One-off
Stakeholder Communication Plan
Senior · Project Manager
Travel-technology company with resorts · 501–1,000 employees
€72–€83 / hour
About €230–€470 in total
- about 4 h in total
- Hybrid · Dublin
- Starts within 2 weeks
- Top 25% for the role
Side work for Project Managers · Updated November 3, 2026
Side work for Project Managers
Project Manager is one of the titles we hear most. These are the part-time roles where your experience carries over, what they pay per hour, and the tasks open now. About five hours a week, next to your main job.
3roles that fit a project manager
2,692open tasks in those roles
$85/hrtypical US rate, Project Manager
5 ha week is enough
By Daniel Kwon, Director, Operations & Assistance · Edited by Helena Voss · Published
Side work as a project manager: what to know
Project managers are hired part time to bring order to work that is already running late: a status rhythm, a risk log that people read, a plan that matches reality. A typical engagement is a weekly planning session, two short check-ins and a written update, which fits into five hours.
Companies want to know which kind of projects you run, software releases, office moves, system rollouts or client programmes, and which tools you use. Be honest about meeting load; a project that needs daily stand-ups in another time zone will not fit next to a day job. Asynchronous updates and one fixed weekly call are the pattern that works.
In our data: 2,692 open tasks across the 3 roles that fit a project manager, 56% of them remote. The typical senior rate for Project Manager is $85 in the US, £40 in the UK, CA$70 in Canada and €45 in Germany an hour, before the company's 15% fee. The other roles that fit are PMO & Program Support, Process Documentation Specialist. Most of these tasks are sized for 5 to 12 hours a week. Rates come from official wage statistics aged to October 2026; see the full table by country.
Where a project manager's experience fits
The best match is first. Each role page shows the rate by country and level.
2,267 open tasksProject Manager
Plans, tracks and unblocks a project from kickoff to handover.
298 open tasksPMO & Program SupportStatus reports, RAID logs and governance packs for a programme of projects.
127 open tasksProcess Documentation SpecialistRecords how work is done and turns it into SOPs and checklists people follow.
Open now for a project manager
Tasks in the roles above, newest first, each with the hourly rate.
One-off
Project Recovery Review
Senior · Project Manager
Series C vertical software provider for manufacturers · 201–500 employees
€47–€56 / hour
About €310–€620 in total
- about 9 h in total
- Remote · Germany
- Starts within 7 days
- Top 25% for the role
Regular
RAID Log Management · E-commerce
Manager · PMO & Program Support
Online retailer for refurbished electronics · 1,001–5,000 employees
$76–$85 / hour
About $1,570 a month at 5 h a week
- 3–6 h a week
- Hybrid · San Francisco
- Starts within 7 days
- Top 25% for the role
Regular
Meeting and Decision Facilitation
Senior · Project Manager
Property developer in commercial property · 501–1,000 employees
$100–$119 / hour
About $1,660 a month at 4 h a week
- 2–5 h a week
- Hybrid · New York City
- Starts next week
- Top 25% for the role
One-off
Project Plan and Kickoff · Edtech
Senior · Project Manager
Language-learning company for K-12 schools · 1,001–5,000 employees
$89–$111 / hour
About $600–$1,200 in total
- about 9 h in total
- Hybrid · Kansas City
- Starts within 7 days
- Top 25% for the role
One-off
Project Closure and Lessons Learned
Manager · Project Manager
Online travel company in corporate travel · 11–50 employees
€61–€77 / hour
About €210–€550 in total
- about 6 h in total
- Remote · Netherlands
- Starts next week
- Top 25% for the role
Before you take side work
Three checks that take ten minutes.
- Read the outside-work, conflict-of-interest and confidentiality clauses in your employment contract. If it asks for consent, ask in writing.
- Do not take tasks from a direct competitor of your employer.
- Use your own equipment and your own time. Read the guide
Questions about pay, fees and privacy
The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.