Technical Project Manager - Temporary Worker

Overview

Temporary Technical Project Manager serving as the operational execution leader for Adobe Experience Cloud implementation workstreams for a Healthcare client, bridging solution architecture, delivery teams, and engagement leadership.

What you'll do

• Own sprint planning for assigned workstreams, breaking down solution architecture and epics into well-defined stories and tasks with clear acceptance criteria.
• Conduct rigorous story estimation with the delivery team and flag scope concerns and dependencies early.
• Maintain backlog discipline: prioritize work, manage scope changes, track velocity, and adapt plans based on delivery reality.
• Drive daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to keep ceremonies efficient and action-oriented.
• Track sprint metrics including velocity, on-time delivery, defect escape rate, and rework; identify trends and coaching opportunities.
• Manage sprint-to-sprint continuity by documenting decisions, carrying forward blockers, and maintaining momentum.
• Lead matrixed technical teams of engineers, data engineers, architects, QA, and other specialists.
• Clarify technical requirements and design intent to reduce ambiguity and unnecessary back-and-forth with architects or clients.
• Conduct regular 1:1s to understand capacity, concerns, and growth opportunities, and provide coaching and feedback.
• Coordinate across geographies and time zones to ensure synchronization and clear handoff protocols.
• Maintain a comprehensive view of cross-team, cross-engagement, vendor, and client-side dependencies; identify and escalate blockers early.
• Facilitate cross-team sync meetings when dependencies require real-time coordination or decision-making.
• Define and enforce acceptance criteria for all deliverables; conduct or facilitate code and design reviews.
• Partner with QA to ensure comprehensive test coverage, track defects, and manage rework efficiently.
• Maintain visibility into technical debt and architectural risks, and escalate issues that threaten delivery or maintainability.
• Maintain visibility into workstream health, including deliverables, timeline, budget, and team capacity; report progress to engagement leadership weekly.
• Maintain a live risk and issue register, assess impact and probability, and facilitate mitigation planning.
• Communicate transparently about timeline and scope trade-offs and help leadership make informed decisions.
• Conduct postmortems on slippages or quality issues and capture lessons learned.
• Serve as primary communication conduit between the delivery team and engagement leadership/client stakeholders, providing clear, jargon-free status updates.
• Facilitate design reviews and demo sessions with clients and capture and prioritize feedback.
• Manage interactions with Adobe Professional Services, Adobe Support, and other vendors; track SLAs and escalate unresponsive support.
• Stay current on Adobe product capabilities, roadmap, and best practices, and support the team in Adobe platform training, certification, and skill development.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 4+ years of technical project management experience in software development, systems integration, or consulting delivery.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience managing Adobe Experience Cloud or comparable enterprise technology implementations.
• Proven track record managing technical teams of 5-15+ professionals across multiple disciplines.
• Experience working in agile and hybrid delivery environments.
• Demonstrated success managing complex, multi-workstream technical projects with dependencies across teams.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Experience Cloud, with hands-on familiarity with at least 2-3 of AEM, Experience Platform, Journey Optimizer, Analytics, or comparable platforms.
• Understanding of data architecture, APIs, integrations, and cloud infrastructure; able to discuss technical trade-offs with engineers and architects.
• Comfort with technical concepts such as data models, identity resolution, performance optimization, and governance.
• Familiarity with modern development practices: version control, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and observability.
• Experience with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
• Expertise in sprint planning, backlog management, capacity planning, and velocity tracking.
• Proficiency in project management tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, Azure DevOps, Asana, or similar.
• Strong estimation discipline and dependency tracking and risk management skills.
• Metrics-driven mindset with the ability to establish KPIs and use data to drive team improvement.
• Timeline and budget accountability, including managing workstream spend and forecasting.
• Proven ability to lead diverse technical teams, build trust, and hold people accountable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including translating technical complexity for non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills for navigating personalities, managing conflict, and building cross-organizational relationships.
• Coaching mindset to mentor junior team members.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to make sound decisions with incomplete information.
• Resilience under pressure and proactive mindset.

Nice to have

• Direct experience managing Adobe Experience Cloud implementation workstreams (AEM migrations, AEP data implementations, AJO orchestration, CJA analytics).
• Adobe Certified Professional or Developer certification.
• Experience in a consultancy, systems integrator, or services firm delivering large-scale technology programs.
• Project management certification (PMI, Scaled Agile, or similar).
• Hands-on technical background as an engineer, architect, or technical lead.
• Experience managing distributed, global teams across time zones.
• Experience with change management and organizational adoption strategies.
• Familiarity with healthcare, pharmaceutical, financial services, or other regulated industries.

Details

• Temporary W2 role on Dentsu payroll only, starting ASAP and ending 12/31/2026.
• Approximately 40 hours per week.
• In-office requirement of 3 days per week at the Plainsboro, NJ client office; must be within a 90-minute commute.
• Hourly pay range $65.78 - $87.77; temporary employees are eligible for paid holidays, safe and sick time, and no other benefits.