Yield.xyz
Senior Project Manager
Job Description
## TL;DR
- **Role:** Senior Project Manager at Yield.xyz
- **Level:** Junior
- **Comp:** Not listed
- **Setup:** Remote · Remote (US)
- **Type:** Full-time
## You Might Be a Fit If...
- Continuously refine delivery processes, tooling, and reporting to improve clarity, speed, and predictability What We re Looking For Must-Haves• 5+ years of experience in project management, delivery, or program management roles at high-growth startups (Web2 or Web3)
- Strong experience running Agile/Scrum processes, including sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong async communication habits
- Experience in client-facing roles, translating external requirements into technical execution
- Proficiency with modern delivery tools (e.g., Linear, Jira, Notion, Asana, or similar) Strong Advantages
- Experience supporting technical integrations (APIs, SDKs, platform onboarding)
- Familiarity with fintech, security-sensitive systems, or audit-adjacent execution (e.g., SOC 2)
- Experience in Web3 or significant hands-on involvement in Web3 projects
- Experience using AI tools or prompting techniques to accelerate documentation, planning, analysis, or delivery workflows.
## What You'll Actually Do
- Own sprint planning, execution, and delivery cadence across multiple concurrent initiatives
- Develop clear project plans including milestones, dependencies, timelines, and ownership in collaboration with engineering leads
- Drive backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
- Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and scope creep, and coordinate mitigation early
- Maintain delivery visibility through clear, concise status reporting for internal and external stakeholders Client Success & External Coordination
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients during onboarding, integrations, and ongoing delivery
- Lead structured client check-ins to gather requirements, align on timelines, and manage expectations
- Translate client needs into clear engineering tickets, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans
- Coordinate launches and releases, ensuring readiness across engineering, documentation, and communications Cross-Functional Execution
- Coordinate across engineering, product, operations, and leadership to ensure alignment on priorities
- Partner closely with the Head of Operations to align sprint execution with company goals and delivery commitments
- Support execution on select cross-functional initiatives (e.g., operational improvements, process rollouts, audit-related execution) as needed Documentation & Process Improvement
- Ensure external documentation stays accurate and up to date as the product evolves
- Maintain internal delivery documentation such as project briefs, project charters, integration notes, and execution plans
- Proven ability to work closely with senior engineers and technical stakeholders
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-demand environments with shifting priorities
- Strong operational instincts and comfort improving processes rather than just following them Why Join Yield.xyz?
- Own how delivery happens at a critical stage of company growth
- Work closely with engineering leadership and company operators in a high-impact role
- Help power infrastructure used by major fintech and Web3 platforms globally
- High autonomy, real ownership, and the ability to shape processes from the ground up
- Fully remote team with a strong bias toward clarity, execution, and accountability Eligibility & Authorization This role is US-only. Only candidates currently authorized to work in the United States without employer visa sponsorship will be considered.
## About the Team
- Own sprint planning, execution, and delivery cadence across multiple concurrent initiatives - Develop clear project plans including milestones, dependencies, timelines, and ownership in collaboration with engineering leads - Drive backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives - Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and scope creep, and coordinate mitigation early - Maintain delivery visibility through clear, concise status reporting for internal and external stakeholders Client Success & External Coordination - Serve as a primary point of contact for clients during onboarding, integrations, and ongoing delivery - Lead structured client check-ins to gather requirements, align on timelines, and manage expectations - Translate client needs into clear engineering tickets, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans - Coordinate launches and releases, ensuring readiness across engineering, documentation, and communications Cross-Functional Execution - Coordinate across engineering, product, operations, and leadership to ensure alignment on priorities - Partner closely with the Head of Operations to align sprint execution with company goals and delivery commitments - Support execution on select cross-functional initiatives (e.g., operational improvements, process rollouts, audit-related execution) as needed Documentation & Process Improvement - Ensure external documentation stays accurate and up to date as the product evolves - Maintain internal delivery documentation such as project briefs, project charters, integration notes, and execution plans - Continuously refine delivery processes, tooling, and reporting to improve clarity, speed, and predictability What We re Looking For Must-Haves• 5+ years of experience in project management, delivery, or program management roles at high-growth startups (Web2 or Web3) - Strong experience running Agile/Scrum processes, including sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives - Proven ability to work closely with senior engineers and technical stakeholders - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong async communication habits - Experience in client-facing roles, translating external requirements into technical execution - Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-demand environments with shifting priorities - Proficiency with modern delivery tools (e.g., Linear, Jira, Notion, Asana, or similar) Strong Advantages - Experience supporting technical integrations (APIs, SDKs, platform onboarding) - Familiarity with fintech, security-sensitive systems, or audit-adjacent execution (e.g., SOC 2) - Experience in Web3 or significant hands-on involvement in Web3 projects - Experience using AI tools or prompting techniques to accelerate documentation, planning, analysis, or delivery workflows. - Strong operational instincts and comfort improving processes rather than just following them Why Join Yield.xyz? - Own how delivery happens at a critical stage of company growth - Work closely with engineering leadership and company operators in a high-impact role - Help power infrastructure used by major fintech and Web3 platforms globally - High autonomy, real ownership, and the ability to shape processes from the ground up - Fully remote team with a strong bias toward clarity, execution, and accountability Eligibility & Authorization This role is US-only. Only candidates currently authorized to work in the United States without employer visa sponsorship will be considered.