
Project Manager
Listing checked November 12, 2026 · pay as published by Braintrust
Key details
- Pay
- $60–70/hr
- Location
- Remote · United States onlyUnited States
- Job type
- contract
- Posted
- November 11, 2026
Overview
TheKey seeks a contract Project Manager to carry cross-functional projects from planning through close-out in support of business goals. You own scope, schedule, budget, risk, and stakeholder alignment, whether the work runs Waterfall, Agile, or a hybrid of both. The job touches requirements sessions, QAT and UAT test plans, vendor scoring, and go-live cutover support. Expect steady contact with executive sponsors, functional leads, and outside vendors.
What You'll Do9
- Collect expectations from executive sponsors and turn them into a documented scope with deliverables, success criteria, and dependencies.
- Build schedules that map milestones, dependencies, constraints, and assumptions, then keep the plan current as work shifts.
- Run working sessions to gather, document, and validate requirements, and confirm that requirements and test plans reach sign-off.
- Line up QAT, UAT, and end-user testing against agreed requirements, and see that triaged defects close out.
- Coordinate vendor evaluation, onboarding, task tracking, and ongoing communication, including RFP support and scoring.
- Guide go-live planning, cutover, hypercare, and post-launch validation.
- Set governance, meeting cadence, and communication channels, then produce status reports, dashboards, and executive summaries.
- Track budgets, forecasts, and actuals while coordinating internal and external resources.
- Keep risk and issue logs with mitigation plans, and route change requests through the approved control process.
Requirements5
- Bachelor's degree in business, management, or a similar field, or comparable experience.
- Three to six years of project management work delivering cross-functional initiatives.
- Working command of Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid delivery methods.
- Record of managing several workstreams and competing priorities at the same time.
- Solid organization, communication, and problem-solving ability.
Preferred Qualifications3
- Project Management certification such as PMP, CAPM, PRINCE2, or an Agile credential.
- Experience working with senior leaders and cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with project management tools such as Monday or Jira.
Who Should Apply
A mid-level project manager with three to six years running cross-functional work fits this contract, particularly someone comfortable across Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid methods. You should juggle several workstreams, keep sponsors informed, and move vendors and testers toward a clean launch.
Salary Insight
The posting lists $60 to $70 per hour for contract work. That band lines up with the three to six years of cross-functional delivery experience the role asks for, and a certification plus vendor management background supports the higher end.
Pay and demand for Product Management roles
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$60–70/hr
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$70/hour
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Most Product Management roles pay $31–$90 per hour. This role's pay falls inside that range.
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- AWS6%
- Stakeholder Management6%
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