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Erin Stewart

Freelance IT Project Manager

United StatesToptal Member Since May 17, 2018

Erin has over ten years of experience in product design and agile product management, leading various responsive web and native app projects for eCommerce, B2C, and B2B organizations. She works with the US and global organizations ranging from startups to large Fortune 500 companies to create inspired and innovative products. She also enjoys helping build out new, agile product teams and is well versed in Agile, Scrum, and Kanban.

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Jon Thomas

Freelance IT Project Manager

United StatesToptal Member Since May 22, 2018

Jon is an experienced project manager, scrum master, and agile leader of 20 years spread across multiple industries. He has a strong passion for leadership, with significant experience in several delivery methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, and iterative. He specializes in projects requiring flexibility and adaptability to overcome ambiguity. His most recent experience includes Agile Coaching and a Scrum of Scrums master in an established and thriving Agile transformation.

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Audrius Zujus

Freelance IT Project Manager

LithuaniaToptal Member Since July 9, 2018

Audrius is an experienced technical project manager and a CTO. As a contractor, he has worked with Uber, Swedbank, Deloitte, Samsung, SAAB, and Leonardo. While at Deloitte, he worked with Rolls-Royce, Diageo, Deutsche Bank, Clydesdale Bank, Warner Bros, John Lewis, Waitrose, and Tesco. He is a member of the NATO STO advisory board and holds full NATO Secret security clearance.

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Darren Hagman

Freelance IT Project Manager

CanadaToptal Member Since April 30, 2018

Darren is a veteran developer, scrum master, and project manager with deep experience in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies from working in the transportation, archiving, eCommerce, and aerospace industries. Darren spent ten years working in developer and lead/architect roles before becoming a project manager. Darren understands the challenges of implementing Agile practices in a team and how to effectively interface with the Waterfall world.

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Kelly Provost

Freelance IT Project Manager

United StatesToptal Member Since April 9, 2019

Kelly's 20+ years of experience as a project manager and business analyst give her relevant experiences across multiple industries including financial services, energy, and retail. She's participated in multiple Agile transformations across Fortune 500 enterprises and smaller companies and can help bridge the gap between traditional project expectations and Agile-delivered value.

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Liam Wickham

Freelance IT Project Manager

United KingdomToptal Member Since June 3, 2018

Liam excels at understanding that every client and project is different and each requires unique care and expertise to deliver maximum value and satisfaction. His servant-leadership approach, coupled with pragmatic stakeholder engagement, lends itself to Lean-Agile project and program management. He has successfully led multiple teams through Agile transformation, handling everything from writing vision statements to installing Jira.

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Séamus Ryan

Freelance IT Project Manager

IrelandToptal Member Since July 6, 2018

Séamus has spent a large portion of his career at Microsoft—starting as a developer, moving onto a project manager role, then as a scrum master, and finally as an Agile coach for an organization of scrum masters. He has extensive experience in delivering line-of-business apps with a particular emphasis on moving applications into the cloud. Seamus is currently working on artificial intelligence and blockchain use in games.

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Tomasz Modzelewski

Freelance IT Project Manager

PolandToptal Member Since December 7, 2018

Tomasz is a seasoned, enthusiastic, and goal-oriented professional with far-ranging experience in product, project and portfolio management in a variety of industries. He joined Toptal to find work on IT-related projects, preferably with a good mix of software and infrastructure in all types of organizations—from startup to enterprise.

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Oana Ciherean

Freelance IT Project Manager

JapanToptal Member Since December 6, 2016

Oana has over ten years of experience in managing software projects on multiple platforms, delivering successfully a wide range of applications, from award-winning mobile games to large enterprise systems. She can easily learn a business domain, having worked in finance, healthcare, gaming, and education. The mix of her managerial, technical, and people skills allow her to adapt easily to different cultures, contexts, and teams.

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Viji Vennelakanti

Freelance IT Project Manager

IndiaToptal Member Since June 28, 2018

Viji was the director of IT in Chicago and worked there for 15 years leading a team of over 100 with a budget of $18 million. She led the Agile transformation of the organization and was the interim PMO for 18 months. More recently, she was the CTO and co-founder of a fintech startup in India. Viji is also a certified deep learning and machine learning practitioner and a deep learning mentor at Coursera.

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J. Chad McCully

Freelance IT Project Manager

United StatesToptal Member Since November 6, 2019

Chad is a seasoned and certified IT professional with a successful career in meeting business goals with well-designed IT solutions in a wide range of environments and technologies. He has a proven track record of performance in the analysis, design, configuration, testing, and maintenance of IT systems to ensure optimal operational performance and a proven record of success—reducing downtime, saving costs, and improving customer satisfaction.

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Toptal helped us achieve our goals by really understanding what we were looking for. They worked with us very closely to figure out what the right talent looked like -- from a technical, cultural perspective -- and helped us get the onboarding done quickly so the talent could be effective as soon as possible.

