Contract Project Management
End-to-end project lifecycle ownership: discovery, planning, delivery, and clean hand-off. Agile, waterfall, or hybrid — matched to your team, not a methodology dogma.
Deliverables
- +One-page project charter — outcome, scope, success criteria, non-goals
- +Milestone plan + RACI for every workstream
- +Weekly status with blocker resolution path
- +Risk register reviewed at every checkpoint
- +Vendor and resourcing plan if external partners are involved
- +Launch readiness checklist + post-launch retrospective
When this is the right move
- →Time-boxed initiatives where you need senior judgment without an FTE hire
- →Programs slipping that need an outside operator to reset cadence
- →Internal teams without a dedicated PM function
Related case studies
Questions teams ask before they hire
What does a contract project manager cost?
Day rates typically range $1,200–$2,500 depending on industry, scope, and seniority. Multi-month engagements settle into a weekly or monthly retainer. The model is built to be cheaper on a loaded basis than a full-time PM hire for time-boxed work.
How quickly can you start?
For most engagements, week one. Standard onboarding is a 90-minute discovery call, access to your tools (Jira/Asana/Linear/Notion), and a one-page charter signed off within five business days.
Do you run agile, waterfall, or something else?
Whatever fits the work. Agile when the scope is iterative and discovery is ongoing. Waterfall when the sequence is fixed (rebrand rollouts, hard-deadline launches). Hybrid when one workstream is iterative and another is sequential.
Can you manage offshore or vendor teams?
Yes — that's a common pattern. I've run agencies, dev shops, and offshore engineering teams across US, AU, and EU time zones. The challenge is usually clarity of acceptance criteria, not coordination.
Let's talk.
Bring the project. I'll bring the structure, the cadence, and the calm.