistent resolution patterns across teams.• Ensuring feedback and insights from escalations are used to improve structural processes.- Objective: Ensure the successful design, rollout, and continuous improvement of a centralized development platform that supports scalable and efficient engineering across the program.- Objective: Improve overall delivery speed by optimizing engineering workflows, increasing automation, and leveraging modern technologies.Skills (must-have):- Experience in the management of the organizations of complex development projects- Experience with tests automation and frameworks/tools in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation- Experience in large scale cloud platforms, their environments and the operations of infrastructure- Experience in observability, performance monitoring, and improving customer experience- Experience with Kubernetes, containerization, DevOps practices, and IAM/RBAC principles and the associated observability solutions- Competence in using project management tools such as Jira and Confluence.- Familiarity with the essentials of CI/CD pipeline management, including build, image registry, vulnerability scanning, and deployment processes.- Experience with test automation and frameworks/tools in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation- Experience in large cloud environments, their building blocks and the operation of infrastructures- Experience from the development of private cloud environments- Experience in observability, performance monitoring, and customer experience improvement- Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, agile and Scrum methodologies,- Deep knowledge from developing cloud in either private or public cloud environmentsSkills (should-have):- Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerization, DevOps practices, and IAM/RBAC principles and related observability solutions- Experience with building infra using open source tech and associated tools like terraform, helm, etc.- Familiarity in the application of analysis and problem-solving methods- Proficiency in using project management tools such as Jira and Confluence.