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Boris Magas

Delivery & Program Manager

Boris Magas
Osijek, Croatia

Experience

Mar 2022 - Present
3 years 11 months

Delivery Manager

Various Clients

  • Owned delivery of complex, multi-team initiatives in enterprise and regulated environments, coordinating parallel workstreams and senior stakeholders.

AVIV Group – Predictable Multi-Team Delivery in Product & Engineering

  • Owned end-to-end delivery across multiple products and engineering teams, aligning execution, dependencies, timelines, and stakeholder expectations in complex environments.
  • Proactively resolved delivery blockers and systemic risks, resulting in a 30% improvement in delivery predictability within one quarter.
  • Built and maintained strong relationships with senior stakeholders to ensure alignment, fast decision-making, and continuity across initiatives.
  • Identified, tracked, and mitigated delivery risks (budget deviations, timeline slippage, cross-team dependencies) across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Euroclear – Delivery Governance in a Highly Regulated Environment

  • Owned delivery coordination across 6 internationally distributed engineering teams, aligning delivery plans, dependencies, and regulatory constraints.
  • Established scalable delivery governance in collaboration with PMO, introducing OKR-driven planning and a clear strategic cadence for cross-team alignment.
  • Reduced parallel, ad-hoc initiatives by 25% over two quarters, improving focus, prioritization, and delivery flow.
  • Improved production stability by reducing critical bugs by 25%, increasing delivery confidence in high-risk environments.
  • Increased overall delivery efficiency by 20% and team satisfaction by 15% over two consecutive quarters.

Solvay – Lean Delivery in a Global Digital Transformation Program

  • Owned delivery for three cross-functional teams within a global digital transformation program, operating under strict compliance and regulatory constraints.
  • Stabilized delivery by standardizing flow, clarifying delivery roles, and embedding actionable delivery metrics (Cycle Time, WIP, Lead Time).
  • Reduced lead time by 18% and increased user satisfaction by 22% within four months, without disrupting core business output.
  • Reduced overall delivery risk exposure by 30%, strengthening stakeholder trust in delivery stability and execution.
  • Maintained clear, transparent communication on delivery status, risks, blockers, and priorities with executive and product stakeholders.
May 2021 - Apr 2022
1 year
Austria

Agile Delivery Lead

Sportradar

  • Stabilized and optimized delivery across a large Agile Tribe, aligning team execution with business priorities in a fast-scaling environment.
  • Improved end-to-end flow and delivery predictability, reducing lead time by 25% through pragmatic Kanban and dependency management.
  • Supported consistent delivery practices across teams, ensuring alignment between product, engineering, and leadership.
May 2020 - May 2021
1 year 1 month
Austria

Delivery Lead (Scrum Master role)

Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH

  • Led delivery for two cross-functional teams, ensuring predictable execution and alignment with product and business goals.
  • Improved delivery cadence and throughput, reducing delivery cycle time by 25% through incremental process improvements.
  • Contributed to scaling delivery practices across the organization in collaboration with product and engineering leadership.
Sep 2019 - May 2020
9 months
Austria

Delivery Lead (Scrum Master role)

Cream Finance

  • Owned delivery flow for two component teams, working closely with the CTO to form cross-functional, outcome-oriented teams.
  • Increased delivery velocity and stability through Kanban-based flow optimization and engineering practice improvements.
  • Strengthened delivery reliability by improving CI/CD workflows and deployment stability in a regulated fintech environment.
Jan 2019 - Sep 2019
9 months
Austria

Delivery Lead (Scrum Master role)

Cirtuo GmbH

  • Led delivery for two teams during early product growth, ensuring predictable releases and alignment with business objectives.
  • Managed release processes and delivery reporting directly to the CEO, providing visibility and escalation when needed.
  • Aligned delivery priorities with product management to support early market traction.
Jul 2018 - Jan 2019
7 months
Croatia

Strategic Project Manager

Iskon

  • Led the delivery of a digital transformation initiative for the Telco Order Management System.
  • Defined scope, milestones, and delivery plans in close collaboration with business and technical stakeholders.
  • Supported go-to-market execution by aligning delivery timelines with product and commercial priorities.
Jul 2017 - Jul 2018
1 year 1 month
Croatia
Remote

Delivery Lead (Scrum Master role)

Freelance

  • Led delivery for two cross-functional remote teams, ensuring alignment on priorities, scope, and execution.
  • Established and maintained clear delivery documentation to support transparency, coordination, and handover.
  • Supported onboarding and stabilization of new team members, contributing to consistent delivery flow and predictability.
Apr 2016 - Jul 2017
1 year 4 months
Croatia

Product Owner

GIS Data

  • Owned product vision, roadmap, and backlog prioritization to support business growth.
  • Translated business needs into an actionable delivery scope for development teams.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to balance customer needs, technical constraints, and delivery timelines.
Jul 2014 - Apr 2016
1 year 10 months
Croatia

IT Business Analyst

Croatian Telecom

  • Delivered business requirements and functional specifications for e-commerce initiatives.
  • Supported end-to-end delivery through requirements definition, testing, and stakeholder coordination.
  • Acted as a bridge between business and engineering teams in a large enterprise environment.

Summary

Delivery Manager with 10+ years of experience leading complex, multi-team initiatives across technology-driven organizations. Proven in end-to-end delivery ownership, coordinating cross-team dependencies, and providing clear visibility to senior stakeholders in high-change environments.

Skills

  • Delivery Management
  • Program Planning & Coordination
  • Multi-team Delivery
  • Risk & Dependency Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Governance & Cadence
  • Executive Reporting
  • Delivery Metrics & Predictability
  • End-to-end Delivery Ownership

Languages

Croatian
Native
English
Advanced
German
Elementary

Education

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology, Osijek

Master’s Degree, Computer Engineering · Computer Engineering · Osijek, Croatia

Certifications & licenses

Certified LeSS Practitioner

Flight Levels (FL2 Design)

ICAgile Coaching Agile Transformations (ICP-CAT)

ICAgile Enterprise Agile Coaching (ICP-ENT)

ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC)

Professional Scrum Master I

Professional Scrum Master II

Professional Scrum With Kanban I

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