Innovation Project Manager

Movers+Shakers•Santa Monica, CA

11h•$85,000 - $105,000

About The Position

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. 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.

Requirements

4+ years of project or program management experience, ideally in an agency or high-growth tech environment running multi-workstream sprint cadences.
Demonstrated ownership of two-week sprint cycles — planning, stand-ups, retros, backlog grooming — in a real production environment.
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.
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.
Experience operating an LMS (Adobe Learning Manager a strong plus) — enrollments, scheduling, completion tracking, and stakeholder reporting.
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.
Excellence in translating complex technical work into clear, actionable language for non-technical teams and senior stakeholders.
A “bravely operate” mindset — comfortable holding structure around work that is still “wet clay” and evolving in real time.

Nice To Haves

Adobe Learning Manager experience
Experience with Linear, Asana, Workfront, or similar project management platforms
Experience with Gemini, Claude, Adobe Suite (Firefly, Frameio), NotebookLM, etc.

Responsibilities

Run our sprint cycle end-to-end — planning, stand-ups, and retros — keeping the team focused, unblocked, and on timeline.
Own day-to-day backlog grooming and the intake process for new requests, sequencing work against capacity, dependencies, and stakeholder priorities.
Coordinate MVP test tracks with internal teams across the agency, making sure every release gets real hands on it before it scales.
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.
Run the day-to-day of our Adobe LMS — course setup, enrollments, scheduling, and reporting — keeping curriculum delivery on track.
Partner with teams across the agency to schedule training, drive enrollment, and support rollout so adoption keeps pace with what we ship.
Operate the measurement framework that tracks tool usage and adoption across the agency, partnering with finance partners to quantify hours saved and financial impact.
Produce a weekly innovation scorecard and capture case studies of wins we can share with leadership and clients.