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Portfolio Delivery Lead, Managed Services

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Experience leading the delivery performance, profitability, client outcomes, and overall health of a portfolio of managed services engagements or ongoing client support relationships.
  • Experience providing leadership on large, strategic, complex, or at-risk client engagements.
  • Demonstrated experience with portfolio risk management, executive escalation, and engagement recovery planning.
  • Experience partnering across Sales, Finance, Operations, Talent, and Delivery functions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead delivery strategy and execution for an assigned Microsoft Managed Services portfolio supporting ongoing client operations, application support, and continuous improvement.
  • Partner with Service Line leaders, Engagement Managers, and Engagement Directors to strengthen portfolio performance, client satisfaction, and delivery execution.
  • Own portfolio risk and escalation management, enabling timely intervention and recovery planning for challenged engagements.
  • Build Service Line delivery capability by mentoring project and engagement leaders and developing future delivery leadership.

Key facts

  • Remote from: United States
  • Full time
  • Senior (5-10 years)
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Leadership
  • Forecasting
  • Governance
  • Quality Control
  • Coaching
  • Team Building
  • Problem Solving
  • Social Skills

About the company

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HSO

  • IT Services & Consulting
  • Large
  • 1,001–5,000
We help companies modernize business operations, adopt intelligent automation, deliver real-time performance insights and connect the enterprise – accelerating the impact of digital transformation. Founded in 1987 and recognized as a trusted advisor, HSO is one of the world’s top business solution and implementation partners, large enough to serve, small enough to care. Our Global Footprint and Delivery Capabilities HSO is 100% dedicated to Microsoft technology, with practices that offer our clients a complete set of Microsoft cloud solutions from a single global partner. HSO is a proven global leader with unique delivery capabilities offered from our dedicated Microsoft practices in more than 33 offices across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Worldwide 24/7 Global Support International customers who are rolling out Microsoft (Dynamics) solutions want support from a partner equipped for the task. HSO International is our team of experts specialized in worldwide implementations. HSO Global Managed Services provides worldwide support and maintenance services focused on proactively supporting business applications for companies that operate internationally. Contact us to discuss your business needs with one of our Microsoft Dynamics experts. We would love to have the opportunity to learn how HSO can help you accelerate the impact of digital transformation.

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Job description

As a Service Line Portfolio Delivery Lead, Managed Services, you can expect to...

  • Lead delivery strategy and execution for an assigned Microsoft Managed Services portfolio supporting ongoing client operations, application support, and continuous improvement, driving delivery predictability, governance rigor, operational discipline, risk mitigation, and effective prioritization.
  • Partner with Service Line leaders, Engagement Managers, and Engagement Directors to strengthen portfolio performance, client satisfaction, delivery execution, team effectiveness, and overall portfolio health.
  • Own portfolio risk and escalation management, enabling timely intervention, executive decision-making, and recovery planning for challenged engagements.
  • Provide direct leadership and delivery oversight for large, strategic, complex, or at-risk managed services engagements and client accounts, including delivery direction, solution guidance, subject matter expertise, and engagement leadership as needed.
  • Build Service Line delivery capability by mentoring project and engagement leaders, strengthening core delivery competencies, and developing future delivery leadership.
  • Partner with HR, Talent Acquisition, business leaders, and Learning & Development to align hiring, onboarding, team formation, skills, certifications, and career development with delivery demand and strategic priorities.
  • Develop a strong project management leadership pipeline and scalable team structure that supports succession planning, rapid onboarding, sustained billability, and Service Line growth.
  • Collaborate with Sales, solution leaders, Account Leadership, and delivery teams on presales activities, solution shaping, and managed services scoping and estimation to develop scalable, client-centered outcomes.
  • Evaluate proposed work against Service Line capability and capacity, delivery readiness, risk tolerance, and margin expectations before commercial commitments are finalized.
  • Drive utilization, capacity planning, resource allocation, forecasting, and KPI performance while reinforcing delivery standards, methodologies, quality controls, governance compliance, and operating efficiency across the consulting function.

You’re great at...

  • Leading complex managed services delivery portfolios with a strong focus on profitability, client outcomes, service performance, delivery health, and sustainable growth.
  • Identifying delivery risks, guiding executive-level decisions, and developing effective recovery plans for challenged engagements.
  • Building trusted partnerships across Sales, Finance, Operations, Talent, Delivery, and Service Line leadership.
  • Coaching project and engagement leaders while building scalable teams and future leadership capability.
  • Balancing client-centered solution development with delivery capacity, margin expectations, readiness, and risk tolerance.
  • Using forecasting, utilization, resource allocation, and performance indicators to improve portfolio health and service delivery continuity.
  • Establishing consistent delivery practices, governance standards, methodologies, and quality controls.
  • Strengthening processes, team performance, and operational efficiency across a consulting organization.
  • Applying industry trends and emerging technologies across Microsoft business applications and managed services to help Service Line offerings remain innovative, competitive, and aligned with market demand.

Sound interesting? If so, you’ll have...

  • Experience leading the delivery performance, profitability, client outcomes, and overall health of a portfolio of managed services engagements or ongoing client support relationships.
  • Experience providing leadership on large, strategic, complex, or at-risk client engagements.
  • Demonstrated experience with portfolio risk management, executive escalation, and engagement recovery planning.
  • Experience partnering across Sales, Finance, Operations, Talent, and Delivery functions.
  • Experience mentoring project and engagement leaders and developing project management leadership capability.
  • Experience supporting presales, solution shaping, project estimation, and delivery-readiness evaluation.
  • Knowledge of capacity planning, resource allocation, utilization, forecasting, and portfolio KPI management.
  • Experience implementing or reinforcing delivery governance, methodologies, quality controls, and operational standards.
  • An understanding of how delivery capability, capacity, risk, and margin expectations influence commercial commitments and portfolio performance.
  • Experience leading managed services delivery within a Microsoft partner or enterprise applications environment, including ongoing service performance, client retention, and operational accountability.


The Perks

We offer competitive pay with a performance-based bonus. Our employees also enjoy unlimited paid time off and a flexible and affordable benefits program designed to help you be and stay well, including: medical, dental & vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement account, and a 401(k) plan with a company match. Additionally, you’ll have the benefit of working alongside enthusiastic and energetic teammates in a dynamic and thriving environment.

HSO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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