Freelance Technical Project Manager

Planetary builds industrial-strength digital systems for consumer-facing websites and B2B web applications. The company is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead client digital projects from kickoff through deployment, coordinating stakeholders, managing project plans and risks, and keeping design and development teams aligned.

Responsibilities:

• Own project planning end to end: scope, budget, timeline, resource allocation, and risk management
• Serve as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders across marketing, product, and technical teams
• Run sprint planning, task assignments, and point estimations to keep the team focused and delivery on track
• Facilitate internal and external reviews: set agendas, manage expectations, capture decisions, and distribute clear next steps
• Surface risks and gaps early and come to leadership with proposed solutions, not just problems
• Keep project documentation, assets, and communications organized and current across all active projects
• Communicate project status, priorities, and milestones regularly to both internal teams and clients

Requirements:

• 4+ years managing website design and development projects from inception to deployment at an agency or studio
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including comfort presenting to senior client stakeholders
• Experience with sprint-based workflows and the organizational discipline to manage multiple threads at once
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Familiarity with tools like Linear, Figma, and Slack
• A track record of delivering projects on time and on budget, and the judgment to know when to escalate before something becomes a problem