Remote Freelance Product Manager — Brand & Tech Delivery

A17; United States; Remote; USD 103,000 - 158,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to New York studio

Talent Community

Job summary

AREA 17 seeks a Freelance Product Manager to lead delivery on client engagements across digital product builds and brand projects. You will work with our Brand, Experience and Technology teams, bringing structure to ambiguity, keeping teams and clients aligned, and ensuring projects ship on time, on budget, and to a high standard of quality.

You’ll join projects already in motion, ramp up quickly, and lead from day one. Remote Europe, with Paris-time zone preferences.

Qualifications

• 4+ years delivering complex digital products in agency, consultancy, or product-led environments.
• Strong planning, scheduling, budgeting, and multi-workstream management.
• Proven client management, including leading meetings and managing expectations.
• Ability to make scope/priority trade-offs in ambiguity.
• Pragmatic agile practices with Jira and Confluence.
• Understanding of web technologies and APIs for feasibility assessment.
• Strong design sense and product quality.
• Clear communication to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery planning: scope, milestones, sequencing, and priorities
• Translate strategy and architecture into clear backlogs
• Make timely trade-offs across scope, timeline, and quality
• Serve as client’s day-to-day delivery partner
• Lead demos, working sessions, and document outcomes
• Identify risks and drive mitigation with the team
• Run delivery rituals and maintain ownership artifacts

Skills

Delivery leadership

Project management

Client management

Decision-making in ambiguity

Agile practices

Technical literacy

Design eye

Effective communication

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

AREA 17 seeks a Freelance Product Manager to lead delivery on client engagements across digital product builds and brand projects. You will work with our Brand, Experience and Technology teams, bringing structure to ambiguity, keeping teams and clients aligned, and ensuring projects ship on time, on budget, and to a high standard of quality.

You’ll join projects already in motion, ramp up quickly, and lead from day one. Remote Europe, with Paris-time zone preferences.