Project Manager

Dept; Zürich; On-site; CHF 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid working policy

25 days holiday with unpaid leave

Flexible health budget and Wellness &"

Wellness & personal day

Breakfast & lunch at the office

OpenUp health platform contribution

offices in Zurich and Bern

Social events and celebrations

Training, development and certificates

Job summary

DEPT® in Zurich is seeking a Project Manager to create exciting technological projects with the best design and first‑class usability together with our client. You will lead complex online and e-commerce initiatives across multiple disciplines, ensuring milestones are met and projects stay on time and on budget.

This role requires 3+ years in a client‑facing agency or corporate consulting, fluent German and English, and hands‑on experience with digital project delivery and tools like Asana or

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a client-facing agency role or in direct consulting of clients in a corporate environment.
• Fluent in written and spoken German and English.
• Practical experience in the technical implementation of digital projects and/or e-commerce projects.
• Experience in (multi-)project management and in classic and agile project management methods and tools (e.g. Asana or Jira).
• Skilled in creating cost overviews and offers.
• Design project plans with milestones and dependencies.
• Create re-briefings and document deadlines with clients.
• Work independently and manage interdisciplinary teams across locations.

Responsibilities

• Planning, coordination and implementation of complex online and e-commerce projects with milestones.
• Manage the entire project from offer preparation to control of key figures to realize on time and budget.
• Serve as central interface between internal/external stakeholders and implementing teams.
• Advise and support clients with a confident, proactive manner.
• Apply knowledge in stakeholder management, risk management, controlling and reporting.
• Lead an interdisciplinary project team across locations with regular contact.

Skills

Client-facing experience

German & English fluency

Digital project delivery

Asana/Jira experience

Cost overviews & offers

Milestones & project plans

Tools

Asana

Jira

Job description

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

JOB PURPOSE

This position sits in our Zurich-based Experience & Engineering business unit. We deliver many services, from strategy and a performance-driven full-funnel approach to campaigning, e-commerce, data & analytics and content. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional and engaging digital experiences.

For our team in Switzerland, we are looking for a Project Manager who will create exciting technological projects with the best design and first-class usability together with our client.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Planning, coordination and implementation of complex online and e-commerce projects, always keeping an eye on the fulfillment of milestones.
• Manage the entire project from the preparation of the offer to the control of the relevant key figures in order to realize the project on time and in budget.
• You are a central interface in the communication and clarification of requirements and needs between internal and external stakeholders as well as with our implementing expert teams.
• When advising and supporting our customers, you will impress them with your confident and proactive manner.
• Use your knowledge and experience in stakeholder management, risk management, controlling and reporting.
• On a day-to-day basis, you will lead an interdisciplinary project team, also across locations, and will be in regular, close contact with each other.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• You have at least 3+ years of experience in a client-facing agency-role or in direct, competent and trustworthy consulting of clients in a corporate environment.
• Fluent in written and spoken German and English.
• You have practical experience in the technical implementation of digital projects and/or e-commerce projects.
• You already have experience in (multi-)project management as well as the classic and agile project management methods and tools (e.g. Asana or Jira).
• You are skilled in the creation of cost overviews and offers.
• Design project plans with milestones and dependencies.
• Create re-briefings and document deadlines with clients.
• Work independently, on your own responsibility, in a structured and organized manner, characterized by a high sense of quality and a great sense of responsibility.
• See yourself as a team player and already have some experience in leading interdisciplinary teams in Strategy / UX / UI / Dev / QA to achieve the common goal.

WE OFFER

• Flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location);
• 25 days holiday with the opportunity to take unpaid leave;
• Flexible health budget and Wellness & personal day.
• Occasional breakfast & lunch at the office, Smoothie Tuesday.
• Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform.
• You can choose to work from the spacious and barrier-free location in Zurich; in Bern you can expect a small but nice and fully equipped office where you can hit the keys in peace.
• Social events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations.
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.