AEM Technical Lead

Morson Edge; Greater Manchester; Remote; GBP 136,000 - 178,000; Part time

Job summary

Morson Edge is seeking an AEM Technical Lead for a remote, UK-based engagement. The role focuses on replacing the current platform with a modern, cloud-native digital experience foundation within the Adobe Experience Cloud ecosystem.

You will be the Technical authority across the migration from the website to Adobe, ensuring a stable, scalable, secure and supported global platform. The position requires strong leadership in technical transformation, deep knowledge of AEM, AEP, RT-CDP, and

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical or architectural transformation.
• End-to-end custom portal-to-Adobe migration.
• Commerce, Journey Optimizer, CDP and Journey Analytics experience.
• Salesforce, SAP, LivePerson, automation with Azure or AWS integrations.
• IAM, B2B/B2C authentication and global rollout expertise.

Responsibilities

• Milestones and architecture aligned with a technical roadmap and design.
• Adobe Experience Manager as the core CMS and delivery layer for web and portals.
• RT-CDP/AEP for real-time profiling, event ingestion and segmentation.
• Planner for Customer Journey Optimizer and multi-channel engagement workflows.
• Adobe Commerce evaluated with headless microservices for transactions and orders.

Skills

Adobe Experience Cloud

Implementation

Adobe Experience Manager

CMS

Architecture

Job description

AEM Technical Lead

Location: Remote

Contract: Inside IR35

Day rate: Up to £850 per day

Duration: 12 months

Start date: ASAP

Key Skills: Adobe Experience Cloud, Implementation, Adobe Experience Manager, CMS, architecture

The Client is a leading supply chain company who have been operating for over 80 years with around 12,000 employees globally, in over 60 countries.

The Programme you will be on focuses on is replacing its current platform with a modern, cloud-native digital experience foundation anchored in the Adobe Experience Cloud / Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) ecosystem.

Here you will be the Technical authority within Technology Services for the custom Website to Adobe migration, establishing a stable, scalable, secure and supportable global platform.

Key Accountabilities/Outcomes

• Milestones and architecture aligned, with a clear technical roadmap & design around
  • Adobe Experience Manager (AEM): Serving as the core content management and digital experience delivery layer for web and customer portal
  • Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform (RT-CDP / AEP B2B): Used for real-time customer profiling, event ingestion using Experience Data Models (XDM), and unified segmentation.
  • Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO): Planned for customer journey orchestration, messaging and multi-channel engagement workflows.
  • Adobe Commerce (Adobe CE): Evaluated alongside headless microservices for transactional and order management capabilities.
  • Supporting AEP Tooling: Leveraging native testing and operational tooling such as AEP Assurance for event validation and SDK debugging.
• Stable, secure, performant platform with controlled migration and deployment risk
• Clear dependencies, owners and escalation routes, plus effective partner-to-support transition
• Align programme leadership, Adobe, partner and platform teams
• Own risks, dependencies, escalations and executive technical advice
• Integration, identity, data migration and deployment
• Security, performance and support readiness

Experience:

• Strong back in leading technical or architectural transformation
• End-to-end custom portal-to-Adobe migration
• Commerce, Journey Optimizer, Target, CDP and Journey Analytics
• Salesforce, SAP, LivePerson, automation and Azure or AWS integrations
• IAM, B2B/B2C authentication, data migration, global rollout and support