Growth Project Manager - Operations (Contract)

About the role We're a growth marketing team running experiments across SEO, GEO/AEO, paid acquisition, and on-site testing. The team is scaling significantly over the next two quarters, and we're looking for an operationally-minded project manager to keep the pod shipping at pace while we grow. You'll be the connective tissue between strategy and execution — owning the systems, cadence, and visibility that turn a growing team into a high-output one. You'll work directly with the senior leader running the team and with a distributed team of contractors and specialists. What you'll own Throughput and shipping cadence Run the team's shipping rhythm: daily ship log, weekly recaps, and async standups. Hold contractors and pillar leads to weekly experiment targets calibrated to each pillar's complexity. Maintain a rolling experiment backlog so no one waits for a brief. Onboard new contractors quickly: first ship within their first week. Data hygiene and experiment tracking Own the experiment tracker: structure, completeness, and consistency across pillars. Make outcome tagging (worked / didn't / inconclusive) a standard step. Connect experiment outcomes to the right downstream signals (revenue, registrations, rankings, or visibility) depending on the pillar. Produce a weekly recap that gives leadership a clear read on what shipped, what worked, and what's next. Bottlenecks and escalation Track approval and review SLAs. Surface anything stuck before it becomes a problem. Map cross-pillar dependencies and resolve them before they block ships. Flag capacity, performance, or process issues to leadership in real time, with a recommended path forward. Coordination Turn strategic intents into shippable briefs with clear owners, success criteria, and deadlines. Run a weekly cross-pillar sync — short, written, and focused on collisions and dependencies. Own quarterly planning logistics: pulling leads together, prepping materials, and producing a written plan. Who we're looking for We're hiring for three signals, weighted equally. Strong candidates show all three. Operational rigor 5 or more years running operations or program management in a high-throughput environment: agency, growth team, or product team shipping experiments weekly. Has personally built or rebuilt a tracking or operating system from scratch, not just maintained one. Concrete examples expected in the interview. Comfortable with spreadsheets at the level of pivots and lookups; can read a basic SQL or Looker query. Async-first communicator. Strong written English. Doesn't let questions sit waiting for a meeting. Growth fluency Has worked inside a growth function before — SEO, paid, CRO, or lifecycle. You don't need to be a specialist; you do need to read a brief and tell whether it makes sense. Understands funnel mechanics and the difference between leading and lagging indicators without translation. Familiarity with at least two of: SEO tools (Ahrefs, Semrush), paid platforms (Google, Meta, LinkedIn Ads), A/B testing tools, and marketing attribution platforms. PM craft Has shipped real outcomes through other people, not just managed tickets. Can articulate the difference between coordinating and project-managing. Comfortable holding senior contributors accountable to cadence — including people who are more experienced or more credentialed than you. Can write a one-page brief that turns a vague intent into a shippable experiment. Knows when to escalate and when to absorb. What this role is not Not a status-update role. If the work would be "forwarding emails and updating a Monday board," this isn't it. Not a pure scrum or agile coaching role. We ship experiments, not sprints. Not advisory. The role is operational and hands-on.