Senior Technical Delivery Manager at AKQA | Sydney, New South Wales, AU | Rezi

Senior Technical Delivery Manager at AKQA

Senior Technical Delivery Manager

AKQA · Sydney, New South Wales, AU

2 months ago

Senior Technical Delivery Manager

AKQA · Sydney, New South Wales, AU

2 months ago
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About the Role

AKQA, part of WPP, is seeking a Senior Technical Delivery Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of complex digital and AI-enabled products. This role is crucial in evolving delivery practices, adopting new tools, and integrating AI into product development within a rapidly changing technology landscape. You will collaborate with engineers, architects, and designers to ensure technically sound, scalable solutions are delivered with a focus on product quality and real-world impact.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of complex technical and AI-enabled products.
  • Ensure solutions are well-architected, scalable, and built to a high standard.
  • Work closely with development, architecture, and design teams to shape and deliver product outcomes.
  • Translate product and technical requirements into clear, actionable delivery plans.
  • Manage scope, timelines, and budgets while maintaining a strong focus on product quality.
  • Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and trade-offs across projects.
  • Drive collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
  • Contribute to evolving delivery practices, including adoption of AI tools and new ways of working.

Requirements

  • Strong experience delivering complex digital products in a technical environment.
  • Understand modern architectures (e.g. composable, headless, cloud-based).
  • Experience with Agile delivery and iterative product development.
  • Ability to balance delivery discipline with product thinking and quality outcomes.
  • Confident stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable operating in a fast-changing environment.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate complexity and bring clarity.
  • A genuine interest in AI and emerging technologies, and how they shape product delivery.
  • A focus on quality and impact, not just timelines and outputs.
  • Ability to challenge thinking constructively to improve outcomes.
  • Leads by example, bringing energy, ownership, and momentum to delivery.

Skills

  • AI tools
  • Agile delivery
  • iterative product development
  • stakeholder management
  • communication skills
  • problem-solving

Location

  • Hybrid

Work Type

  • Hybrid
  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • Senior

About the Company

  • At AKQA (part of WPP), our Technology team design and deliver digital products and platforms that define how brands connect with customers.
  • WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

Equal Opportunity

  • AKQA is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.