Website Development Project Management
End-to-end project lifecycle for web platforms — discovery, design, build, delivery. Vendor management, scope discipline, launch readiness.
How this service runs in practice
The job here is end-to-end project management for a web build — discovery through launch — without leaving engineering carrying every conversation that isn't code. Information architecture, content production, vendor selection, stakeholder management, scope discipline, and launch readiness. The kind of work that quietly determines whether a website redesign ships on time or slips two quarters past the deadline.
How engagements run: we start with a one-page brief — what the site is for, who it's for, what counts as success in measurable terms. Then a stakeholder map, an information architecture pass, and a content inventory of what exists, what needs to change, and what needs to be written from scratch. If we're going external, I run the RFP and vendor selection. If we're using your existing dev team, I sit between them and the rest of the business so they can focus on building. Sprint plan or phase plan — whichever fits the team's rhythm, not the other way around.
The content side is where most website projects quietly slip. I run a content production schedule alongside the build plan, with owners against every page, every image, every piece of copy. Launch readiness is its own checklist — redirects, analytics, search console, monitoring, hypercare for the first two weeks post-launch.
The other place projects come apart is at the seams between teams. Engineering hands a build to marketing for content; marketing hands content back without the assets sized right; design realizes the legal team needs to review every page and nobody scheduled that. My job is to see those seams before they break — and to write down the agreements that hold them together once they're set.
A note on cost: the cost of a senior PM on a web build is almost always lower than the cost of the slip it prevents. Most six-figure web projects slip 30 to 60 percent of their original timeline. A PM closing even half of that gap pays for the engagement several times over, before you count the avoided rework and the morale tax of a project that drags.
I've run platform rebuilds and migrations across legacy WordPress, Webflow, Next.js, and Astro stacks, across consumer goods, professional services, and digital applications. If you're stuck between hiring a full agency or finding a senior PM to run your existing team, the calculus in how to hire a contract project manager covers the trade-offs.
Deliverables
- +Discovery brief and stakeholder map
- +Information architecture and content inventory
- +RFP and vendor selection if going external
- +Sprint plan or phase plan matched to your engineering team
- +Content production schedule (copy, imagery, video)
- +Launch readiness checklist + post-launch hypercare
When this is the right move
- →Website redesigns where scope keeps creeping
- →Custom web application builds that crossed the "we need a PM" line
- →Legacy platform migrations (WordPress → Webflow, monolith → headless, etc.)
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Questions teams ask before they hire
Can you manage the build with my existing dev team?
Yes — that's the most common pattern. I sit between your team and the rest of the business, so engineering can focus on building while I manage stakeholders, scope, content, and launch.
Do you have preferred development partners?
I work with a few proven Webflow, Next.js, and Astro studios in AU, US, and Mexico. Happy to recommend based on scope, or to vet vendors you've shortlisted.
How do you handle scope creep on a website project?
Two practices, both unglamorous. First, the one-page brief signed off at the start lists what's out of scope as explicitly as what's in. Second, every change request gets logged with a real impact on time and budget before it's accepted, rejected, or deferred to phase two. The discipline isn't saying no — it's making the trade-off visible to whoever has to live with the consequence. Most scope creep happens because nobody priced the next request honestly in the moment.
Let's talk.
Bring the project. I'll bring the structure, the cadence, and the calm.