Project Manager

stunningshorthand.com; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote work

Home-office stipend

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Equity options

Job summary

stunningshorthand.com is seeking an experienced remote Project Manager to own end-to-end delivery of high-impact technical initiatives. You will lead cross-functional engineering and product teams, streamline delivery pipelines, and remove operational bottlenecks without micromanagement.

In this fully remote role, you will translate roadmaps into actionable backlogs and user stories, facilitate ceremonies, and report progress to executives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing software development projects in an agile environment.
• Proven track record delivering complex technical projects from initiation to post-launch monitoring.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence and Linear.
• Strong written and asynchronous communication for remote multi-timezone teams.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, build delivery timelines, and proactively manage risks across multiple concurrent software development tracks.
• Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives to remove blockers and keep teams aligned.
• Translate roadmaps into actionable backlogs, epics, and user stories.
• Communicate milestone progress, constraints, and dependencies to executive stakeholders.
• Establish velocity metrics to continuously improve team predictability and output.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Jira

Confluence

Linear

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder communication

Backlog management

Risk management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Linear

Job description

We are seeking a remote Project Manager with over five years of experience to own the end-to-end delivery of high-impact technical initiatives. In this role, you will lead cross-functional engineering and product teams, streamline delivery pipelines, and eliminate operational bottlenecks without the overhead of micromanagement. This is an opportunity to drive execution autonomy and ship software that directly impacts our global user base.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, build realistic delivery timelines, and proactively manage risks across multiple concurrent software development tracks.

• Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives to remove technical blockers and keep development teams aligned.

• Translate complex product roadmaps into actionable technical backlogs, epics, and clear user stories.

• Communicate milestone progress, resource constraints, and critical dependencies directly to executive stakeholders.

• Establish and track quantitative velocity metrics to continuously improve team predictability and output.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing software development projects in a dedicated agile environment.

• Proven track record of delivering complex technical projects from initiation to post-launch monitoring.

• Expertise with modern project management tooling, specifically Jira, Confluence, and Linear.

• Technical literacy, with the ability to understand architectural discussions and constructively challenge scoping estimates.

• Strong written and asynchronous communication skills, essential for leading in a fully remote setup across multiple time zones.

Nice-to-Haves

• Professional Scrum Master (PSM) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

• Prior experience as a software engineer or technical business analyst.

• Experience working in scaling startups or high-growth SaaS environments.

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary with equity options.

• 100% remote work flexibility with a comprehensive home-office stipend.

• Premium health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Flexible paid time off with a mandated 4-week minimum.

• Annual learning and development budget for professional courses and conferences.