AEM - UI EDS - Technical Lead / Frontend development Lead

VML Enterprise Solutions; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

WPP Enterprise Solutions is seeking a Technical Lead to design, build and maintain scalable web platforms for clients across multiple markets. You will define scope, timelines and technical solutions, mentor a team of developers, and ensure quality through code reviews and best practices.

You will drive customer communication, manage expectations, and collaborate with creative, content, and development teams to deliver CMS-driven experiences.

Qualifications

• Must have 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in Agile and global scrum teams.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Strong communication with customers and跨-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of customer web platforms.
• Define scope, timelines, and technical solutions.
• Mentor developers and ensure adherence to best practices.
• Collaborate with sales, product, and design teams.
• Guide template and component identification for CMS authoring.
• Engage with clients to gather requirements and manage expectations.

Skills

Problem solving

Agile methodologies

Global team collaboration

Customer engagement

CMS/authoring experience

Design systems familiarity

Front-end development

JavaScript proficiency

Communication and leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Experience with leading projects

Tools

JAM stack

HTML5

CSS3/Less/Sass

BEM methodology

JavaScript ES6

RESTful/GraphQL

Design systems/Style guides

Figma/Adobe XD

Job description

WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where AI is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. As a Technical Lead, you will develop and implement customer web platforms using front-end technologies. This involves defining scope, timelines, technical solutions, and leading the end-to-end delivery. You will drive customer communication, engage customers, facilitate development, ensure adoption and adherence to best practices, and mentor a team of developers. Participate in Discovery sessions to identify business priorities and expectations of authoring experience in CMS. Lead workshops between creative, content teams, and development teams in relation to template and component identification and requirements, and governance strategy between development and authoring tasks. Collaborate and work closely with customers and manage expectations, ensure clear communication, define scope, agree on timelines and manage client dependencies. Gather business requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Lead story/task grooming sessions and evaluate the dependencies and prerequisites for the tasks. Lead greening sessions and ability to solution and estimate efforts. Design, build, and maintain highly reusable JavaScript, HTML and CSS code. Review PRs and manage quality of development, coach and mentor team on development skills and ensure adherence to best practices. Support client content team on platform usage, guidance and support. Manage feature/product demos to customers. Lead retrospective workshop at conclusion of project; capture and up-level actionable recommendations. Collaborate with Sales on GTM service offerings and pre-sales inquiries. Coordinate customer feedback with product teams. Research trends for design & front-end technologies to support improving design/front-end workflows.

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Experience working in a globally dispersed scrum team
• Demonstrated experience in Agile methodologies
• Collaboration and engagement skills
• Experience working with Communications and/or Marketing teams and/or Design Agencies
• Demonstrated adaptability, goal-oriented and innovative individual
• Strategic problem solver and can relate the day-to-day details with broader business objectives
• Experience in leading a project team
• Experience in working directly with customers.

• Preferred: Experience with any known CMS with functional knowledge of template editor and content author roles
• Preferred: Expertise in responsive design and mobile application design
• Preferred: Expertise in front-end development, especially JAM stack
• Preferred: In-depth knowledge in HTML5, CSS3 (Less, Sass is a plus), knowledge of BEM methodology is preferred
• Preferred: Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Preferred: Detailed knowledge of JavaScript (ES6 is a plus)
• Preferred: Experience with Atomic design paradigm is a plus
• Preferred: Expertise in Design systems, Style guides, Pattern libraries
• Preferred: Familiarity with RESTful and GraphQL APIs
• Preferred: Familiarity with Micro Front End concepts and Headless Implementation would be a put
• Preferred: Understanding of Web Accessibility WCAG guidelines
• Preferred: Understanding of content authoring and ensuring usability and intuitiveness for a content author while using a CMS
• Preferred: Understanding of information architecture and creating appropriate content structuring
• Preferred: Familiarity in Adobe XD, or other design tools such as Sketch or Figma
• Preferred: Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools