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Innovation Project Manager

NYC or LA

This is a new role reporting to our Director of Innovation & Technology and is a Part Time to Full Time opportunity. We anticipate an increasing need for this role building up to Full Time hours over the next 6 months.

OVERVIEW: The Engine Behind Scaled Innovation

Our Innovation team moves fast — shipping new workflows from idea to MVP and rolling them out at scale. The Innovation Project Manager is the operational engine that keeps it all on track: orchestrating sprints, managing the backlog, running internal feedback loops, and partnering across the agency to measure the impact of every workstream.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Sprint Orchestration & Backlog Management

  • Sprint Cadence: Run our sprint cycle end-to-end — planning, stand-ups, and retros — keeping the team focused, unblocked, and on timeline.
  • Backlog & Intake: Own day-to-day backlog grooming and the intake process for new requests, sequencing work against capacity, dependencies, and stakeholder priorities.

Internal Feedback & Test Tracks

  • Internal Test Tracks: Coordinate MVP test tracks with internal teams across the agency, making sure every release gets real hands on it before it scales.
  • Feedback & Communication: Synthesize feedback into clear, prioritized inputs for the next sprint, and keep non-technical stakeholders aligned on what’s shipping, when, and what’s next.

Enablement & Education Operations

  • Adobe LMS Operations: Run the day-to-day of our Adobe LMS — course setup, enrollments, scheduling, and reporting — keeping curriculum delivery on track.
  • Enablement & Adoption: Partner with teams across the agency to schedule training, drive enrollment, and support rollout so adoption keeps pace with what we ship.

Measuring Efficiency & Impact

  • Usage & Impact Tracking: Operate the measurement framework that tracks tool usage and adoption across the agency, partnering with finance partners to quantify hours saved and financial impact.
  • Reporting & Storytelling: Produce a weekly innovation scorecard and capture case studies of wins we can share with leadership and clients.

REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience: 4+ years of project or program management experience, ideally in an agency or high-growth tech environment running multi-workstream sprint cadences.
  • Sprint Mechanics: Demonstrated ownership of two-week sprint cycles — planning, stand-ups, retros, backlog grooming — in a real production environment.
  • Measurement Mindset: Comfort building and operating measurement frameworks; can partner credibly with Finance and Business Partnership teams on usage data, time-saved methodology, and financial impact modeling.
  • Tool Fluency: Hands-on experience with project management platforms (Linear, Asana, Workfront, or similar) and reporting tools; able to set up dashboards and scorecards without engineering support.
  • LMS Operations: Experience operating an LMS (Adobe Learning Manager a strong plus) — enrollments, scheduling, completion tracking, and stakeholder reporting.
  • AI Fluency: Working familiarity with the GenAI landscape (Gemini, Claude, Adobe Suite (Firefly, Frameio), NotebookLM, etc.) sufficient to understand what the team is shipping and translate it for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Strategic Communication: Excellence in translating complex technical work into clear, actionable language for non-technical teams and senior stakeholders.
  • Agility: A “bravely operate” mindset — comfortable holding structure around work that is still “wet clay” and evolving in real time.

CORE AI PRINCIPLES

Every project you orchestrate will be guided by our framework for responsible innovation:
● Safe: Data privacy first.
● Transparent: We disclose AI use to our clients.
● Ethical: We respect IP and likeness.
● Human: Human oversight is non-negotiable (Human-in-the-Loop).

We look forward to hearing from you! 🎵💃

BASE SALARY RANGE

Our estimated range for this role is $85,000-105,000* 

*Don’t let this range drive your decision to apply. Actual compensation packages are based on the level of skill and experience each candidate brings to their role. Similarly, there might also be a more senior or junior position available, that would be a better fit with your expertise. For example, a person may apply for a Senior Creative Producer role, and we may assess that their skills are at the Creative Producer level. Each level has its own compensation range.

At Movers+Shakers, we pride ourselves on competitive salaries, and we work hard to ensure there is pay equity across the company. We welcome open and honest conversations about compensation in all of our initial calls. We look forward to meeting you!

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