Mission

As a Project Manager at Kargo, you will drive reliable, on-time delivery of front-end and technical initiatives by bringing structure, clarity, and execution discipline to our Engineering & Product Development team. You own the delivery system — from sprint planning through post-release follow-up — ensuring cross-functional teams stay aligned and work gets shipped.

This is a hybrid role requiring onsite presence 4 days per week.

Outcomes - What Success Looks like in 6-12 months

• Build a trusted delivery system: Sprint boards, roadmap timelines, and release calendars are accurate, up-to-date, and used as the single source of truth by Engineering, Product, and QA.
• Reduce delivery blockers by 25%+: Proactively identify cross-team dependencies, risks, and capacity issues before they become delivery failures — not after.
• Lead Agile ceremonies that matter: Stand-ups are tight, retrospectives drive real process change, and sprint planning produces commitments that teams actually execute against.
• Own release readiness end-to-end: Establish a consistent go-live process that reduces surprises, improves communication across stakeholders, and captures post-release learnings.
• Become the execution backbone: Earn a reputation across Engineering, Product, and QA as the person who makes delivery happen — with clarity and accountability, not bureaucracy.

Skills - Core Technical Capabilities

Required

• 3–5 years of project management experience working directly with software engineering teams
• Strong command of Agile methodology and the full SDLC; hands-on proficiency with Jira or equivalent
• Proven ability to manage concurrent workstreams, own roadmap timelines, and drive sprint commitments end-to-end
• Able to identify and manage cross-team dependencies, risks, and blockers — and engage credibly with engineers on technical concepts

Preferred

• Background in Ad Tech or another complex, high-throughput technical environment
• Experience supporting workflow tools, ad servers, CMS platforms, or SaaS-based products

Competencies -Behaviors We Like to See

Ownership & Accountability

• Takes full responsibility for delivery from kickoff through post-release — surfaces risks early and follows through without being chased
• Communicates transparently when timelines shift; keeps stakeholders informed before they have to ask

Clarity & Communication

• Gives precise, timely status updates and translates technical complexity into language partners can act on
• Documents decisions and action items consistently so nothing falls through the cracks

Bias for Action & Adaptability

• Drives delivery forward without waiting for perfect conditions; breaks large problems into incremental workstreams
• Stays effective under pressure — scope changes, production incidents, tight deadlines — without losing sight of the goal

Team Savvy

• Navigates competing priorities across Engineering, Product, and QA with low ego and high effectiveness
• Builds trust across globally distributed teams through consistency, follow-through, and zero unnecessary overhead