Senior Project and Release Manager UK

Job description

Who We Are WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses. VML, part of WPP, supports WPP Enterprise Solutions by helping brands activate transformation through creativity and experience. Senior Project Manager and Release Manager needed to join our Delivery Team on a contractual basis. The opportunity A Senior Project Manager, with a technical background, who has experience managing technical teams and releases across complex client environments. You encourage strong relationships with your team and have the ability the talk, at a technical level, with developers and senior technical team members (e.g., technical architects, solution architects etc). You follow best practices in development standards and coding reviews through having a good understanding of branching strategies, development standards and coding reviews through having a good understanding of branching strategies, development principals and CI/CD. Please bear in mind that this is a contractual role. What you’ll be doing 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, or…