POSTED Sep 10

Contract Digital Project Manager at Planetary

  • Project Management
  • Fulltime
  • Anywhere (100% Remote) Only
Job Description

Planetary is looking for a contract Digital Project Manager with experience managing web design and development teams and client relationships. You will work as the strategic connection between our clients and internal teams to lead web projects from planning to production.

This role is for someone excited about leading teams to success in delighting clients, on a part-time basis with the opportunity to grow. You will be needed for 10 to 20 hours per week, each week.

You will be responsible for project planning, delivery success, project workflow, and client satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.

This is a contract role. The hourly rate offered is $65–85/hr. Rate will depend on experience.

About us

Planetary is a product studio where happiness, empathy, and exploration are our core values. We want to inspire our clients, help them navigate their evolution as a business, and build products that will make them (and their customers) successful. We design and develop everything from consumer-facing websites to B2B-focused web apps, distilling complex requirements into digital experiences.

We are a remote team and, as such, have a comfortable work environment including:

  • A supportive, distributed team of smart, friendly people
  • The ability to work from anywhere you'd like
  • A healthy work/life balance

Responsibilities

  • Drive projects from kick-off to delivery, managing budget, resources, timelines, and quality goals.
  • Develop and maintain detailed project plans and use them to guide clients and teams to success.
  • Act as the direct point of contact for client teams, including marketing, product, business, and IT stakeholders.
  • Manage the team’s day-to-day tasks to ensure deadlines and project goals are met each week, including sprint planning, task assignments, and point estimations.
  • Source, organize, and centralize information and assets for the project, keeping all records accurate and up to date.
  • Proactively plan and facilitate internal and external Review meetings, including agenda creation, expectation setting, preparation of artifacts, note taking, and distribution of “Next Steps”.
  • Document and communicate project status to teams on a regular basis to ensure all teams are aware of the next steps, budget, priorities, and project milestones.
  • Surface risk factors, unknowns, and information gaps related to the product and timeline and propose solutions and resource requests to overcome obstacles and capitalize on opportunities.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience managing digital projects from inception to deployment.
  • English fluency.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills.
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a focus on strong task management, sprint planning, and prioritization skills.
  • Timeliness and punctuality.
  • Ability to manage and handle ambiguity in requirements, client communications, or other project unknowns as they arise.
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision. Self-motivated and proactive approaches are required.
  • Strong attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills.
  • Provide leadership and help foster a work culture that recognizes and supports individual differences in work styles, personalities, cultures, and values to maximize team performance.

What success looks like…

  • Autonomous project leadership. Utilizing Planetary leadership as a resource to help drive business outcomes and/or mitigate risk.
  • Clients extend their relationships with us by increasing the length or scope of their engagements.

Benefits

We're big on work/life balance: you should be able to enjoy what you do and do what you enjoy. You'll love working at Planetary because we're an easygoing, focused team that loves to work with great clients, and encourages personal growth and exploration.

To that end, we emphasize focused engagement, a positive work environment, and periodic synchronous facetime along with asynchronous meetings.

When Applying…

We'd love to hear about:

  • past project management or producer-level work
  • types of projects you've worked on
  • favorite food experience

Sound like your kind of job? If so, apply here or send a concise email to careers@planetary.co. 

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