Senior Release & Infrastructure Project Manager (Hybrid)

Wunderman Thompson; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

WPP Enterprise Solutions in Porto, Portugal, seeks a Senior Project Manager and Release Manager to join our Delivery Team. You will lead technical projects, manage releases, coordinate internal specialists, and foster cross-functional collaboration with clients and developers.

The role requires strong PM experience, ecommerce familiarity, and a technical background with cloud and CI/CD knowledge. A hybrid office model is offered, with a focus on delivering high-quality, timely solutions.

Qualifications

• Project Management experience, and ecommerce experience ideally within a retail environment.
• Ability to read log files, draw conclusions and direct further technical investigation.
• Working with eCommerce frameworks and hosting solutions.
• Understanding of cloud/on prem. Infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Azure and AWS DevOps Tooling.
• Defining, managing and delivering to customer expectations within strict deadlines.
• Full knowledge of the project lifecycle and experience of various project development methodologies (including Agile, Incremental and Waterfall).
• Comfortable with complex technical environments and legacy systems integration.
• Managing 3rd parties.
• Strong time management & organisational skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills and an ability to handle sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.
• Relevant Project Management qualifications
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Packages, especially MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

Responsibilities

• Release and technical reporting regarding project/account technical deliverables, architecture and release pipeline
• Identify technical risks and issues & provide mitigation options to achieve resolution
• Knowledgeably communicate with stakeholders (internal/external) including chairing technical meetings as required
• Manage and co-ordinate Internal technical specialists
• Lead and inspire the team to achieve individual and team objectives
• Ensure the technical team(s) complete what is expected of them successfully and suggest improvements to processes as required.
• Provide support to Junior Technical Project Managers within your account or across WTC&T giving them regular constructive feedback to help with their development
• Define, plan, organise and manage the build of new infrastructure environments
• Co-ordinate 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, demonstrating an understanding of dependencies between client systems.
• Implement technical governance according to the client’s needs
• Build customer confidence by understanding their needs & delivering first class solutions
• Set and manage client expectations, addressing issues in a respectful and timely manner and ensuring the organisation maintains a positive image and provides a high-quality service
• Manage 3rd party product vendors, environments, and client technical resources

Skills

Project management

Ecommerce experience

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Negotiation

Education

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

Tools

Git

Bitbucket

SVN

Jenkins

Terraform

Azure DevOps

AWS DevOps Tools

Job description

WPP Enterprise Solutions in Porto, Portugal, seeks a Senior Project Manager and Release Manager to join our Delivery Team. You will lead technical projects, manage releases, coordinate internal specialists, and foster cross-functional collaboration with clients and developers.

The role requires strong PM experience, ecommerce familiarity, and a technical background with cloud and CI/CD knowledge. A hybrid office model is offered, with a focus on delivering high-quality, timely solutions.