Delivery Owner

Job description

Position Overview: As a Delivery Owner on one or more teams, you are accountable for predictable delivery across several ongoing initiatives. You will own delivery sequencing, dependency and flow management, and honest communication of committed versus likely-to-ship outcomes. You work hand-in-hand with Product Managers, as they define customer needs and priorities, while you drive the execution. You will operate in a multi-project environment, balancing competing timelines, dependencies, and capacity. Success in this role means teams make capacity-honest commitments, surface delivery risk early, and ship with clear visibility, while Product Managers remain accountable for “what and why”. This position requires flexibility as we respond to new business and customer requirements, while being able to quickly adapt to new strategies and priorities as they evolve. This position is open to internal and external candidates. Product Line: This role will be working on the Race Roster product. Work Location: The successful candidate for this role can be either a remote employee (working 100% remotely from a designated location within Canada), a hybrid employee (flexibility to work in the office or from home at a location within 75 km from the London, ON office), or an in-office employee at our London, ON office. Responsibilities: Delivery predictability & flow (core responsibility) Protect committed-vs-likely clarity. Align sprint and release commitments with team capacity, active work-in-progress (WIP), and known risks. Manage flow and WIP. Update stakeholders and provide clear visibility into core deliverables versus stretch goals well before target release dates. Reduce last-minute scope churn and surprise WIP that undermines predictability. Facilitate for delivery clarity. Guide team planning, stand-ups, and reviews to streamline delivery and clarify priorities. By fostering open communication and lean processes, you’ll ensure the team maintains strong shared ownership of sprint commitments without mid-cycle confusion. Make delivery-track decisions. Balance delivery sequencing and cross-team dependencies to eliminate execution friction, working in close partnership with Product Managers and Engineering as they define feature requirements and strategic priorities. Align stakeholders on “done.” Partner with Product Managers, Engineering, QA, and other stakeholders to confirm delivery readiness and agree what “done enough to ship” means for each increment before the team commits. Partner with the Product Managers to ensure requirements are clear before committing to a sprint. Multi-project coordination & dependencies Coordinate across concurrent projects. Own delivery sequencing and coordination across multiple concurrent projects or workstreams. Make timeline, dependency, and capacity trade-offs visible so competing priorities are explicit rather than discovered late in the sprint. Produce capacity-honest plans. Prepare planning inputs that reflect real capacity, known dependencies, and delivery risk. “Ready to commit” means the team can stand behind the plan without discovering major delivery blockers after the sprint starts. Participate actively in sprint ceremonies for the projects you support . Take part in refinement support for delivery readiness, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives. Balance near-term commitments with delivery direction. Balance sprint and release commitments with follow-on and enabling work within each project’s delivery plan, keeping upcoming delivery constraints visible. Communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs. Track progress against delivery goals across initiatives and communicate status, risks, and trade-offs to stakeholders. Surface cross-project dependencies across teams. Identify dependencies early and coordinate with Product Managers, Engineering leads, or stakeholders when work, releases, or shared constraints overlap. AI adoption & modern delivery practice Use AI routinely in delivery work. Use AI tools as a normal part of delivery ownership (for example: summarizing status, synthesizing risks, analyzing dependencies, preparing planning notes, drafting stakeholder updates). Validate AI outputs with judgment. Check AI-assisted delivery work for accuracy, protect sensitive data, and ensure stakeholder-facing status meets quality standards. Share practical AI learnings. Stay current on practical AI capabilities relevant to the industry. Collaboration & decision-making Work closely with Engineering, QA, and Product Managers. Clarify delivery questions and resolve blockers quickly, before and during build, so delivery gaps are not discovered late. Cross-Team Dependency Escalation: Identify and escalate external dependencies, timeline risks, or scope impacts that fall outside the team's direct domain to Leadership, ensuring cross-functional alignment and timely resolution. Champion Delivery Culture & Best Practices: Foster a team environment grounded in transparency, continuous improvement, and delivery predictability. Meaningfully participate in diversity and inclusion initiatives across the ASICS Apps teams. Education & Experience: 3+ years of experience as a Delivery Owner, Scrum Master, Technical Program Manager, Project Manager in Agile delivery, or similar role in an Agile software delivery environment. Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple ongoing projects or workstreams simultaneously without losing delivery focus or commitment clarity. Demonstrated experience managing dependencies, risks, and delivery plans for a cloud-based product team. Active, practical use of AI tools in delivery work (e.g., for status synthesis, risk analysis, planning notes, documentation, or dependency tracking). Strong facilitation skills: you can guide conversations, build alignment, and keep teams focused on predictable delivery across competing priorities. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail; comfortable managing dynamic plans in a fast-paced, multi-project setting. Clear written and verbal communication; able to explain what we’re committing to ship and what risks threaten that commitment. Hands-on experience with Agile delivery (Scrum and/or Kanban). Experience with backlog and delivery tools (e.g., Jira or equivalent). Bonus Education & Experience: Scrum Master and/or delivery certification (PMP, CSM, PSM, or equivalent). Experience facilitating planning and delivery ceremonies across more than one team or initiative. Background working with cross-functional teams in a remote or hybrid environment. Exposure to scaled Agile practices (SAFe, LeSS, or similar). Relevant Industry Experience. The successful candidate for this role will become an employee of Race Roster North America Corporation (doing business as ASICS Apps Canada), a subsidiary of ASICS Corporation, a Japanese multinational corporation. Race Roster was founded in London, Ontario in 2011. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, sex, place of origin, ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, creed, record of offenses, genetics, disability, age, marital status, family status, veteran status, or fitness level. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Job applications will be reviewed by Rippling's AI. This posting is for an existing vacancy. About ASICS Apps ASICS Apps lives by ASICS’ founding philosophy, "Anima Sana In Corpore Sano” or “A Sound Mind in a Sound Body.” We believe in the positive benefits of movement and aspire for people all over the world to live healthful and happy lives in both body and mind. The ASICS Apps provide digital services and goods focused on helping runners and running events every step of the way. To strengthen our commitment to runners, we are expanding our investment in endurance-related digital services, such as endurance event technology (Race Roster), leading mobile running app (the ASICS Runkeeper app), and other exciting platforms that will help us better serve the endurance industry. Combined, these projects and products makeup ASICS Apps. Our mission―in the past, today, and into the future―is to contribute to a healthful and sustainable society and to bring joy to the people of the world through movement. Movement is an important element in living longer healthy lives, in feeling more fulfilled, and in crossing national and cultural boundaries to bring the world together. If you are looking to join a fun and innovative company focused on the booming digital health and fitness industry, this is the place for you!