Associate Director – Project Management / Delivery
Associate Director – Project Management / Delivery
About Anchanto
Anchanto is a global B2B SaaS company enabling enterprises, retailers, and logistics providers to manage their end-to-end eCommerce and supply chain operations through cutting-edge cloud and AI-driven platforms. With a presence across APAC and beyond, Anchanto supports over 7,000 customers and integrates with 135+ commerce and carrier platforms, driving scalable growth and operational excellence.
Role Overview
The Associate Director – Delivery is a business-critical leadership role responsible for owning and scaling Anchanto’s Delivery Vertical across regions.
This role goes beyond project execution. It owns delivery outcomes, revenue realization, customer experience, and operational scalability. You will drive predictable delivery, enforce governance, and build a high-performing delivery organization that can support Anchanto’s global growth.
You will lead a team of Delivery Managers, own portfolio health, act as the escalation anchor, and represent Anchanto in customer and internal leadership forums.
Key Responsibilities
1. Delivery Ownership & Business Accountability
- Own the end-to-end delivery portfolio across APAC/EMEA from post-sales handover to go-live and hypercare
- Be accountable for revenue realization, timelines, scope adherence, and customer outcomes
- Drive forecast accuracy and delivery predictability across all engagements
- Ensure delivery is aligned to commercial commitments and contractual milestones
2. Portfolio Governance & Execution Excellence
- Establish and enforce strong delivery governance frameworks (Playbooks, RACI, Gates)
- Drive visibility of portfolio health (RAG, ARR at risk, phase bottlenecks) to leadership
- Ensure no uncontrolled slippage - enforce scope, timeline, and quality discipline
- Standardize delivery practices to create a repeatable, scalable execution model
3. Cross-Functional Alignment & Execution Control
- Own alignment across Sales, Solutioning, Product, Engineering, QA, and Customer Success
- Ensure strong handoffs from Sales → Solutioning → Delivery to eliminate ambiguity
- Proactively identify and resolve execution bottlenecks and dependencies
- Partner with Engineering leadership to ensure capacity and delivery feasibility alignment
4. Customer Leadership & Escalation Management
- Act as the senior escalation owner for critical accounts and delivery risks
- Build strong relationships with customer leadership and enterprise stakeholders
- Lead SteerCo and governance forums, representing Anchanto’s delivery position
- Ensure transparent communication, expectation setting, and trust-building
5. Delivery Transformation & Scale
- Drive initiatives to improve delivery efficiency, automation, and use of AI in operations
- Continuously improve tools, processes, and delivery frameworks
- Build a scalable delivery engine to support multi-region, high-growth demand
- Identify opportunities to reduce cost-to-serve and improve margins
6. Team Leadership & Capability Building
- Build and lead a high-performing Delivery organization
- Coach Delivery Managers to operate as owners, not coordinators
- Drive accountability, ownership, and customer-first culture
- Own hiring, capability development, and succession planning
Required Qualifications
- Experience: 12–16 years in Delivery / Professional Services / SaaS implementations, with 6–8+ years in leadership roles
- Domain Expertise: eCommerce, OMS/WMS, supply chain, integrations, or enterprise SaaS
- Delivery Scale: Proven experience managing multi-region, high-ARR delivery portfolios
- Governance: Experience building delivery frameworks, PMO maturity, and execution models
- Tools: Strong working knowledge of ClickUp/Jira, project tracking, and reporting systems
- Stakeholder Management: Experience engaging CXOs and enterprise customers
- Education: Engineering / Business / Supply Chain (MBA preferred)
Key Competencies
- Strong ownership mindset (business + delivery)
- Ability to drive predictability and control in complex environments
- Deep understanding of delivery operations, risk, and execution models
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making under ambiguity
- Excellent communication, influence, and stakeholder management
- Data-driven approach to portfolio management and prioritization
- Ability to scale teams and systems, not just manage projects
What Success Looks Like
- Predictable delivery with high on-time go-live rates
- Improved revenue realization and forecast accuracy
- Reduced escalations and faster resolution cycles
- Strong governance with clear visibility of risks and bottlenecks
- High-performing, scalable delivery teams
- Improved customer satisfaction and retention
