Chief Delivery Officer
๐บ๐ธ United States | ๐ต๐น Portugal | ๐ฌ๐ท Greece | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland | ๐ช๐ธ Spain | ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia | ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania | ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria | ๐ช๐ช Estonia | ๐ญ๐บ Hungary | ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia | ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania | ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova | ๐ท๐ด Romania | ๐ท๐ธ Serbia | ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia | ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia
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Chief Delivery Officer
from ๐บ๐ธ United States | ๐ต๐น Portugal | ๐ฌ๐ท Greece | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland | ๐ช๐ธ Spain | ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia | ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania | ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria | ๐ช๐ช Estonia | ๐ญ๐บ Hungary | ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia | ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania | ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova | ๐ท๐ด Romania | ๐ท๐ธ Serbia | ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia | ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia
Objective
Scale Neurons Lab's delivery organization into a predictable engine for client value and expansion revenue โ leading a team of Senior ADMs, owning client relationships at the executive level, and positioning Neurons Lab as a premier AI partner for enterprise clients.
KPI
Expansion revenue โฅ 50% of total revenue
PoC-to-Production conversion rate > 30%
Business Impact Score (BIS) > 40% across active portfolio
Referral Rate > 30% on completed engagements
Average expansion deal size $150k+, with Tier 1 accounts weighted higher
90%+ of project issues resolved at the team level without CDO escalation
Client satisfaction (CSAT) consistently maintained and improved
Key Responsibilities
1) Account Management
Own the Account Development Plan (ADP) system across the portfolio.
Coach ADMs to maintain a living ADP per Tier 1 / Tier 2 account: stakeholder map, Business Value / Personal Value / Trust Value per key stakeholder, expansion pipeline, next-best actions.
Set the bar for relationship depth.
Coach ADMs to move from execution-focused to relationship-focused delivery: regular committed BD time, multi-threaded relationships, proactive value creation outside paid scope.
Be the senior presence at critical moments
โ executive meetings, escalations, renewals, pricing negotiations, and stakeholder conflicts. Personally hold 1โ3 C-suite relationships per Tier 1 account.
Own client portfolio health as a system, not a feeling.
DRI for: Expansion Revenue %, PoC-to-Production conversion, BIS, CSI, Referral Rate.
Make trust the moat.
Hold the team accountable to Reliability, Alignment, and Integrity. Use these as the standard for how Neurons Lab shows up at every touchpoint.
Turn client trust into business outcomes.
Target 2+ qualified expansion opportunities per account per quarter.
Bring the client voice into company decisions.
2) Delivery
Drive value creation for the Delivery department.
Empower the team to resolve 90% of project issues independently.
Serve as the top escalation point for unresolved Significant and Catastrophic risks.
Oversee timelines, budgets, risks, and financials across the project portfolio.
Develop and execute Delivery department strategy.
Establish and monitor key department metrics โ OKRs, Health Indicators, margins, revenue deviation.
Facilitate and provide value-add to stakeholder relationships and communications.
Establish and refine delivery practices tailored for AI R&D projects.
Manage relationships with Delivery Partners and oversee the joint delivery project portfolio.
3) People
Manage talent capacity and project staffing needs.
Own ADM compensation and commission design tied to expansion revenue and portfolio health.
Recruit, hire, train, grow, and let go.
Conduct regular 1:1s with direct reports.
Conduct performance reviews.
Capabilities
Delivery Leadership โ experience running and scaling multi-team delivery organizations.
Account Management โ multi-threaded executive relationships, expansion playbook, revenue ownership.
Customer Success โ portfolio-level health management, value realization, escalation, renewals.
Stakeholder Management โ navigates complex enterprise environments at board and C-suite level.
Executive Communication โ credible in front of CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, COOs; decks as strategic artifacts.
People Management โ proven ability to recruit, develop, and let go; builds high-performing teams.
AI/ML Awareness โ conversant with engineering and data science teams; must hold their own technically.
Change Management โ understands how to drive adoption of AI products inside enterprise clients.
Commercial Negotiation โ comfortable with fee negotiation; protects margin without losing the relationship.
Experience
Senior delivery or account leadership (7+ years) โ customer success, engagement management, or consulting at a leadership level.
Team management (3+ years) โ built or led delivery teams; track record of developing talent.
Business development โ proven expansion revenue track record through delivery quality and consultative selling.
Regulated industry experience โ direct enterprise client work in FSI, healthcare, pharma, energy, or government.
AI/ML or data product exposure โ conversant with delivery teams on complex technical engagements.
Advanced English โ exceptional written and verbal; comfortable leading executive conversations.
Nice to have
AI consulting or systems integrator background.
Change management certification (Prosci/ADKAR, Kotter).
Experience managing partner or subcontractor delivery relationships.
Exposure to consultative-selling methodologies (Activator / Challenger / Trusted Advisor models).
What We Offer
Competitive compensation โ a monthly base plus expansion revenue upside.
Fully remote โ outcomes over attendance.
Unlimited PTO.
Full-time contractor engagement with a fast-growing AI consultancy at the forefront of enterprise transformation.






