Technical Project Manager

Company: Wunderman Thompson
Location: Youngstown
Posted on: April 8, 2021

Job Description:

At Wunderman Thompson we exist to inspire growth for ambitious brands. Part creative agency, part consultancy and part technology company, our experts provide end-to-end capabilities at a global scale to deliver inspiration across the entire brand and customer experience. We are 20,000 strong in 90 markets around the world;?our people bring together creative storytelling, diverse perspectives, inclusive thinking, and highly specialized vertical capabilities to drive growth for our clients. We offer deep expertise across the entire customer journey, including communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. What you will do:

• Deliver complex projects for well recognised global brands (such as Ford & Unilever) ranging from 50k to 5M
• Work with the international customer, providing daily communications to align plans for the project
• Work closely with development teams, multiple streams and agencies from the project definition through the implementation stage and finally the successful completion of the project
• Present our solutions to clients as well as contribute to client proposals and quotes
• Determine ways of working and influence the end-to-end delivery process
• Manage and control costs: set-up a baseline, plan cost burndown and track budget usage against the plan. Track and report on changes
• Follow the best Agile and PMBOK practices What might you encounter:
  • Complex projects based around Marketing Technologies (Adobe, Sitecore)
  • Well defined project management approaches including supporting templates, internal processes as well as modern tools and governance
  • Defining features and services to be delivered including underlying solutions, software delivery and quality processes
  • Initiating the project, plan and manage scope, budget and schedule, communication, risk, issues and changes
  • Assessing progress using the Earned Value technique (% complete)
  • Managing distributed teams from all over the world What is required:
    • Minimum 2 years of project management experience working with the development teams
    • Proven experience in software development; life-cycle of web based applications as well as risk, scope and budget management
    • Leadership skills - problem solving, inspiring and leading the team
      Knowledge of PM methodologies (e.g PMBOK) and Agile methodology (e.g. Kanban and Scrum)
    • Very good communication skills, genuine interest in technology and a desire to continue learning What we offer you
      • Support from your first days at WTT - and designated mentor who will support you through your whole career at WTT
      • Possibility to have real impact on project management best practices and promote them across the teams
      • Flexible work location from a super secure office or at home
      • Internal knowledge sharing and team initiatives (hackathons, lightning talks, mentoring, team and company-wide retreats)
      • Possibility to travel and work with our customers around the world
      • Benefit package including: cafeteria system MyBenefit, private health care (Luxmed VIP package), endowment for healthy lunches, additional paid days off as an anniversary reward
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