Heady

About Heady and the role:

Heady is a digital product consultancy that provides full-service strategy, design, full-stack development, and growth marketing services for retail and lifestyle brands — and we do it all with heart. Our team partners with Fortune 500 brands to deliver impactful technology and design solutions.

We’re looking for a Freelance Project Manager to oversee a 4-month multi-phase design project for a Fortune 500 company based in the US. There may be opportunities beyond this 4-month period. ET hours are required. This is a remote-friendly role.

What you’ll do:

Project Planning & Coordination

• Work closely with Client & design teams to ensure alignment, progress, and to manage changing priorities and evolving requirements.

• Resolve conflicts, remove obstacles, and enable teams to implement changes and features effectively.

Delivery & Quality Assurance

• Monitor project progress, flag risks, and escalate issues appropriately to Account Managers, Product Managers, and clients.

• Ensure deliverables meet high-quality standards at the end of each sprint, while keeping client expectations aligned on deliverables, next steps, and blockers.

Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Provide clear, consistent communication of project status, progress, risks, and resolutions to both internal stakeholders and clients.

• Foster strong collaboration between teams and clients to maintain alignment and trust throughout the project lifecycle.

Who You Are:

You are an experienced & organized Project Manager with a deep passion for coordinating teams.

• You’re comfortable working with clients.

• You’re able to establish strong working relationships with team members, maintain clear roles and responsibilities, and foster effective team skills to complete tasks on time.

• You have excellent organizational and time management skills, and can communicate project details clearly.

• You’re able to estimate work, set deadlines, and effectively manage teams of professionals to meet deadlines.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 4+ years of Project Management Experience in a digital/creative agency, professional services or consulting environment.

• Experience working with UX & UI design deliverables for websites and mobile apps.

• Basic understanding of UX design principles and best practices.

• Experience working with a large set of external stakeholders (client-side)and comfortable communicating and presenting to client teams

• Preferred experience and basic knowledge of Design Systems and Figma.

• Manage website and app projects of varying complexity, from requirements gathering through UX design, development, and delivery/launch.

• Produce and maintain project documentation, including timelines, resource plans, action/task sheets, and status reports.

• Coordinate project timelines, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, and ad-hoc meetings.

• Exceptional planning, conflict-resolution, and problem-solving skills.

• Highly organized and tenacious, with exceptional attention to detail.

• Ability to work well under pressure, whilst remaining objective and retaining a positive approach. 

• Experience working in various project planning & management software platforms such as Jira.

What you’ll get:

• Competitive hourly rate - paid fairly for the value and expertise you bring.

• The chance to work with a talented global / remote-friendly team.

• Flexibility - we trust you to manage your time and deliver without micromanagement.

• Opportunities to grow your skills (and portfolio) by working on interesting, challenging projects that touch multiple areas.

• A culture of kindness and support - you’ll be respected, heard, and part of a team that celebrates wins together.