Project Manager

Egreenservices; Ames (IA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

StartupEdge in Ames, IA is seeking a Project Manager who thrives on ownership and delivery. You will represent the company with vendors and customers, convert chaos into a clear backlog, and coordinate cross-functional teams to hit goals.

The role supports daily operations at our Ames site, with room to grow into managerial work and the freedom to shape your week. The position offers a pathway to management and a chance to influence how we operate in a fast-moving, growth-focused environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of end-to-end project leadership.
• Strong critical thinking and independent judgment.
• Proven ability to deliver under deadline pressure.
• Excellent relationship-building and positive presence.

Responsibilities

• Represent StartupEdge professionally with vendors, partners, and customers.
• Convert Persuasion chaos into a backlog someone can actually work.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across StartupEdge to hit shared goals.
• Read the room and adjust how you pitch Growth Mindset to each audience.
• Support daily operations at our Ames site and keep workflows moving.
• Keep IA reporting accurate enough to bet decisions on.
• Hold Ames vendors to the standard we promised our users.
• Trade quick wins for fast-moving fixes when the math favors patience.

Skills

Ownership mindset

Project management

Critical thinking

Deadline pressure

Relationship building

Part-time PM

Startup mindset

Job description

A Project Manager opportunity has opened at StartupEdge, and we'd love to find someone who's genuinely excited about it. The reward structure favors doers: $91,000 - $142,000 upfront, real general ownership, and a StartupEdge team pulling the same direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Represent StartupEdge professionally with vendors, partners, and customers
• Convert Persuasion chaos into a backlog someone can actually work
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across StartupEdge to hit shared goals
• Read the room and adjust how you pitch Growth Mindset to each audience
• Support daily operations at our Ames site and keep workflows moving
• Keep IA reporting accurate enough to bet decisions on
• Hold Ames vendors to the standard we promised our users
• Trade quick wins for fast-moving fixes when the math favors patience

What You’ll Bring

• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
• 8 or more years steering general projects end to end
• Critical thinking skills and sound, independent judgment
• Track record that proves you can playfully-serious ship under deadline pressure
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence
• Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a part-time project
• A StartupEdge mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow

At its core, StartupEdge is a craft-obsessed bet that Ames, IA can out-build anyone when it comes to Coaching. Burnout is treated as a system bug at StartupEdge, not a badge of relentlessly curious honor.

Beyond the $91,000 - $142,000 headline, we hand you a mentor, room to grow into manager work, and the freedom to shape your own week.

The posting clock reset today, so the Project Manager window is wide open.