She was the Secretary General of the Swiss Media Association [de] from 1989 to 1991 and is a member of the board of various companies.

[6] On 1 January 2004, Deltenre was elected director of the German-speaking broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen (SF), succeeding Peter Schellenberg [de].

[7][8] There she oversaw the direction of the Eurovision Song Contest and negotiated the rights to broadcast major sporting events for members of the EBU.

[10] in September 2017 Ingrid Deltenre left the EBU to focus on her responsibilities on various boards, providing them her knowledge of digitisation, environmental and social governance, human resources, and marketing.

[17] They do not have children;[17][18] being childfree was a choice Deltenre made when she was younger to ensure her independence and to avoid taking on parental duties.