Senior Technical Project Manager – Contract

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee project management for various client software development initiatives as the main point of contact.

• Collaborate with clients, stakeholders, and engineering teams to outline project scope, requirements, priorities, deliverables, and timelines.

• Facilitate agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

• Work alongside Staff Engineers and developers to maintain actionable backlogs, create user stories, set acceptance criteria, and align development priorities with client goals.

• Administer project budgets, timelines, resource allocations, and changes in scope.

• Identify risks and communicate strategies for mitigation.

• Keep project documentation up to date, including project plans, requirements, roadmaps, status reports, and budget forecasts.

• Assist in quality assurance efforts, coordinate testing and acceptance processes, and ensure deliverables meet client standards.

• Foster strong client relationships through effective communication, proactive problem-solving, and reliable delivery.

• Recognize opportunities to enhance existing client engagements by understanding business objectives, anticipating future requirements, and proposing solutions.

• Utilize AI-powered tools for documenting requirements, summarizing meetings, refining backlogs, reporting, and analyzing projects.

• Collaborate with engineering teams on AI-assisted delivery while ensuring quality, accuracy, security, and human oversight.

• Contribute to the enhancement of SmartLogic's project management practices, delivery processes, and operational efficiency.

• Work in tandem with project teams that include a Project Manager, Staff Engineer, product designer, and one or more developers.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in software project management, ideally within a custom software development consultancy or agency.

• Proven success in managing six-figure software development projects with diverse team sizes, technical complexities, and client needs.

• Strong grasp of agile software development methodologies.

• Experience overseeing projects from discovery and planning through to development, testing, and launch.

• Ability to manage multiple client engagements simultaneously while ensuring accountability for budgets, schedules, scope, and quality of delivery.

• Proficiency in project management and collaboration tools such as ClickUp, Jira, Harvest, and similar platforms.

• Experience in developing project roadmaps, crafting user stories and acceptance criteria, managing backlogs, tracking budgets, and coordinating quality assurance efforts.

• Excellent client-facing communication skills, including the ability to translate technical concepts, navigate challenging conversations, manage expectations, and build trusted relationships.

• Experience in identifying project risks, managing scope changes, overcoming delivery challenges, and holding project teams accountable for their commitments.

• Practical knowledge of using AI tools to enhance productivity, documentation, communication, or project management workflows.

• Awareness of AI tool limitations and the significance of validating AI-generated outputs.

• Strong organizational capabilities, attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to work independently in a remote, collaborative setting.

• Availability during SmartLogic's core working hours of 10:00 AM–3:30 PM ET on weekdays.

• Candidates must be located in the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote contract position.

• Compensation ranging from $70–$85 per hour.

• Flexible weekly hours based on project needs and availability, estimated at 10–25 hours per week.

• Involvement in relevant team meetings, knowledge-sharing opportunities, and professional development activities.

• Supportive, collaborative remote-first culture.

• Continuous learning opportunities.

• Thoughtful experimentation and responsible use of emerging technologies, including AI.

• Equal opportunity employment.