Project​/Product Manager

Overview

Project/Product Manager —

Location:

Anywhere — Type:
Contract — Category:
Program/Project Management — Industry: Technology — Workplace Type:
Remote

Reference : JN -

Date Posted: 01/27/2026

Shortcut:

Remote

The ideal candidate brings technical program management experience with People Technology and People Systems and demonstrates the soft skills needed to navigate cross-functional dynamics, manage pressure, and sustain momentum across stakeholders.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $75.00 to $85.00/hr. w2

• Serve as the primary coordinator across stakeholder groups, ensuring seamless collaboration and information flow.
• Maintain project alignment by tracking deliverables, timelines, scope, and shifting priorities.
• Facilitate recurring syncs, status updates, and stakeholder communications.
• Identify risks early, define mitigation strategies, and manage escalations through appropriate channels.
• Build and maintain a comprehensive project plan with deadlines, milestones, and integration checkpoints.
• Map and manage dependencies across People Tech, Product, Integration, and Data teams.
• Drive accountability for tasks and commitments across all stakeholder groups.
• Apply TPM skills within People Technology and HRIS domains such as Workday, Greenhouse, Bamboo
  
  HR, people data pipelines, and identity and access workflows.
• Understand integration patterns, API connections, data flows, and system interoperability across the People ecosystem.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications in partnership with technical owners and validate feasibility.
• Ensure integration compliance with enterprise architecture, data governance, privacy, and security standards.
• Act as product owner for the integration, defining requirements, use cases, and success criteria.
• Consolidate stakeholder requirements into clear, executable product specifications and prioritize the roadmap.
• Align the integration experience with user needs, People Tech strategy, and long-term scalability.
• Build trust across People, Engineering, Operations, and Leadership while maintaining composure under pressure.
• Provide a diplomatic and assertive voice that keeps teams aligned, unblocked, and progressing.

• 5 to 10+ years in project, product, or technical program management.
• Demonstrated experience in People Technology, HR systems, or related system integrations.
• Proven success managing complex cross-functional projects with senior stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with aptitude for managing high-pressure situations.
• Ability to translate between technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with API integrations, workflow orchestration, or people data systems.

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (, ) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position.

All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in…