Technical Project Manager (E-commerce, IT & UX)

Location: Shanghai or Remote within APAC (China time zone preferred)
Department: IT/UX (Developers, QA Engineers, Product/Project Managers, UI/UX Designers)
Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role: Technical Project Manager, E-commerce & Digital Projects

We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Project Manager to lead complex digital and e-commerce initiatives within our IT & UX team. This role requires a strong project management background combined with deep technical expertise, ideally gained from previous experience as a backend or full-stack developer. You must be confident engaging in architectural, implementation, and performance discussions.

You will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering technically complex projects. This position acts as the crucial link between development teams, product stakeholders, and core business needs. While this is not a hands-on coding role, your technical proficiency is essential for guiding architecture, challenging solutions, managing risks, and ensuring high-quality delivery across both frontend and backend systems.

Key Responsibilities

Project & Delivery Leadership

• Own the end-to-end delivery of IT and e-commerce projects, covering discovery, planning, release, and post-launch optimization.
• Translate business, product, and user requirements into clear technical scopes, timelines, and delivery plans.
• Manage dependencies, risks, and trade-offs across multiple teams (backend, frontend, QA, UX).
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and maintain high technical quality standards.
• Coordinate project scope, timeline, and execution with other Project & Product Managers within the IT & UX team.

Technical Ownership & Collaboration

• Serve as the technical reference point, utilizing your development background to guide decisions and challenge assumptions.
• Collaborate closely with developers and product owners on architecture, implementation approaches, performance, scalability, and security.
• Oversee both frontend systems (e-commerce websites, frontend frameworks) and backend systems (back-office tools, integrations, databases).
• Ensure adherence to best practices in code quality, performance, maintainability, and documentation.

Stakeholder & Team Management

• Act as the main interface between IT, Product, and business stakeholders, ensuring project lifecycle alignment.
• Facilitate clear and transparent communication, including planning sessions, progress updates, risk reporting, and retrospectives.
• Coach the IT team on effort estimation, risk management, and prioritization hygiene to improve sprint planning and delivery predictability.
• Support development and QA teams by removing blockers and fostering a structured, predictable delivery environment.

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Apply Agile methodology (Scrum) pragmatically to support efficient and predictable delivery.
• Manage backlogs, sprints (Jira), and project reporting.
• Continuously improve delivery processes, tooling, and cross-team collaboration.
• Stay current with relevant technologies, frameworks, and industry best practices to strengthen our technical foundation.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a developer (backend or full stack), coupled with a strong understanding of modern web architectures.
• Proven project management experience in IT, digital, or e-commerce environments, including stakeholder management.
• Hands-on e-commerce project experience, including websites, OMS/WMS, SEO, data analytics, and system integrations (payments, logistics, marketplaces, ERP).
• Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience or familiarity with RESTful API design and integrations.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including developers, QA engineers, PMs, and business stakeholders.
• Excellent English communication skills (spoken and written), capable of explaining complex technical topics to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving mindset, balancing technical excellence and delivery pragmatism.
• Strong product and business mindset, understanding end-to-end value chains and customer journeys.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in IT, digital, or e-commerce environments.
• Experience with migration projects is a plus.

Strong Technical Knowledge Required:

• PHP and MySQL
• MVC architecture applications
• E-commerce platforms and payment gateway integrations
• Database performance, query optimization, and scalable architectures (e.g., AWS RDS)
• Object-oriented programming (OOP) and software design principles
• Frontend technologies and templating (e.g., Blade, jQuery or modern equivalents)

Familiarity with Our Technology Stack:

• Laravel PHP framework
• Zend PHP framework (legacy systems to be discontinued)
• ReactJS, Bootstrap

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary
• Performance bonuses
• Free designer glasses annually
• Annual/Sick Leaves
• Career development / learning program
• Fast-paced, dynamic, and multicultural work environment

Company Profile: SmartBuyGlasses Optical Group

SmartBuyGlasses Optical Group (Motion Global Ltd.) is a world-leading designer eyewear e-retailer, operating sites in more than 30 countries. With over 200 employees, we retail the world’s best eyewear brands, including Ray-Ban, Tom Ford, and Gucci. SmartBuyGlasses fosters a young, international, entrepreneurial culture that promotes fast career progression and self-development. Effective and passionate employees are often quickly promoted to managerial positions, operating teams with high degrees of ownership.

Our Core Values

We believe in the empowerment of the individual, offering unique opportunities to build skills and accelerate careers. We give back to the communities where we operate, driving positive global change through our buy-one-give-one program.

• SMART: MOGOs are outcome-driven. We begin with the end in mind, knowing the journey is equally important.
• PASSIONATE: MOGOs are passionate about what they do, believing in making a difference and building strong peer relationships.
• ENTREPRENEURIAL: MOGOs generate awesome ideas, take ownership, and push them forward.
• COLLABORATIVE: As MOGOs, we know our team is stronger than the sum of its parts.
• CARING: As MOGOs, we care for our customers, our people, and the planet.

How to Apply

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