Manager, Technology

Starcom Mediavest Group Germany Gmbh

$88K — $141K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
  • 5-7 years in marketing technology or IT
  • Strong record of professional achievement
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to handle ambiguity and adapt
  • Experience in managing project risks
  • Proficient in project management methodologies
  • Knowledge of web development fundamentals like HTML and CSS
  • Familiarity with marketing technologies
  • Experience with accessibility best practices
  • Understanding of software development processes

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with teams to create requirements and user stories
  • Provide FRD leadership and training to junior members
  • Support creation and maintenance of functional documentation
  • Assign work and manage FRD authoring allocations
  • Coordinate with Project Managers on priorities
  • Approve FRDs in Regulatory route
  • Ensure output quality from the FRD team
  • Stay updated on industry trends and technologies
  • Contribute to continuous improvement in DPM practice
  • Mentor Business Analysts and FRD team members

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability coverage
  • 401K plan
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off policies
  • Family forming assistance
Full Job Description
Job Description

Our advanced Technology capability delivers cutting-edge, high-impact digital products and platforms. We have strategic partnerships with the world's leading marketing and technology vendors that allow us to employ the top platforms and tools for our clients. Through collaborating with Digital Strategy, Experience Design, Creative, Data and Analytics, Project Management, and Account teams, our technologists are paving the way for innovation and transforming the marketing landscape.

Our team is made up of a diverse group of highly qualified people with various backgrounds, who bring qualities such as intellectual curiosity, determination, and creativity to our client work.

We're searching for a Manager, Technology - Digital Product Management & FRD who can contribute to project success throughout the complete lifecycle including the creation of Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs). You will be working with a team of very hardworking individuals in Strategy, Marketing, Media, Creative and Technology to help drive results for our clients.

Responsibilities

Tasks and responsibilities include:
  • Collaborating with product owners, cross-functional teams, and project managers to create requirements and/or user stories
  • Provides FRD leadership, training, and guidance to junior members of the team
  • Creating, supporting, and maintaining functional and technical requirements as well as other business and project-based documentation
  • Responsible for FRD authoring allocations and assigning work to the team
  • Raises competing priorities and works with Project Managers to manage priorities
  • Provides final approval on FRDs in Regulatory route
  • Responsible for the output of the FRD team
  • Following industry best practices as well as staying current on emerging digital technologies and trends
  • Contributing to the DPM practice and the Technology capability's continuous improvement activities by bringing ideas to the table
  • Assisting in training and mentoring Business Analysts, DPMs and FRD team members


Qualifications

To qualify, you'll need:
  • Four-year degree (Computer Science or equivalent preferred) or equivalent work experience
  • 5-7 years of work experience within the marketing technology or IT space
  • To be a highly motivated individual with a strong record of professional achievement
  • Excellent written and verbal skills
  • Ability to be flexible and tolerate ambiguity while still operating effectively
  • Ability to identify and communicate project and team risks to senior team members and/or leadership
  • Proven track record of meeting established deadlines
  • Experience engaging on multiple simultaneous projects
  • Experience working within project management methodologies, e.g., Scrum and Waterfall
  • Experience with the foundational elements of web page anatomy and building blocks, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
  • Experience with the marketing technologies such as websites, emails, banners, databases
  • Experience with accessibility (WCAG) best-practices
  • Experience with business and technical processes to enable technology solutions
  • Experience of software development processes and conventions
  • Able to explain various marketing technologies to both technical and non-technical team members
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Experience with standard business software such as Microsoft Office Suite, web browsers, etc; as well as industry-specific tools JIRA, Figma, Sketch, automated testing
  • Familiarity with and prototyping experience with tools like OpenAI, Copilot, or RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) is a plus.
  • Creative agency experience a plus
  • Pharmaceutical industry experience a plus
  • Candidate must be open to travel as needed


Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

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Compensation Range: USD $88,540.00 - USD $141,687.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 6/15/2026.

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