Senior Freelance Product Manager — Remote Europe

AREA 17; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 93,000 - 142,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work in Europe

New York studio access (on-site)

Talent Community access

Job summary

AREA 17, a design-forward digital agency, seeks an experienced Freelance Product Manager for a temporary contract across Europe. You will lead delivery on client engagements, spanning digital product builds and brand projects, with ramp-up from day one and close collaboration with Brand, Experience, and Technology teams.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years delivering complex digital products, strong PM, client management, and agile fluency.

Qualifications

• 4+ years delivering complex digital products in agency, consultancy, or product-led environments.
• Strong project management skills: planning, scheduling, budget tracking, and multi-workstream management.
• Proven client management experience with meetings, expectations, and changes communicated confidently.
• Comfortable making scope/trade-off decisions in ambiguous situations.
• Fluent with agile practices and Jira/Confluence.
• Solid understanding of web technologies and APIs to assess feasibility with engineering.
• Strong eye for design and product quality.
• Clear communicator with technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery planning: scope, milestones, sequencing, and priorities.
• Translate experience strategy and architecture into clear backlogs for the team.
• Make timely trade-offs across scope, timeline, and quality; escalate risks as needed.
• Serve as client-facing delivery partner, align on progress, risks, and decisions.
• Lead demos, working sessions, and feedback reviews; document outcomes.
• Identify risks and dependencies early; drive mitigation with the team.
• Run delivery rituals and maintain artifacts showing priorities and ownership.

Skills

Project management

Client management

Agile practices

Decision making in ambiguity

Jira/Confluence

Web technologies

Design-centric mindset

Communication

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

AREA 17, a design-forward digital agency, seeks an experienced Freelance Product Manager for a temporary contract across Europe. You will lead delivery on client engagements, spanning digital product builds and brand projects, with ramp-up from day one and close collaboration with Brand, Experience, and Technology teams.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years delivering complex digital products, strong PM, client management, and agile fluency.