Job Description
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Software Project Manager
Location-Type: Remote
Start Date Is: August 1st
Duration: Contract through EOW 2026 (reviewed quarterly, potential extension into 2027)
Compensation Range: $60/hr W2
Hours: 40 hrs/week, Overtime Eligible
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
Job Description:
Our client is seeking a Senior Software Project Manager to support a high-visibility digital product initiative. While programming ability is not required, the ideal candidate has a working knowledge of modern service-oriented software architectures to assess dependencies and vet solutions. This is a fast-paced role supporting a next-generation digital commerce platform, sitting at the intersection of product, engineering, and data.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Serve as the senior day-to-day project manager for the full product and tech side of the team
- Manage and deliver multiple projects in parallel, coordinating activities within the project team against the Program Roadmap
- Own team capacity planning, Agile velocity calculation, and sprint planning
- Monitor ticket flow and spikes against sprints across product, engineering, and design
- Track Jira tickets and Confluence documentation; create shell tickets and route to Product or Engineering as needed
- Identify, log, track, and resolve risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and changes
- Analyze and provide regular, objective status reporting on project progress
- Ensure projects are executed within timeframes and budget, per quality and benefit targets
- Coordinate escalations within the team or to stakeholders/executives as needed
- Ensure SDLC processes and guidelines are understood and followed
- Leverage Agile ceremonies and team feedback to continuously improve performance
- Collaborate with the Program Manager on roadmap planning using a variety of estimation techniques
- Partner with stakeholders across local and distributed teams, including coordination with a 3rd-party vendor project manager on certain project workstreams
- Adjust plans and priorities as quarterly roadmaps evolve
Minimum Requirements:
- 3-5 years of experience in software Project Management, ideally at a Senior level
- 3 years of experience working with core platform systems/frameworks
- Proven experience running multiple projects in parallel within a fast-paced, large tech company environment
- Deep, hands-on Agile expertise, including velocity/capacity calculation and sprint planning
- Strong working knowledge of SDLC processes
- Proficiency with Jira and Confluence
- Experience working off a roadmap and adjusting through quarterly planning cycles
- Knowledgeable in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, plus other forecasting/estimation tools
- Proficiency with G Suite, Microsoft Office, and Atlassian products
- Excellent communication and presentation skills across technical, non-technical, and executive audiences
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage expectations across competing projects
- Excellent leadership skills with the ability to inspire and align cross-functional, globally distributed teams
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Continuous Delivery
- Knowledge of e-commerce, online retail, or adtech
- PM certification (PMP, PRINCE2, CSM, or similar)
- Bachelor's degree in business or technology discipline