Technical Project Manager

Born West is a founder‑led, AI‑native creative technology and design agency building next‑generation digital products, apps, and brand experiences for ambitious clients. We are a small, distributed team spanning North America and India, lean, fast, async‑first, valuing proactive, resourceful, solution‑oriented people. About Born West Born West is a founder‑led, AI‑native creative technology and design agency building next‑generation digital products, apps, and brand experiences for ambitious clients. We are a small, distributed team spanning North America and India, lean, fast, async‑first, valuing proactive, resourceful, solution‑oriented people. The Role We are hiring a Technical Project Manager to own the delivery of individual projects and broader client programs end to end. You are the single point of accountability connecting client, product owner, design, and engineering — keeping everyone in sync, mostly asynchronously, across multiple time zones. This is a fully remote role that rewards attention to detail, clear writing, and a big‑picture mindset. How We Work Async‑first. We default to asynchronous communication and decisions are documented in writing. Distributed across time zones. Keep a team aligned across North America and India, with at least 4 hours overlap with North American business hours (PT–ET). AI is how we work. Daily fluency with LLMs and AI tools is expected; AI is part of how we plan, build, and ship. What You'll Do Project delivery Lead planning, execution, and delivery of creative and technical projects—websites, apps, digital products and experiences—on time, on scope, and on budget. Own day‑to‑day operations: schedules, budgets, scope, resourcing, dependencies, and risk. Act as the single point of accountability and primary client contact through execution. Keep the product owner, design, and dev teams in sync—surfacing blockers early and documenting decisions in writing. Map requirements, plan sprints, and run project boards (Scrum and Kanban) across the full project lifecycle. Facilitate stand‑ups, reviews, retros, and stakeholder syncs, and keep the team updated asynchronously between events. Program management Manage overarching client programs composed of multiple interconnected projects. Align cross‑project work to client business and brand goals; keep deliverables, timelines, and messaging consistent. Partner with client stakeholders on roadmaps, phasing, prioritization, and value delivery. Track program‑level KPIs and report progress, dependencies, and risks to leadership. Must Have 5–8 years managing cross‑functional creative and technical projects in an agency, studio, or fast‑paced product environment. Familiarity with full‑stack development—comfortable reasoning about frontend and backend, modern web applications, and APIs (REST/GraphQL) to plan work and converse credibly with engineers. Experience managing projects built using AI tools, plus hands‑on familiarity using AI tools in your own workflow. Proven experience managing remote teams across multiple time zones. Complete ownership of projects end to end—including direct client communication and keeping the product owner, design team, and dev team in sync. Fluent with Scrum and Kanban boards. Excellent written and verbal communication—especially written, since we operate asynchronously. Ability to keep a distributed team updated asynchronously, without relying on live meetings. Fluency in English. Nice to Have Experience working with a team on Ruby on Rails. Experience managing projects that use agentic coding tools and AI harnesses. Experience using Linear for project management and issue tracking. Background in digital production, UX design, or software development. Exposure to interactive/experiential tech (AR/VR, WebGL, installations). Familiarity with Azure DevOps (ADO) or Airtable. Tools We Use Linear (primary — project and issue tracking), Slack, and Figma. Role Details Type: Contract, full‑time Location: Fully remote Compensation: Competitive based on experience and skill set Apply through our custom form. #J-18808-Ljbffr Born West Inc.