Weekly Project Status Reporting
Manager · Project Manager · Hybrid · Boston
- Company
- Industrial manufacturer supplying the auto industry · 51–200 employeesCL-30223 · based in Lafayette
- Where
- Hybrid · Boston
- Format
- Regular role
- Time needed
- 3–6 h a week
- Start
- Starts within 2 weeks
- Level
- Manager · 7-12 years
- When you work
- Early mornings
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About this task
This industrial manufacturer supplying the auto industry (51–200 employees) is looking for a manager Project Manager for an ongoing part-time engagement of 3–6 h a week. A short status report with risks and decisions.
The company wants a senior person on this without carrying the cost of a full-time role. It manufactures physical products, and the office team works to month-end and plant schedules.
The team sits in Boston. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. The company prefers early-morning hours, before a normal working day starts.
What you deliver
- Send a one-page weekly status for a six-month programme with RAG ratings and decisions needed.
- A written update every Wednesday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked
- Work logged against the agreed list, so the company contact can see progress without a call
- A short handover note when the engagement pauses or ends
What a week looks like
- Monday: 15-minute check-in to agree the week's items
- Thursday: main working block (2 hours)
- Wednesday: hand-off note with what shipped and what is open
Duration: 12 weeks, renewable. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price.
Tools
Who fits
- 7-12 years of hands-on work as a Project Manager, or the equivalent mix of roles
- Comfortable working in Jira, Asana and PowerPoint
- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate
Nice to have
- Used to short written handovers
- A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late
Not included
- On-call availability outside the agreed window
- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
- Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately
How you get paid
- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
- Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.
What happens after you say you're interested
- Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
- You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
- With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
- StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.
What the company sees about you
First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.
- Experience
- 7-12 years in operations & assistance
- Tools
- Jira, Asana, PowerPoint
- Offers
- 4 hours a week, weekday evenings
- Rate
- $110 an hour, agreed with the recruiter
How this rate compares
The midpoint of this range, $110 an hour, is above the median manager Project Manager rate in Massachusetts ($105). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.
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Questions about pay and privacy
The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.
CL-30223 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.