Our client, a fast-growing payroll company serving a diverse customer base, is seeking a Software Development Project Manager to lead the roadmap, backlog, and end-to-end delivery of their core platform.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative, fast-moving environment and enjoys shaping products that power critical business operations.

Role Overview

You will work closely with engineering, leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure features are well-defined, properly executed, and fully production-ready. You’ll play a key role in guiding the platform through its next phase of evolution, helping the team scale both technology and processes.

Responsibilities:

• Own and maintain the product roadmap, including prioritization and scope decisions
• Translate business and technical requirements into clear user stories and acceptance criteria
• Keep the backlog organized, refined, and aligned with strategic goals
• Partner with engineering throughout design, development, testing, and release
• Validate that delivered features meet requirements and perform as intended
• Support release planning and ensure smooth, reliable production deployments

Qualifications:

• Experience as a Software Development Project Manager or in a similar product/technical delivery role
• Comfortable operating in a small, high-ownership team environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to make informed decisions and tradeoffs
• Experience working with compliance-driven, enterprise, or mission-critical systems

Nice to Have

• Experience scaling or modernizing existing software platforms
• Hands-on collaboration with engineering teams on feature validation and release readiness

Location: Brooklyn NY
Salary: $130K