Technical Project Manager - Contract

Remote (US)

30-40/hrs. per week

Length: 2 months - year

Competitive hourly rate (DOE)

Description

Come join a unique and exciting design and technology agency that creates digital experiences for bold brands. If you like making a difference for clients and want to have an immediate impact on a budding and collaborative company that understands, respects and champions work-life balance, then this is the role for you.

The Experience Design Studio is a digitally native company with remote staff and hubs outside of Philadelphia and Atlanta. We strive to create a fun, meaningful, hard-working, and rewarding environment that allows our team to deliver impactful results for our clients, with digital in our DNA.

We’re seeking a seasoned Technical Project Manager (TPM) to join our team as a contractor supporting our client on a high-complexity, high-visibility engagement with a leading biotech company that is pushing boundaries in data-driven omnichannel marketing.

This is not a marketing coordinator or traditional web PM role. This is deeply technical, cross-functional program management in a fast-paced, multi-agency environment. You’ll work alongside strategists, developers, analysts, and client teams to shepherd enterprise-grade CRM and analytics solutions—from planning through launch.

Requirements

• Act as the central hub between client stakeholders, technical vendors, and internal cross-functional teams
• Lead end-to-end delivery of development-heavy initiatives (e.g., Salesforce integrations, predictive dashboards, data-driven campaign systems)
• Own weekly planning, resourcing, and communication cycles : status updates, timelines, risks, and scope
• Organize and facilitate working sessions, backlog grooming, retrospectives, and multi-agency alignment meetings
• Translate ambiguous requirements into executable plans
• Track and manage detailed budgets against scope ($1M+ quarterly SOWs)
• Proactively flag out-of-scope asks , manage change requests, and protect project viability
• Drive accountability across external dev teams and internal SMEs
• Serve as an advocate for structure in an emerging environment (no formal PMO in place)

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project/program management experience in digital, tech-forward environments
• Strong experience managing CRM/data-driven development projects (Salesforce Marketing Cloud or similar)
• Highly organized and assertive —can manage up, across, and down with grace under pressure
• Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, Agile, and Waterfall methodologies
• Excellent communicator who can distill technical complexity into clear, business-impacting language
• Relentless and professional follow-ups to manage on-time delivery
• Understanding of data security
• Proven ability to work effectively with difficult stakeholders and in high-meeting-load environments (20+ hrs./week)
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or pharma is strongly preferred
• US-based; able to work core East Coast hours (9–5 ET)

Bonus Points

• Experience managing multi-vendor teams
• Understanding of data privacy and compliance requirements (HIPAA, GDPR)
• Experience in multi-channel activation strategy or MarTech orchestration
• Familiarity with AI-driven segmentation and campaign automation

Team

You’ll be embedded in a trusted core team within Ionis’ omnichannel operations, including:

• Internal Team Leads
• The Head of Integrated Intelligence (primary stakeholder + SME)
• Client-side cross-functional teams across marketing, data science, analytics, and IT
• An existing non-technical PM who owns coordination and documentation

This is a challenging, high-stakes environment, but one where you can make a massive impact. You’ll be part of a team that’s seen as a true extension of the client, with a client email addresses, SharePoint access, and an important seat at the table.

Benefits

The Experience Design Studio is an EOE/V/D employer.