project manager

The ideal candidate is a proactive, solutions-oriented project leader who can quickly integrate into an established team, independently manage multiple workstreams, and navigate evolving priorities and stakeholder needs. This role partners closely with creative teams and cross-functional business partners to bring structure to ambiguous work, drive alignment, and move projects from brief through final delivery.

LeadStack Inc. is an award-winning, one of the nation's fastest-growing, certified minority-owned (MBE) staffing services provider of contingent workforce. As a recognized industry leader in contingent workforce solutions and Certified as a Great Place to Work, we're proud to partner with some of the most admired Fortune 500 brands in the world.

Job title: Project Manager
Location: Remote (Open to remote, Seattle preferred)
Duration: 1 November 2026 – 8 February 2027
Pay rate: $73/hr on W2
Shift timings: 40hr/week, PST support
 
About the Role

• This project manager will provide hands-on project management leadership across complex, high-visibility creative projects and programs. This role partners closely with creative teams and cross-functional business partners to bring structure to ambiguous work, drive alignment, and move projects from brief through final delivery.
• The ideal candidate is a proactive, solutions-oriented project leader who can quickly integrate into an established team, independently manage multiple workstreams, and navigate evolving priorities and stakeholder needs.

Daily Responsibilities

• Lead complex creative projects from kickoff through development, review, approval, and final delivery.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and approval pathways.
• Partner with creative leads and business partners to translate briefs and business objectives into clear plans and actionable next steps.
• Drive cross-functional alignment, keeping teams informed of priorities, decisions, risks, and deliverables.
• Proactively identify roadblocks, resource needs, and timeline impacts and bring forward solutions.
• Facilitate kickoffs, creative reviews, and stakeholder working sessions, ensuring clear decisions and follow-through.
• Manage changing priorities and scope while maintaining visibility into downstream impacts.
• Navigate complex stakeholder feedback and translate it into clear, actionable direction for creative teams.
• Work within established Studio processes and tools while identifying opportunities to improve project efficiency.

Candidate Requirements
Technology requirements:

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Smartsheets
• Figma (familiarity to be comfortable navigating)
• Workfront Adobe

Years experience:

• 5-7 years of project management experience

Required background / Skills:

• Full cycle project management
• Creative project management
• Cross functional experience
• Communication, written and verbal
• Resourceful
• Attention to detail, organization
• Possible presentation (coordinate creative reviews)
• Proactive
• Stakeholder engagement
• Manage feedback and approvals
• Ability to keep everyone informed of status

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience in highly matrixed organization

Top Candidate Skills

• Complex creative project management – 5+ years
• Cross functional communication and stakeholder management – 5+ years
• Comfortable with Ambiguity – 5+ years

Notes:

• Disqualifiers:
  • Only general PM experience (missing creative, marketing knowledge)
  • Unable to work independently
  • Background is more managing admin tasks
  • Poor communication
  • Uncomfortable pushing for more information or following up on pending tasks
  • Posting the Starbucks name, group names, technologies, project code names, or program office information on public-facing sites is strictly prohibited.