Role: Project Manager

This role is not for everyone. Read this carefully.

We're a ~35-person digital services company. We build, run, and extend web platforms for marketing teams, agencies, and product companies. We're flat. We're direct. We don't do politics, we don't do hand-holding, and we don't orchestrate people's careers top-down.

We need a Project Manager not as a process theorist, but as someone who makes project delivery and team operations measurably better, every week.

If you want a role where you manage up and delegate down, this isn't it. If you want transparent swim lanes and someone telling you what to focus on each morning, this isn't it. If you need a month of "settling in" before you have opinions, this isn't it.

If you see broken things and fix them before being asked keep reading.

What you'll actually do

Run projects. You'll directly manage a portfolio of client engagements primarily website retainers, CMS/CRM integrations, and ongoing digital platform work for marketing teams and agencies. This includes our "Run" work: continuous improvement, stability, client confidence, and operational excellence. Run is where trust is built and where long-term client relationships live. You need to understand that and find real satisfaction in it.

Raise the bar on the PM team. Your job is to bring discipline, rigor, and consistency to how they plan, communicate, and deliver. Not by writing process documents by modelling the standard and holding people to it. You coach through real work, not workshops.

Be a bridge. Our senior engineers are deep in client delivery. They're strong technically but not inclined toward people and process management. You'll need to work with them effectively understanding enough about the tech to earn credibility, while owning the project and people dimensions they don't want to.

Work directly with delivery teams.



We don't have a separate technical lead per project who does the dirty work of getting things done through dev. This is a flat team with direct communication and collaboration. You'll coordinate directly with engineers, QA, and design. This is not a hands-off, delegate-and-track job you're in the work, not above it.

What we need from you

- Experience: 4-8 years in project management within digital services, agencies, or web/software product companies. You've managed retainer-based client work (not just fixed-scope projects). You've managed other PMs or led a small team — formally or informally.
- Operational instinct: You don't wait for process to tell you what to do. You see a missed status update, a PM who's under water, a client losing confidence — and you act. You've improved how a team operates, not just how a project was delivered.
- Emotional durability: We give direct feedback. Sometimes bluntly. You need to take it without shutting down, give it without being cruel, and move on without resentment. If you've been told you're "too sensitive" in past roles, or if you need consensus before acting, this environment will be hard for you. We say this with respect, not judgment.
- Curiosity over credentials: We care less about PMP/CSM certifications and more about whether you ask good questions, learn fast, and stay curious about how things work — technically, operationally, commercially. If your instinct is "that's not my job," you won't thrive here.
- Self-direction:



You set your own goals. You seek your own feedback. You identify your own gaps. We'll support you, but we won't chase you. We call this being a "manager of one."
- Domain fit: You understand web technologies at a functional level — CMS platforms (WordPress, headless CMS), front-end frameworks, CI/CD basics, hosting/infrastructure concepts. You don't need to code, but you need to follow a technical conversation and know when something doesn't add up.

What's true about Axioned

- We prioritize quality over speed, and speed over scope.
- We use first principles to debate ideas, test assumptions, and make decisions. • We seek truth by putting data above opinions.
- We assume good intent and give tactical feedback to help each other get better. • We hold no ego — when our customers win, we all win.
- We go to extraordinary lengths to distinguish ourselves through world-class work.

What we offer

- Hybrid work (Mumbai/Thane)
- A team that will challenge you and respect you in equal measure
- Real ownership — not the performative kind
- Direct access to leadership and clients from day one
- Growth that you drive, with support when you need it

How to apply

Send us your CV along with short answers to these two questions (in the body of your email, not a cover letter)

1. Describe a time you improved how a team operated — not just a project outcome, but the way the team worked. What was broken, what did you change, and what was the

measurable result?

2. What kind of project work energizes you, and what drains you? Be honest. There's no right answer, but there is a wrong fit.

Axioned helps ambitious teams design, build, and run the websites and applications they rely on — from first launch to ongoing maintenance and enhancement. Learn more at axioned.com.

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