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Software Project Manager & Client Success

Manages project timelines, runs client communications, coordinates the contractor team, and owns post-launch adoption. The bridge between build and business, especially in multi-stakeholder environments with IT governance, executive sponsors, and department champions.

What you'll do

Day-to-day

  • Manage project timelines, milestones, and deliverable tracking across multiple concurrent client engagements.
  • Run client communications: status updates, expectation setting, scope discussions, and feedback loops across executive sponsors, IT governance, and department champions.
  • Coordinate across the contractor team: assign work, track progress, unblock dependencies, and manage handoffs.
  • Manage the pilot lifecycle: ensure every pilot has a named champion, a defined hypothesis, UAT acceptance criteria, and a measurable adoption metric before build begins.
  • Enforce prerequisite gating: ensure data quality and integration foundations are proven before AI or automation builds start on top of them.
  • Own the adoption and enablement phase: training sessions, user onboarding, SOP delivery, and feedback collection.
  • Monitor usage and outcome metrics post-launch and surface insights to the team and client.
  • Produce client-facing deliverables: project plans, status reports, pilot summaries, and impact recaps.
  • Flag risks early: scope creep, timeline drift, resource conflicts, and client satisfaction signals.
  • Help structure proposals and SOWs for new and expanding engagements.
What we're looking for

You should

  • Have managed software or technology consulting projects with direct client accountability.
  • Technically fluent. You do not need to write code, but you understand how software gets built, how integrations work, and what realistic timelines look like.
  • Experienced in multi-stakeholder coordination: IT governance teams, executive sponsors, and department-level champions who each have different concerns.
  • An exceptional written communicator. You write clear status updates, concise meeting recaps, and client-ready documents without hand-holding.
  • Have a service orientation. You genuinely care about whether clients are getting value and whether end users are adopting what was built.
  • Organized and proactive. You track details, follow up without being asked, and surface problems before they become emergencies.
  • Thrive in async-first environments. You use tools and written artifacts to keep people aligned instead of scheduling calls.
Nice to have

Bonus points

  • Experience in a boutique consultancy, agency, or startup environment (not just large enterprise PMOs)
  • Familiarity with Microsoft 365 environments, ERP systems, and automation tools
  • Background in construction, manufacturing, or operations-heavy industries
  • Background in change management, user adoption, or customer success roles
  • Comfort with light scoping and estimation for technical work

Interested?

Tell us what you build. If there's a fit, we'll bring you onto the next engagement that needs your skills.

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