Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager

Client Location: London - hybrid - 3 days onsite

Starting: ASAP

Pay Comments: Up to £64.07 per hour PAYE

Hours: 35-hour week

Duration: 6 months (potential extension)

Job Description:

*In this role, experience with AEP is essential, particularly from a software implementation and delivery standpoint

Project Manager will work directly with customers and system integration partners to initiate and lead digital marketing and transformation projects using client's Marketing and Commerce solutions.

Operating at multiple levels within customer organisations, you will evaluate proposed solutions, assess risks, confirm requirements, manage scope, and support team resourcing. You will coordinate and lead all aspects of project delivery, from initiation through planning, delivery, monitoring, and closure.

You will support customers in optimising client's solutions by understanding their challenges and developing innovative, measurable outcomes. This role covers the UK & Ireland, Middle East, and Africa, but is primarily UK-based. You should be willing and able to travel 30–60% of your working time and attend the London office three days per week.

What you’ll do

• Lead teams in scoping activities to identify, gather, and analyse requirements, define key business drivers, and design effective, innovative solutions
• Experience in implementing AEM and AEP
• Manage the end-to-end project lifecycle, including estimation, scope management, planning, execution, and monitoring (covering risk, budget, timelines, and reporting)
• Oversee project resourcing and commercial aspects, including forecasting, time tracking, and invoicing
• Manage project communications with clients, partners, and internal stakeholders
• Ensure projects are delivered to agreed quality standards
• Drive customer success by providing mentorship, industry-leading practices, and strategic advice on client's Marketing and Commerce solutions
• Actively contribute to PMO practice development

What you’ll need to succeed

• Strong foundational project management experience delivering digital marketing implementation projects for a software vendor (or a hybrid vendor/client environment)
• Proven experience managing projects involving digital marketing, marketing automation, campaign management, or content management solutions
• Ability to manage large, complex projects or multiple concurrent smaller projects
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with expertise in risk management, prioritisation, and executive-level presentations
• Experience delivering projects using Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum)
• A recognised project management qualification and a background in business consulting
• Experience working with distributed teams across multiple geographies and time zones
• Full professional fluency in English; additional European languages are advantageous

Education & Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ project management experience in a relevant industry

*This role is open for a limited time. Next steps will be shared with shortlisted candidates ASAP. Due to the high volume of applicants, we may be unable to reply to each applicant individually. Thank you for taking the time to apply.

Client Description:

A multinational cloud-based software company specialising in a series of products designed to drive creative innovation across multimedia. Used by millions around the world for personal and professional use across all industries.

Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity & is proudly an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from under-represented groups & are committed to providing support to applicants with disabilities. We aim to provide reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, to those with a medical condition, disability or neurodivergence.