Job DetailsJob Location: Highlands Ranch, CO 80129Salary Range: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 Salary/yearDepartment: Corporate
Job Summary:
Are you someone who thrives on turning ideas into action and bringing structure to complex, fast-moving initiatives? Lerch Bates is seeking an Innovation Delivery Specialist to support the execution of strategic initiatives across business and IT. This role is responsible for ensuring that projects move efficiently from planning through delivery by coordinating across teams, maintaining momentum, and reducing execution friction.
The Innovation Delivery Specialist serves as a key operational partner, translating priorities into clear action plans, tracking progress, and supporting delivery across multiple initiatives simultaneously. This role requires strong organizational skills, proactive communication, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while keeping teams aligned and accountable. In addition, this individual will help establish delivery discipline, improve processes, and develop tools that enhance visibility and execution reliability across innovation efforts.
If you enjoy working cross-functionally, solving operational challenges, and helping teams deliver results in evolving environments, we encourage you to apply.
About Lerch Bates:
Lerch Bates (LB) is a global technical consulting firm focused on improving how buildings perform for owners, designers, and the people who use them every day. For more than 75 years we’ve partnered on some of the world’s most complex and high‑profile projects. Today we provide Total Building Performance expertise that pairs Building Science and Building Flow with one integrated team delivery. Our work spans design, construction, investigation, repair, management and modernization with one consistent goal: helping clients make confident, well‑informed decisions in an increasingly complex Built Environment.
We are each 100% equal owners in the LB ESOP, which drives our ownership mindset and shapes everything we do. At Lerch Bates, your expertise matters, your voice carries weight, and your work directly contributes to our shared success as OneLB. We invest in professional growth, collaboration, and technical excellence, supporting challenging and meaningful work alongside people who care about getting it right. If you’re motivated by solving real problems, working on impactful projects, and being part of a team that truly owns both the work and the outcome, you’re ready to be more than an employee. You’re ready to be an employee-owner.
What You’ll Do:
The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed in this position. They are not intended to prescribe or restrict the assignments that management may make.
Execution Planning & Coordination
Work closely with Innovation leadership, business stakeholders, and IT partners to translate priorities into actionable plans, defined milestones, and clear ownership.
Support planning activities by clarifying scope, sequencing work, and aligning on delivery expectations.
Initiative Execution Support
Support the execution of multiple innovation and technology initiatives concurrently.
Monitor progress, track commitments, and proactively identify risks, delays, or dependencies that may impact delivery.
Delivery Discipline & Operating Rhythms
Establish and maintain consistent delivery rhythms, including status updates, follow-ups, and coordination meetings.
Ensure continued progress and accountability once decisions are made.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Coordinate across business teams, Innovation, and IT to align expectations, dependencies, and timelines.
Act as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure clarity and alignment.
Risk & Issue Management
Identify execution risks and recurring delivery challenges early.
Support the development of mitigation strategies and escalate issues when necessary to protect delivery timelines.
Operational Artifacts & Enablement
Develop and maintain practical tools and resources such as go-live readiness checklists, dependency trackers, delivery templates, and workflow enhancements.
Improve visibility, organization, and execution reliability across initiatives.
Process Improvement
Capture lessons learned and contribute to the continuous improvement of delivery practices.
Help translate insights into repeatable, scalable processes.
Interdependencies & Alignment
Support identification and management of interdependencies across technology, operations, and business functions.
Ensure initiatives are aligned with delivery realities and established practices.
Documentation
Maintain clear and concise documentation related to initiative status, risks, dependencies, and key deliverables.
Ensure transparency and continuity across teams.
What You’ll Bring:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in operations, program management, delivery support, consulting, or a similar role focused on execution and coordination.
Working knowledge of software development life cycles (SDLC) and technology delivery practices.
Familiarity with project management and/or Agile delivery environments.
Experience with tools such as Microsoft Power Platform, Power BI, Copilot, Agents, or similar technologies is a plus.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey status, risks, and next steps to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify patterns and propose practical solutions.
Proven ability to collaborate across functions and influence without formal authority.
Highly organized with strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to follow-through.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, adapt to shifting demands, and maintain momentum in ambiguous environments.
A demonstrated commitment to quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Why Work with Lerch Bates?
Competitive Compensation
Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance – Comprehensive coverage options
Paid Time Off (PTO) – Includes vacation, sick leave, and personal days; starts at 17 days per year and increases with tenure
Paid Holidays – 9 company-recognized holidays per year
Retirement & Stock Programs – 401(k) with up to 6% employer match and 100% employer-provided Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
Short- & Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance – Employer-paid coverage with voluntary options for additional protection
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Support for mental health and well-being
Paid Parental Leave
Charitable & Volunteer Time Off
Incentive & Performance-Based Bonuses
Education & Training Support – Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
Additional Perks – Birthday bonus, paid business travel, military leave, jury duty, bereavement leave, and optional accident/critical illness coverage
Be more than just an employee…
Lerch Bates is 100% employee-owned! Our employee-owners bring a distinct “we own what we do” brand of technical consulting to every project and partnership. When you work with us, you join a company with an ownership mindset. Expect responsibility, service, and performance in everything we do. So, what does that mean for you? After a certain service time, you are eligible for stock ownership, which essentially works as an additional wealth accumulation and/or retirement account!
CORE Values: Ownership . Community . Integrity . Respect . Optimism
Working Environment:
This role involves both physical and mental demands and may be performed in various settings, including offices, construction sites, and confined spaces like elevator pits. Tasks often require frequent movement in multiple directions. Lerch Bates will provide reasonable accommodations upon request through Human Resources.
Physical Demands:
This role requires regular sitting, talking, and hearing in meetings and by phone. Employees must navigate tight spaces, climb ladders, move around construction sites, take measurements, and travel by car, air, or rail. Duties may involve working at heights and in confined spaces, using hands for tasks like typing and operating elevator components, and applying up to 30 lbs. of force. Close visual attention is also required.
Mental Demands:
This position requires strong written and verbal communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills. Employees must interpret complex information, apply mathematical and logical reasoning, quickly learn new skills, and manage detailed, multitask workloads under shifting deadlines. Regular interaction with executives, colleagues, clients, and external stakeholders is also expected.
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment background check and drug test. The drug test includes screening for marijuana, regardless of state or local laws permitting its use. A conditional offer of employment will be rescinded if a candidate fails either the background check or the drug test. This requirement is mandated by federal regulations applicable to our government contracting obligations.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
