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Wundermanthompson · London
<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>Who We Are</strong></h3> <p>VML is a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth. Guided by a <strong>Human First</strong> philosophy, VML is known for its innovative work for brands and consistently ranks among the world’s leading creative companies, including the WARC Creative 100. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore. </p> <p>VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel. </p> <p>For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.vml.com/" data-outlook-id="d4b7d1c3-8ad6-4b6d-ab45-d3cb5a3aebe1">www.vml.com </a>and follow along on <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__urldefense.com_v3_-5F-5Fhttps-3A_www.linkedin.com_company_vml_-5F-5F-3B-21-21JboVxjCXSME-21OhlpCfbkl1UcWPwns1-2DGtvHOzFh0QwHV49fsPgGw-2DVCCU1bCg8aQFI9vN-2Dy-2DVwaQcITH2j2XKzGKBIFRLYf2AUWVYY1dFGK6-24&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=zouFnm4jZMgDFaYF1uVcRY3rbgHWPca_luUrBUkT6Yc&m=QzcCgXCAOjzj5hiU48_CKOdHRSJ4_YpuqfviT9yjlzH5VrkzySTZ-WaQXlYAnj4W&s=jJ7q5V70u9oUx7ONPm5jC3IK8y6vxDilX6BGTlqlWlA&e=" data-outlook-id="a3ef68bf-16fb-4ebc-9ca9-406007d6cefc">LinkedIn</a> #WeAreVML.</p></div><h3> </h3> <h3>Senior Project Manager and Release Manager needed to join our Delivery Team on a contractual basis.</h3> <h3>The opportunity</h3> <p>A Senior Project Manager, with a technical background, who has experience managing technical teams and releases across complex client environments. You encourage strong relationships with your team and have the ability the talk, at a technical level, with developers and senior technical team members (e.g., technical architects, solution architects etc). You follow best practices in development standards and coding reviews through having a good understanding of branching strategies, development standards and coding reviews through having a good understanding of branching strategies, development principals and CI/CD.</p> <p><strong>Please bear in mind that this is a contractual role.</strong></p> <p> </p> <h3>What you’ll be doing</h3> <ul> <li>Release and technical reporting regarding project/account technical deliverables, architecture and release pipeline</li> <li>Identify technical risks and issues & provide mitigation options to achieve resolution</li> <li>Knowledgeably communicate with stakeholders (internal/external) including chairing technical meetings as required</li> <li>Manage and co-ordinate Internal technical specialists</li> <li>Lead and inspire the team to achieve individual and team objectives</li> <li>Ensure the technical team(s) complete what is expected of them successfully and suggest improvements to processes as required.</li> <li>Provide support to Junior Technical Project Managers within your account or across WTC&T giving them regular constructive feedback to help with their development</li> <li>Define, plan, organise and manage the build of new infrastructure environments</li> <li>Co-ordinate high quality technical solutions, on time, via effective time management</li> <li>Keep up to date with emerging industry practices</li> <li>Effectively run complex projects using Agile or Waterfall methodologies.</li> <li>Oversee releases across pre-production and production environments, demonstrating an understanding of dependencies between client systems.</li> <li>Implement technical governance according to the client’s needs</li> <li>Build customer confidence by understanding their needs & delivering first class solutions</li> <li>Set and manage client expectations, addressing issues in a respectful and timely manner and ensuring the organisation maintains a positive image and provides a high-quality service</li> <li>Manage 3rd party product vendors, environments, and client technical resources</li> </ul> <h3> </h3> <h3>What we want from you</h3> <ul> <li>Project Management experience, and ecommerce experience ideally within a retail environment.</li> <li>Ability to read log files, draw conclusions and direct further technical investigation</li> <li>Working with eCommerce frameworks and hosting solutions</li> <li>Understanding of cloud/on prem. Infrastructure</li> <li>Familiarity with Azure and AWS DevOps Tooling</li> <li>Defining, managing and delivering to customer expectations within strict deadlines</li> <li>Full knowledge of the project lifecycle and experience of various project development methodologies (including Agile, Incremental and Waterfall)</li> <li>Comfortable with complex technical environments and legacy systems integration</li> <li>Managing 3rd parties</li> <li>Strong time management & organisational skills</li> <li>Excellent negotiation skills and an ability to handle sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy</li> <li>Relevant Project Management qualifications</l