Technical Project Manager / Scrum Master (m/f/d)

Hybrid, Amsterdam, Rotterdam

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world's most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We're 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

DEPT® is looking for a Technical Project Manager with solid Development and/or Scrum Master experience, ideally gained at a digital agency.
Are you driven by quality, goal-oriented, and do you enjoy collaborating with designers, developers, DevOps engineers, and CRO specialists? Then we'd love to meet you.

JOB PURPOSE

As the central figure in each project, you coach, guide, and motivate the Scrum team to perform at its best. You're well-versed in Agile methodologies and effortlessly organize Scrum events. Together with the Product Owner, you align on client expectations and monitor progress. You identify commercial opportunities, continuously improve processes, and strengthen team collaboration.

We also expect you to contribute on a content and business level, taking on elements of a Business Analyst role. With your technical background, you can advise clients and evaluate implementations based on impact, effort, and value. A background as a developer is a major plus, as is experience with SFCC projects and other CMS systems such as Umbraco and headless CMS platforms.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role, you are the link between the development team, the project organization, and the client. You lead refinement sessions, ask the right questions to uncover deeper needs, and ensure clear acceptance criteria. Based on this, you create sprint plans together with the client that contribute to their overall roadmap. You advise and steer in a way that serves both the client's goals and our internal processes. We inspire our clients to work in a data driven way, you bring expertise in this mindset and evaluate every initiative through that lens.

You'll work closely with the Product Owners on the client side. Together, you ensure that team capacity aligns with client needs and the shared roadmap you're realizing as a team. You understand the balance between delivering quickly and building long-term value. If that means adjusting the team composition or improving processes, you'll take the lead.

We work with clients after they've completed their initial project phase, for example once a platform has gone live. Within our team, we focus on building long-term partnerships with our clients. We work in a setup we call Care & Grow - in short, we keep platforms stable and up to date while simultaneously driving growth and data driven development together with our clients.

Sound good? We'd love to hear from you!

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Around 5 years of experience as a Project Manager and/or Scrum Master;
• Understand how a digital ecosystem fits together;
• Have experience delivering online applications on the agency side;
• Are fluent in Dutch and English
• Have experience building and leading teams
• Speak the language of designers, developers, and CRO specialists
• Understand data driven working
• Have experience with the Agile/SCRUM methodology and know when not to apply it
• Spot commercial opportunities with clients and make sure they're followed up
• Adapt quickly and bring a strong can do attitude to the team.
• Background in development is a plus

WE OFFER

• A flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location).
• 24 vacation days per year and the opportunity to work from abroad for 13 weeks a year.
• DEPT®/YOU Learning Menu and DEPT®/YOU Special Programs. Develop your skills with courses and programs tailored to your needs.
• Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform, gym and wellness discounts, and healthy lunches at the office.
• Get a discount on your lease bike and ride in style. You can also enjoy hassle free-commutes with an NS Business Card.
• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named 'Agency of the Year' at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global - at DEPT® you'll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world's most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.