Jay Tring, Technical Team Lead, CSR Connect, Australia

CSR Limited

I couldn’t have been more pleased with Toptal. They are professional, quick, well priced, and fun. I will be using them again for my next project, and the next, and the next, and the next ...

Mac Smith, President

New Texas Investments

The best talent is at Toptal for sure. It's way better and faster than any other means of getting top talent.

Rajesh Nagarajan, Co-Founder & CTO

maxmantra

Getting set up with Toptal and finding a new team member was so easy, I don't know why anyone wouldn't give it a try. Best of all, we no longer have to worry about finding great people to help with our projects!

Mike Branch , President & CTO

Harbor System Integrators, Inc

One of our most time consuming problems is finding qualified staff. We need to find the correct platform to advertise on, create a proper ad, filter through tons of applications, interview and test the applicants' capabilities, and finally take a risk by hiring. This was the old way of doing things. The new way: describe the job position to our Toptal account manager, interview a few qualified applicants, and hire with a risk-free trial -- much faster, a lot easier, and with incredible results.

Catalin S. Balaci, Owner

EvoBits Information Technology SRL

Always incredibly responsive, prompt, and flexible, Anna has done an outstanding job -- her work is exactly what we needed. Toptal has been a great experience for us due to the ease of getting a project going with quality talent at a cost that fits our budget. The automated online system for managing everything during onboarding was also impressive.

Cody Wilke, Product Manager

Crucial Life Sciences Data Solutions

What attracted us to Toptal was that Toptal is sourcing its talent from a global pool. The selection process is very stringent. They’re sourcing the talent not only based on capabilities -- sourcing the best 3% -- but also based on cultural fit, which is really important to us. We had an amazing experience working with Toptal. Toptal helped us achieve our goals by bringing us very high-quality resources, on very short notice.

Elmar Platzer, Digital Transformation Leader, CSR Australia

CSR Limited

With the pressure on and millions watching the Cleveland Cavaliers during the NBA Playoffs, Toptal delivered the talent and expertise needed to launch a brand new fan engagement platform.

Conor Kenney, Director of Professional Services

Cleveland Cavaliers

Toptal has helped my business tremendously by finding, vetting, and recruiting the talent I need, at the right time. I’d definitely recommend it to others.

Xavier Xicay, CEO & Creative Director

Tuatara Corp

Toptal has been extremely helpful to us in finding top remote talent. The ratio from interview to hire with Toptal candidates is the highest I've ever experienced in my professional career.

Philipp Berner, Co-founder and CTO

KeepSafe

I can't say enough about how happy and confident I am in working with Enrique. He brings an enthusiasm to his profession that is very refreshing, constantly surprising us with his depth of knowledge and his capability to not only complete the task, but to surpass our expectations. He presents us with solutions that we would not have thought about ourselves, and sees the problem better than we can explain it.

Chad Berryman, Senior Technical Lead

Zoomedia

We had a wonderful experience with our Toptal consultant. He was very reliable and punctual, delivering excellent work on a budget—we will certainly be using him again!

Barbara Karpf, President

DecoratorsBest

How to Hire IT Project Managers through Toptal

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Talk to One of Our Industry Experts

A Toptal director of project management will work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics.
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Work With Hand-Selected Talent

Within days, we'll introduce you to the right IT project manager for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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The Right Fit, Guaranteed

Work with your new IT project manager for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

FAQs

  • How are Toptal IT project managers different?

    At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our IT project managers to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 100,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You'll work with project management experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs. Start now.

  • Can I hire IT project managers in less than 48 hours through Toptal?

    Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with an IT project manager within 48 hours of signing up. Start now.

  • What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal IT project managers?

    We make sure that each engagement between you and your IT project manager begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you're completely satisfied with the results, we'll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you'd like. If you're not completely satisfied, you won't be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial. Start now.

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  • Trusted Experts Only

    Trusted Experts Only

    All of our talent are seasoned experts who ramp up quickly, readily contribute as core team members, and work with you to minimize onboarding time.

  • The Right Fit

    The Right Fit

    We have a knack for matching you with the right fit. Start working with your new hire on a no-risk trial period, paying only if satisfied.

  • Scale as Needed

    Scale as Needed

    Hire in under 2 weeks and scale your team up or down as needed, no strings attached.

  • Seamless Hiring

    Seamless Hiring

    We handle all aspects of billing, payments, and NDA’s. Let us take care of the overhead while you focus on building great products.

  • Flexible Engagements

    Flexible Engagements

    Choose the engagement type that suits your needs — hourly, part-time, or full-time — with the ability to change anytime.

  • Expert Talent Matching

    Expert Talent Matching

    Focus on your project and enjoy support from your dedicated account executive and expert talent matcher.

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