Senior Project & Release Lead – UK (Contract)

Wundermanthompson; Greater London; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development support

Opportunity to work with global brands

Job summary

VML is seeking a Senior Project Manager and Release Manager on a contractual basis to join our Delivery Team in the UK. You will lead technical releases, coordinate with architects and developers, and ensure governance across environments while guiding junior managers.

You’ll work with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, manage dependencies, and communicate clearly with stakeholders to keep projects on track and aligned with client needs.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree with a major in information management, marketing, communications, business or related areas is advantageous.
• Developer background or programming qualification is advantageous but not essential.
• Understanding of Jenkins or other release pipeline tools.
• Experience with code management tools such as Git, Bitbucket, SVN.
• Basic understanding of Terraform and collaborating with technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Release and technical reporting regarding project/account technical deliverables, architecture and release pipeline.
• Identify technical risks and issues and provide mitigation options to achieve resolution.
• Communicate with stakeholders (internal/external) including chairing technical meetings.
• Manage and coordinate internal technical specialists.
• Lead and inspire the team to achieve individual and team objectives.
• Ensure the technical team completes required work and suggest process improvements.
• Provide support to Junior Technical Project Managers within your account or across the organization.
• Define, plan, organize and manage the build of new infrastructure environments.
• Coordinate high quality technical solutions, on time, via effective time management.
• Keep up to date with emerging industry practices.
• Effectively run complex projects using Agile or Waterfall methodologies.
• Oversee releases across pre-production and production environments.
• Implement technical governance according to client needs.
• Build customer confidence by understanding needs and delivering first-class solutions.
• Set and manage client expectations with professionalism.
• Manage 3rd party product vendors, environments, and client technical resources.

Skills

Project management

Ecommerce

Azure

AWS DevOps

Agile/Waterfall

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Education

BA/BS degree in information management, marketing, communications, business

Tools

Jenkins

Git

Bitbucket

SVN

Terraform

Job description

VML is seeking a Senior Project Manager and Release Manager on a contractual basis to join our Delivery Team in the UK. You will lead technical releases, coordinate with architects and developers, and ensure governance across environments while guiding junior managers.

You’ll work with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, manage dependencies, and communicate clearly with stakeholders to keep projects on track and aligned with client needs.