Senior Project Manager - Freelance

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Freelance Senior Project Manager with a strong emphasis on digital product delivery to join one of our most high-profile, long-standing client partnerships. This is a globally recognized brand with an enormous consumer footprint, one of the most beloved and visited in the world, and we have been entrusted with the full lifecycle delivery of one of their most significant consumer-facing digital products. This is a meaningful, high-visibility engagement where strong project leadership directly impacts millions of people.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day project management across a complex digital product engagement, ensuring clarity of priorities, timelines, deliverables, and accountability across all workstreams
• Serve as the central point of coordination between internal AKQA teams (strategy, UX, design, technology) and client stakeholders
• Manage project schedules, milestones, and dependencies with meticulous detail, proactively identifying risks and driving timely resolution
• Oversee scope management and change control, partnering with discipline leads to assess impact and maintain alignment on approved work
• Support resourcing coordination, ensuring the right people are engaged at the right time across the project lifecycle
• Facilitate regular project ceremonies and working sessions, keeping teams aligned and focused on outcomes
• Maintain clear and consistent project documentation (status reports, RAID logs, decision logs, meeting notes) that keep all stakeholders informed
• Partner with the client to manage expectations, communicate progress, and navigate complexity with composure and clarity
• Ensure delivery processes align with agile, waterfall, or hybrid methodologies as required by the engagement
• Contribute to continuously improving delivery practices and ways of working within the project and broader team

Requirements

• 5+ years of project management experience within a digital agency or product delivery environment, with a strong emphasis on digital products and services
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-workstream engagements with overlapping timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder groups
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong instincts for anticipating issues before they escalate
• Clear, confident communicator with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfortable working independently and proactively in a fast-paced, remote environment
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, or similar)
• Collaborative and solutions-oriented, with a team-first approach and a commitment to quality delivery

Location & Commitment

• West Coast residence required
• Travel to client site in Seattle monthly is required
• September 7th - December 23rd, 2026
• 40 hours/week

Pay

Expected compensation: $2,250-$2,600 per week