Digital Project Manager

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Digital Project Manager

At AKQA we believe in the imaginative application of art and science to create beautiful ideas, products and services. With an entrepreneurial and collaborative approach, we design innovative brand campaigns, adaptive digital services and applications that capture the imagination, delivering impressive returns for our clients.

The Digital Project Manager role is responsible for the design, development, deployment and maintenance of innovative solutions using the latest tools and technologies. Working closely with Project Management, Creative and UX, whilst running a Project Development Team, the Digital Project Manager has overall responsibility for the technical deliverables of their projects.

Based in our Paris studio, but frequently collaborating with our global Studio's, you will enjoy working in a team of highly skilled people, all with strong opinions about various technologies, frameworks and approaches to delivery. You will articulate your ideas to your colleagues effectively whilst also taking on board the ideas of others. You will thrive when faced with new challenges, view them as opportunities and constantly look to improve client deliverables. You will work in a progressive environment that fosters a meritocratic culture, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in their fields.

As a Digital Project Manager at AKQA, you will be inspired by technology and have a passion for creating innovative solutions.

While there is a lot of cross-over in this role with other disciplines such as Project Manager, Scrum Master and Product Ownership; primarily we are looking for a Technologist first with these additional skills.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Work with creative, UX, UI and Strategy team to provide the best answer to client brief
Develop technical response in pitch
Be the #1 technical contact and partner for our clients
Provide technical solution in line with our client problems
Help scope a project with Project team
Deliver high quality technical projects on time and to budget
Act as Agile Scrum Master and Manages team of developers during sprints of development
Define Technical Architecture in collaboration with the Technology Team
Create backlog of features for a product
Research and assess the best solution on the MarTech landscape to answer client need

QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS

Ability to understand the technical complexities of multi-tiered web solutions and systems integration, their underlying technologies and the latest technical tools
Strive to learn new skills and stay abreast of technical developments, successfully applying
Ability to gather requirements and break them down into the technical tasks required to complete a project phase
Ability to plan delivery in iterative sprints, inclusive of quality assurance sign-off in a platform-agnostic environment
Ability to recognise which Agile methodologies suit the needs of the client and projects, and be able to adapt and formulate Hybrid approaches
Able to decide the resource profile required for a project and to provide top-down and bottom-up estimates against a scope
Must be from an engineering or development background
A continuous-improvement approach to management
A practically-minded thought leader whose first priority is delivering excellent work
Advocate for improvements to processes, quality, and security
Analytical and positive mindset with a personable and professional approach
Sharp attention to detail and a passion for new technology
Professional written and verbal communication skills in English and French
Be able to talk about Technology to non-technical audiences (clients, stakeholders and team members)
Champion continuous improvement and best-in-class software development processes
Contribute to the ideation process and be proactive in proposing technical solutions to needs that other disciplines may not be aware of

Have Technical knowledge of (mastery not required):

Cloud hosting providers such as AWS, Azure OR serverless platform such ass Netlify
CI/CD
RESTful and GraphQL APIs
HTML, CSS, Javascript frameworks such as React and Vue
Headless CMS
SaaS products integration
Jira, Confluence
Understanding of Automation and Quality assurance practices

AKQA is committed to developing wellbeing and supporting life choices for our team. We provide an extensive range of benefits. To find out more click here.

AKQA is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe that diversity is vital to AKQA’s ability to provide our clients with the best recommendations and are committed to fostering a varied and inclusive work environment. Your race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or veteran status have no bearing on our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.