Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Go Fish Digital is an engineering-forward performance marketing agency specializing in SEO, Generative Engine Optimization, AI, social commerce, and conversion-focused creative. The Project Manager serves as the operational backbone for complex client accounts and projects, translating strategy into actionable plans, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing timelines and risks, and supporting profitable execution.
Responsibilities
- Translate approved strategy and project decisions into clear work plans, tasks, milestones, dependencies, owners, and timelines
- Build and maintain realistic project schedules that reflect scope, priorities, team capacity, and delivery dependencies
- Monitor execution, adjust plans as conditions change, and ensure decisions consistently move into action
- Maintain strong project structure in ClickUp so teams understand what needs to happen, who owns it, and when it is due
- Ensure assigned work meets Go Fish standards for task clarity, ownership, dates, estimates, prioritization, and actionable context
- Coordinate work across Client Strategy, delivery teams, and other contributors to keep multi-service and project-based engagements moving smoothly
- Translate internal decisions into clear next steps and ensure owners understand dependencies, priorities, and expectations
- Identify handoff gaps, conflicting priorities, and unclear ownership before they disrupt delivery
- Maintain continuity as work moves across teams and help ensure important decisions, requests, and project context are not lost
- Maintain current, realistic project timelines and proactively identify work at risk of delay
- Monitor team capacity and workload constraints, escalating trade-offs before they affect client commitments
- Surface operational risks related to scope, timelines, dependencies, staffing, or workflow and partner with Client Strategy and delivery leaders on resolution
- Use sound judgment to address issues directly when possible and escalate repeated or material risks at the appropriate level
- Regularly review assigned projects to identify overdue work, adjust dependencies, resolve capacity concerns, and protect delivery timelines
- Help protect project and account margin through strong planning, accurate time estimates, workflow control, and visibility into actual effort
- Monitor time tracking and hours against project expectations, surfacing material variances or scope concerns early
- Support deferred revenue forecasting and revenue-recognition schedules for applicable project-based work
- Partner with Client Strategy and Operations to identify when project demands exceed planned scope, capacity, or financial assumptions
- Ensure project-management practices support both high-quality delivery and profitable execution. Project-management KPIs at Go Fish specifically include margin protection, time-tracking compliance, and deferred-revenue forecast accuracy where applicable
- Support onboarding and kickoff for assigned accounts by establishing project structure, timelines, milestones, tasks, and internal ownership
- For project-based engagements, develop the execution schedule and align the internal team before Client Strategy confirms commitments with the client
- Maintain project documentation and structure throughout the engagement so teams have a reliable view of current work, decisions, and progress
- Support smooth transitions when timelines, priorities, services, or team members change
Skills
- Demonstrated experience managing complex projects, preferably in a marketing agency, professional-services firm, or multi-client environment
- Strong ability to translate strategy and broad direction into clear, actionable project plans
- Experience coordinating work across multiple teams, disciplines, and dependencies
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining visibility into priorities, risks, and deadlines
- Strong follow-through and a willingness to remain engaged until work is complete
- Strong ability to build realistic timelines, manage dependencies, and anticipate execution risks
- Sound judgment when priorities compete, information is incomplete, or teams have conflicting needs
- Ability to distinguish between an urgent request and a true project priority
- Confidence challenging unrealistic timelines, unclear ownership, or commitments that do not align with available capacity
- Ability to escalate risks at the right time and level
- Strong working knowledge of project-management platforms; experience with ClickUp is strongly preferred
- Comfort working with time estimates, capacity data, project hours, margin visibility, and execution reporting
- Ability to maintain highly organized project structures and accurate task-level information
- Comfortable using operational data to identify project risk and guide action
- Curiosity about AI and automation and how they can improve project planning, documentation, coordination, or visibility
- Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to turn meetings and strategic discussions into actionable tasks, owners, deadlines, and dependencies
- Confidence following up with teammates, challenging unclear requests, and holding stakeholders accountable professionally
- Ability to partner effectively with Client Strategy and delivery teams without taking over their strategic or client-facing responsibilities
- A calm, responsive, and practical working style
- Experience with ClickUp is strongly preferred
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited paid time off
- 401(k) with company match
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- Paid parental leave
- A collaborative culture with autonomy and ownership
- Employee wellness programs and additional perks
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