Project Manager, Digital (Scrum / Jira)
Location: 100% Remote, USA (Tennessee residents preferred)
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM (your local time)
Experience: 3-5 years
Engagement: 12-month contract (W2 or 1099 preferred; C2C accepted)
Work authorization: US Citizen, Green Card or GC-EAD (no H1B)
Education: Bachelor's degree
About the role
Our client, a global Fortune 500 manufacturer, is looking for a Project Manager to coordinate and deliver digital initiatives across its digital analytics, marketing and internal delivery teams. You will use Agile/Scrum practices to bring transparency, collaboration and steady progress, working with marketing, analytics, content, SEO, customer experience and technology teams as well as external agency partners.
Top 3 skills required
- Scrum Master experience using Jira for ticketing and Confluence for documenting all required sprint ceremonies.
- Stakeholder alignment, reporting, negotiation and partnership - setting clear expectations.
- Handling multiple tracks with competing priorities, including adjustments in the middle of a sprint.
Responsibilities
- Plan, organize and coordinate teams and workstreams to deliver on time and on scope.
- Manage Jira boards and backlogs, run sprint planning and facilitate Scrum ceremonies (stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives).
- Establish and maintain Jira standards, workflows and documentation, and drive change management with internal teams.
- Track dependencies, risks and blockers, and drive them to resolution with internal and agency partners.
- Maintain clear project documentation, status updates and reporting.
- Keep teams aligned and communicate progress and next steps to stakeholders.
- Support additional projects and workstreams as priorities shift.
Qualifications
- 3-5 years of project management / Scrum Master experience in digital or marketing environments.
- Hands-on Agile/Scrum with Jira; Confluence preferred.
- Strong communication, listening and collaboration skills; C1/C2 (fluent) English.
- Detail-oriented and organized; able to juggle multiple workstreams.
- Self-starter, adaptable and customer-service minded; works independently in a fast-paced, matrixed setting.
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle in digital or marketing environments.
- Bachelor's degree.
Preferred
- PMP, PMI-ACP or Scrum Master certification.
- Airtable, Confluence or similar tools.
- Adobe or SAP Commerce platforms; Adobe Analytics or Customer Journey Analytics is a plus.
- Large, matrixed or global organizations and/or working with agency partners.
Interview process: recruiter screening, then one interview with the team lead.