UK remote
Senior Technical Project Manager
About this role
Who We Are VML is a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth. Guided by a Human First 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.
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. For more information, please visit www.vml.com and follow along on LinkedIn #WeAreVML. Senior Project Manager experienced managing technical teams and releases across complex client environments required to join our Team! The opportunity You'll encourage strong relationships with your team and have the ability to talk, at a technical level, with developers and senior technical team members (e.g., technical architects, solution architects etc).
You will 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. What you’ll be doing Release and technical reporting regarding project/account technical deliverables, architecture and release pipeline Management of project plans and detailed reporting to ensure efficient tracking of the project RAID log management and escalation for the project Identify technical risks and issues & provide mitigation options to achieve resolution Knowledgeably communicate with stakeholders (internal/external) including chairing technical meetings as required Manage and co-ordinate Internal technical specialists Lead and inspire the team to achieve individual and team objectives Ensure the technical team(s) complete what is expected of them successfully and suggest improvements to processes as required.