The Independents

Senior Technical Project Manager - Client Projects

The Independents  •  Paris, FR (Hybrid)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

Lefty is the leading influencer marketing platform trusted by the world's most prestigious luxury and lifestyle brands We help brands run end-to-end influencer programs: talent discovery, relationship management, automated campaign reporting, and performance measurement.

Our largest clients increasingly ask for tailored work: data feeds into their BI tools, automated exports, integrations with the tools they already use, AI-based content labelling, migrations from other platforms. We're looking for a Senior Technical Project Manager to own these projects.

The Role

You are the main point of contact for our clients' technical projects, from the first request to go-live and beyond. You report to both the CPO and the CTO, and work closely with Account Managers, CSMs and Engineering. Your time is split roughly 70% on client projects and 30% on internal projects.

You are as comfortable explaining an API schema to a client's data team as presenting a project roadmap to a brand's Global Head of Influence. You set clear expectations, keep everyone informed, and deliver what was promised.

What You'll Do

Client-facing:

  • Run discovery with clients: understand the business need behind each request
  • Talk to both technical (IT, data, BI, security) and senior business stakeholders
  • Turn client needs into a clear brief: scope, price, ROI, timeline
  • Manage expectations: say what's possible, what isn't, and what it costs
  • Send regular status updates and run steering meetings on key accounts
  • Handle escalations calmly and find solutions when things slip

Client projects (70%):

  • Scope and deliver projects such as:
  • Data exports and automated feeds into client tools (Looker, SharePoint, data warehouses)
  • Integrations between Lefty and the tools brands already use (social listening, CRM, SSO)
  • Data imports and migrations from other platforms
  • AI-based automation (content labelling, logo recognition)
  • Custom metrics, reports and workspace configurations
  • Write technical specifications and coordinate engineering work
  • Test deliveries and validate data quality before handover
  • Keep the Client Projects Tracker up to date

Internal projects (30%):

  • Lead internal data and tooling projects, such as bringing CRM and deals data into our admin tools
  • Partner with AMs and CSMs on account priorities and upsell opportunities
  • Identify recurring client requests and feed them into the product roadmap
  • Build repeatable processes for scoping, pricing and delivery

What We're Looking For

Must-haves:

  • Combined experience of software engineer and client-facing technical project management
  • Hands-on understanding of APIs, data models, exports, 3rd party integration
  • Strong client presence: credible with engineers and at ease with senior executives
  • Proven ability to manage expectations, negotiate scope and communicate proactively
  • Track record delivering complex projects for enterprise clients in B2B SaaS
  • Fluent in English and French

Bonus:

  • Experience with BI, data and social listening tools (Looker, Power BI, BigQuery, SQL, Radarly, Talkwalker)
  • Experience with luxury, beauty or retail clients
  • Exposure to enterprise security requirements (SSO, security reviews)
  • Interest in influencer marketing and social media ecosystems
  • Appetite for AI and workflow automation tools

The Details

Paris — hybrid (3 days in office / 2 days remote)

Clients include the world's top luxury houses and top brands

High-growth context — 3x revenue target over 5 years

Interview Process

Step 1 — HR call (30 min): overall fit

Step 2 — CPO & CTO call (45 min): technical depth and project management approach

Step 3 — Live case study (2h): scoping a client request and presenting it to a client (with Head of AM, CPO, CTO)

The Independents

About The Independents

The Independents is a global ecosystem of 21 best-in-class partner agencies crafting extraordinary brand experiences that captivate audiences worldwide. In collaboration with its clients across the luxury and lifestyle industries, The Independents creates meaningful connections between people and the brands they love.

The Independents’ curation reflects an expansive roster of industry pioneers, including 2 x 4, Atelier Athem, Atelier Lum, Bureau Béatrice, Bureau Betak, Bureau Future, Ctzar, Inca Productions, k2, Karla Otto, Kennedy, Kitten Production, Kitty Events, Lefty, Lucien Pagès Communication, MA+Group, Prodject, Sunshine, Terminal 9 Studios, The Qode and We Are Ona. The group’s capabilities span research, core strategy, communications strategy, design, production and distribution, a scope that adapts to every creative challenge.

The group translates strategic insights into creative concepts, which are developed into personally relevant experiences that engage local and global audiences by way of its presence in Milan, Paris, London, Munich, Barcelona, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha and Riyadh.

In March 2025, The Independents launched L’Incubateur, a pioneering initiative conceived to identify, support and accelerate the next wave of talent, entrepreneurs and creative agencies on a global scale. Since June 2023, The Independents has been backed by Banijay Group and TowerBrook Capital Partners.

Industry
Marketing & Advertising
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Paris, FR
Year Founded
2017
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