Practice 33 IT Delivery Manager interview questions covering project governance, stakeholder management, and service delivery.
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Some IT delivery managers are responsible for assigning work, providing guidance, and the assessing performance of resources working in project management roles. This question is asked to determine if a candidate has experience leading or managing within this domain.

Karrie Day is a certified career coach and strategist with a passion for helping her clients define and reach their professional goals. She offers career advancement services such as brand development, resume writing and critiques, job search strategies,
Avoid discussion of general leadership for roles such as engineers, analysts, or product owners when answering this question. Project managers are responsible for a specific set of duties and experience managing other roles is not necessarily applicable to this question.

Karrie Day is a certified career coach and strategist with a passion for helping her clients define and reach their professional goals. She offers career advancement services such as brand development, resume writing and critiques, job search strategies,
"In my last job I was a program manager and I was responsible for setting the work direction of two project managers. Additionally, I was responsible for the project-related feedback on their annual performance reviews.
We worked together to develop high-level strategies and met regularly to discuss resource needs, customer issues, and challenges. The PMs I managed came to me for the escalation of any project-related issues, and I met with their executive stakeholders regularly to ensure we collectively provided excellent customer service."
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