Development Project Manager
elk Marketing · Canada · remote
CAD 55 to 75 · period not stated
elk Marketing · Full-time · Contractor
At elk Marketing, we’re looking for a Development Project Manager to own Shopify development projects from initial client conversations through launch.
You’ll sit at the intersection of our clients and a team of 10 developers, designers, and data contractors, translating business needs into clear scopes, actionable plans, and high-quality deliverables.
This isn’t a ticket-management role. You’ll work directly with clients to understand what they need, partner with technical teams to determine how to build it, and take ownership of timelines, quality, and delivery. You should be comfortable making decisions, solving problems without a predefined playbook, and keeping multiple projects moving at once.
WHAT YOU WOULD OWN
Project intake - talk with the client about design ideas, content and requirements. Everything from a single landing page to a full site rebuild. Then, carry what they need to the design team and bring the feedback back
Scopes + estimates - build project scopes and cost estimates off our existing templates
The custom stuff - some projects do not have a defined process. You figure out who needs to be in the room, define the problem, and build the plan
QA - review work from the dev team before it goes to the client. If it is not right, it does not go out
Client comms - email, Slack and live on calls. Requirements, feedback, approvals
WHAT IS ON OUR BOARD RIGHT NOW
Shopify theme upgrades
Custom Shopify app builds
Shopify site design + Liquid build
Shopify Hydrogen headless development
Ongoing Shopify updates for landing page builds and SEO work
Custom conversion tracking + reporting solutions
WHAT WE NEED YOU TO HAVE
Deep experience with enterprise-level Shopify projects. Themes, settings, the APP ecosystem, and how the whole thing fits together
Experience managing a team of developers and talking to clients directly, not through an account manager
Very comfortable in Asana. We run everything through it
Helpful, not required:
Product feeds. Building feed connections into Google Merchant Center and META Ads
Conversion tracking. Getting ecommerce and B2B tracking working again when it breaks
WHAT IS HARD ABOUT THIS JOB
In the spirit of transparency, I would rather tell you now than in week three.
You will be holding 8 to 13 projects at once. Context switching is the job, not a distraction from it
Some of the work has no playbook. A client asks for something nobody has built before and you go define it
Launch days are launch days. Things break, and you are the one the client is talking to
You sit between the dev team and the client, which means you are the person saying "this needs another week" to one side and "we can't release on the LIVE theme today" to the other
This is a pace job, not a sprint job. The projects that go well are the ones where somebody kept moving for eight weeks straight, not the ones that got rescued by a heroic weekend.
If that sounds like a good week, we should talk.
ABOUT elk MARKETING
elk Marketing is a digital growth agency founded in 2016, with more than 40 core team members. We partner with brands to drive growth through SEO, AI search, paid media, content, creative strategy, and web development.
Our clients range from growing ecommerce businesses to enterprise brands, including TaylorMade and HexClad. We bring strategy, creativity, and technical execution together to help our clients grow—and we’re looking for people who take pride in delivering meaningful results.