Technical Project Manager TMS US

GT was founded in 2019 by a former Apple Nest and Google executive.GTs mission is to connect the worlds best talent with product careers offered by highgrowth companies in the UK USA Canada Germany and the Netherlands.

On behalf ofTMS GT is looking for a Technical Project Managerinterested in the martech industry.

About the Client

The Marketing Store (TMS)is a privately held global agency that innovates optimizes and drives marketing promotions and supply chains of many of the bestknown brands in the world. With 1200 employees across 26 countries they offer an impressive range of solutions from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery.

Headquartered in Chicago with 10 offices worldwide they are responsible for some of the worlds most successful and iconic longterm marketing platforms including McDonalds Happy Meal and MONOPOLY programs. Operating as a creative agency a strategic consultancy and a technology provider they engage with over 110 million customers every single day for clients including McDonalds Adidas TMobile Starbucks Vue and O2.

Why we think you will love this role

The Project Manager will be a strategic visionary who guides coaches and supports an agile team of software engineers and test analysts in the design development delivery and maintenance of premiumdigital marketingproducts and campaigns.

Project Details

You will be guiding an EUbased team of application support & DevOps engineers to ensure smooth delivery of our APIdriven global promotions platform for one of the largest fastfood restaurant chains in the world

• Essentially the team is responsible for configuring deploying & supporting the backend of the games and will be expected to support multiple games at the same time.

Team: Senior Application Support Engineer 2x Middle Application Support Engineer Delivery Manager

What you will bring

The experience and energy to roll up your sleeves and commit your excellence to a product your people and our customers. You will gain a deep understanding of our APIdriven promotional gaming platform so that you and your team deliver quality experiences to millions of users around the world.

Working Schedule:

• Due to the complexity of TMS software it is essential to work via the eastern/central US time zone for the first 6 months to ensure an effective onboarding process.

• After a 6month period its possible to reduce the overlap to 23hrs with the central US time zone.

Responsibilities:

• Leadone or more agile project teams and be responsible for the planning and timely delivery of their workstreams

• Work directly with product owners producers business analysts and client support teamsto ensure quality solutions from inception to delivery

• Be a guardian of worldclass customer experienceensuring that the whole team owns the quality of their work; Maintain a balanced mindset delivering work according to the acceptance criteria and definition of done

• Participate in staff planning and related financial accountability

• Interface with leads to support technical excellence and growth on the team

• Foster a growth mindset on your team to maximize the value they can deliver to the business

• Advocate for the team and promote their successes celebrate their failures and share key learnings throughout the organization

• Actively participate in technical troubleshooting testing and review alongside the team

• Lead accountability autonomy and empowerment within your teams and manage the appropriate boundaries to achieve the result of having selfdirected work teams

• Stay abreast of industry/technology trends relevant to the Software Engineering discipline to foster and enable software craftsmanship and innovation

• Apply relevant principles behind the Agile Manifesto andSAFeframework in all interactions and equip the team to do the same

Essential knowledge skills & experience:

• 5 years experience in an aspect of software development preferably in the martech industry

• 2 years leading the engineering of API driven software and services or web applications with a proven track record of successful project delivery using Agile Scrum XP or Kanban

• Mastery of using workflow tools (preferably Atlassians Jira and Confluence) for maintaining exceptional project management organization and documentation

• Excellent written and communication skills for interfacing with internal and external/client teams

• Familiarity with reading and writing XML markup

• Knowledge of GIT and experience with GIT collaboration workflows

• Capable of validating software functionality via mobile applications when necessary

Desired

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related engineering degree

• Experience with proxy debugging and profiling tools such as Charles or Fiddler

• Solid understanding of security and encryption practices

• Understanding of HTTP & REST APIs with knowledge of how to test using tools such as curl or Postman

• Experience in APIserviceorientedarchitectures

Nice to have

• Experience with Data pipelines and analytics

• Experience with Mobile Application development

• Experience delivering reliable DevOps solutions continuous integration and continuous delivery

• Experience with leveraging public cloud infrastructure (specifically AWS)

Interview Steps

1. GT interview with Recruiter

2. Introductory interview with the TMS team

3. Technical interview

4. Reference Check

We go beyond usual perks By working with us you will get:

• Health insurance.

• Psychotherapy assistance allowance.

• Gym allowance.

• Individual educational budget.

• Paid vacations.

• Paid sick leaves.

• All public holidays are paid days off.

GT working model:

You will work directly with a client through our Extended Team model. We try to do things differently and try to integrate you as deeply as possible into the clients team. You work with the same tools and technologies as they do and are managed directly by the client without any intermediary. We help you build relationships and create an environment where you genuinely feel like a member of the clients team. We also encourage trips to a client and join teambuilding and afterwork activities. Our Extended Team model is focused on longterm projects that last over several years.

Required Experience:

IC