E-commerce Project Manager

Job description

As a project manager you’ll deliver large-scale design, build and re-platforming projects and be responsible for the ongoing optimisations of a roster of e-commerce clients. You’ll ensure that we produce work to an exceptional quality and deliver on time and within budget.

E-commerce experience is essential as you'll need to independently handle technical discussions with clients about e-commerce functionality, assess project feasibility, and provide expert guidance on Shopify capabilities, integrations, and custom development approaches.

Our clients requiring someone who can serve as a strategic partner while also being technically fluent enough to translate complex requirements into detailed technical specifications.

The ideal candidate is passionate about e-commerce, specifically within the fashion and lifestyle industries. They’re a strong communicator, with the ability to lead a conversation about how best to achieve the task in hand, and have excellent time management skills. Preferably they’ll have experience with the Shopify platform and have solid understanding of the current e-commerce landscape, and the directions in which it’s progressing.

Kindly note: This position is available to candidates based in the Netherlands or within the same time zone.

Benefits

• Work with innovative global lifestyle brands like Patta, Obey, Tony’s Chocolonely and many more

• Macbook 

• 28 annual holiday days & your birthday off

• Pension plan

• Lunch at the office

• Salary range: € 45.000 - € 58.000 gross a year (depending on level of expertise).

• Unlimited access to the psychologists of OpenUp

• Access to the financial advisors of Equip

• Hybrid work environment: working 40% of your time at our office

• Opportunity to work abroad for four weeks per year

• Friday drinks

• Central Amsterdam office

• Travel reimbursement

• A culture that values diversity, innovation, and forward-thinking, all within a vibrant and supportive community.

Job Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in a project manager or technical product owner role, having delivered large-scale e-commerce/website projects with complex technical challenges

• Solid understanding of web development principles, APIs, database concepts, and e-commerce platform architecture - you should be comfortable discussing technical solutions independently

• An understanding of what it means to be an agency at the forefront of direct-to-consumer e-commerce design and development

• A passion for e-commerce and the types of clients we work with: fashion, lifestyle & beauty

• Strong leadership and communication skills: You’ll be comfortable presenting to all types of stakeholders.

• A strategic, creative, pragmatic thinker and problem-solver

• Strong organization and time management skills

• An eagerness to improve your own knowledge and ability in all areas of e-commerce, design, development and marketing

Additional useful experience

• Experience with Shopify

• Experience working at an agency

• Development or UX design experience

• Experience working within a variety of agile development teams and processes

Working at Ask Phill

We build the next. Our mission is to set new standards in the industry and push boundaries with every project. We embrace experimentation and new ideas to create the best e-commerce experiences.

How we work

We have a flat structure without traditional managers. Everyone owns their work, which means you have real autonomy and direct impact. You will take ownership of your projects, deliver what you promise, and communicate openly when challenges arise. We run peer-2-peer feedback cycles every few months where your colleagues help you develop, and mutual support is central to everything we do.

We embrace AI to work smarter so you can focus on creative and strategic work. You will be expected to explore AI tools and use them to expand what is possible. If you love learning, growing your expertise, and are passionate about what you do, you will feel at home here.

The Team 

You will join a young, diverse, and energetic team of professionals. Our centrally located Amsterdam office is full of friendly faces, warm food and cold baijiu.

We believe strong team spirit leads to better work. We frequently get together for Builder meetings, FIFA tournaments, dinners, drinks and parties. We work together across specialisms and projects, and you can reach anyone in the team without going through layers.

Every day, we drive ourselves and the industry forward, innovating to make our clients stand out.

Are you ready to build the next?