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title: 'Project Manager, Software Development at VYNYL'
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# Project Manager, Software Development at VYNYL

- **Company:** VYNYL
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-06-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vynyl/jobs/6026410004

## Job description

Vynyl’s technologists, designers and product strategists are experts at system modernization, new product development, and rescuing projects in distress. We use the best cloud-native and AI-enabled tools, and apply a battle-tested combination of Agile, Lean, and design thinking to collaboratively solve our client’s most pressing challenges - and do it right the first time. We often work in regulated industries, such as healthcare, financial services, government and education. Our work helps detect diseases, identify kids who need special educational support, applies AI to support complex legal settlements, helps people access mental health services, and so much more.

## The Role

As a Project Manager, you’ll lead cross-functional software teams from discovery through launch and iteration. The work will span from modernizations and stabilizing “project rescues” to developing exciting new products. A significant portion of our work involves cutting-edge AI and data initiatives, including AI-native and enabled product experiences, data platform and integration work, and analytics/automation that turn insights into impact. You’ll keep scope, schedule, budget, risk, and quality in balance while keeping clients confident and informed.

## What You’ll Do

- Manage end-to-end delivery across multiple engagements, agile ceremonies, roadmaps, and iterative releases with measurable outcomes.
- Meet regularly with clients representing our team, so strong client-facing skills are essential.
- Translate business objectives into clear requirements and acceptance criteria; ensure tickets are unambiguous and testable. Demonstrated ability to produce logic (truth tables, etc).
- Keep abreast of the rapidly developing use and deployment of AI tools and techniques, and collaborate with your team and company leadership to integrate this knowledge into our approach.
- Coordinate across disciplines to ensure data readiness, evaluate and integrate AI model outputs, and ensure alignment with explainability, trust, and governance practices.
- Plan and track work (milestones, risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies), budgets, and delivery signals (e.g., burnup/burndown, velocity).
- Mitigate risks proactively; lead issue triage and escalation paths.
- Coordinate the day-to-day work of our engineers, designers, and product leaders, and work with client partners to ensure seamless collaboration and quality delivery.
- Partner with account leaders to manage scope and client expectations (draft SOWs, identify scope changes, identify opportunities for growth, escalate issues, validate invoices, etc.).
- Willing to do what is needed to help the company succeed. Partner with company leadership to help draft new business proposals, RFPs, and participate in new business pitches.

## What You’ll Bring

- 4+ years of software product management / development experience or in a related role in a consultancy/agency or product organization delivering custom software.
- People like working with you. You are the type of person who engenders trust and confidence.
- The ability to understand the client’s real goals and constraints in order to focus your team on identifying opportunities and unlocking business value.
- The ability to rapidly understand new business models and product ideas.
- Strong command of agile delivery (usually Scrum or Kanban), while being flexible to the requirements of our clients. You are a Jira expert (though there are some new and interesting alternatives), and adept at managing backlogs, epics, sprints, tickets, releases… and expectations.
- Technical fluency, including familiarity with common tools and technology stacks; comfortable collaborating with engineering leads.
- Design fluency, including design thinking, rapid prototyping, UX, and familiarity with common tools (e.g., Figma); comfortable collaborating with product and design leads.
- Experience coordinating with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, business), including distributed collaborators.
- Exposure to regulated domains (e.g., healthtech, fintech, govtech, edtech) is a plus.
- Excellent written communication skills. Using AI is great, but you know how to make sure outputs say what you actually mean them to say, with clarity and good taste. This means you could do it yourself, independent of AI.
- The ideal candidate probably has prior, hands-on experience as a software/data engineer, UX/UI designer, or product manager embedded in a software development team.

How We Work (and what you can expect)

- Small, senior teams; zero big reveals: frequent demos, transparent progress, tight feedback loops.
- Regulated-industry rigor: healthcare, government, and financial services engagements often include compliance-oriented processes and documentation.
- AI & Data focus: AI-native product experiences and robust data platforms/analytics when they create measurable value.
- Mainly remote work: seeking candidates in the greater Los Angeles area to mainly work remotely with some on-site work required at times.

## Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $100,000 to $160,000

## Benefits for Full-Time Employees

Excellent health, dental, vision, and life insurance Excellent 401(k) plan with annual employer match of 4%

## About VYNYL

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: VYNYL is a digital transformation and custom software development company that builds modern platforms, rescues distressed projects, and modernizes legacy systems for healthcare, finance, insurance, and other regulated industries.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed funding rounds or investors – bootstrapped/self-funded)
- **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States (with offices in Boise, ID; Bozeman, MT; Phoenix, AZ; San Jose, CA; and Seattle, WA)
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (President & CEO: Ian Harris; Partner & Chief Community Officer: Nick Crabbs; CTO & Partner: Nathan Chandler)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Software Development, Digital Transformation, IT Services and Consulting
- **Target customers**: B2B – enterprises and institutions in healthcare, financial services & fintech, insurance & payers, life sciences & pharma, legal services, government & public service, education, and wellness & longevity.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Digital Transformation. Delivered." – Helping clients reimagine products using Agile, Lean, and design thinking.

## Products & Services
- **Modernization**: Transforming aging software into modern systems while preserving critical functionality, reducing technical debt, and cutting costs.
- **Rescue (Project Recovery)**: Rapidly stabilizing stalled or distressed projects, resolving root causes, and delivering progress each sprint.
- **Build Your Elite Team (Staffing & Team Augmentation)**: Providing senior, AI-enabled development teams (US-based and near-shore) at up to 50% cost savings.
- **Product Development & Innovation**: End-to-end digital product development from concept to launch, with expertise in regulated industries.
- **Advisory & Strategy**: Strategic technology partnership and senior consulting (CTO-as-a-Service, design thinking, product strategy).
- **Design & Strategy**: User research, UX/UI design, product strategy, and design sprints.
- **Data & Intelligence**: Data engineering, analytics, AI/ML solutions.
- **Infrastructure & Security**: DevOps, cloud infrastructure, security compliance.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private, no public funding rounds found)
- **Key Metric**: Total Employees: ~29 (LinkedIn) with 2.9% monthly growth; active job postings: 13 (yearly job posting trend +30%)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No disclosed equity investors; key leadership includes Ian Harris (President & CEO), Erick Herring (CTO), Nathan Chandler (CTO, Partner), Nick Crabbs (Partner & Chief Community Officer). Clients include a "leading health insurance provider" and "a prominent California-based research institution."
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount growth of +2.9% monthly (LinkedIn); yearly job posting increase of +30%; multiple new office locations opened; expansion into new geographies (Phoenix, Bozeman, San Jose, Seattle); four offices across the US.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Senior-led, small teams**: Emphasis on compact, senior teams that reduce bureaucracy and enable quick decisions and direct client relationships ("Small, Senior Teams").
- **Domain expertise in regulated industries**: Deep experience in healthcare, finance, insurance, and government – where compliance is complex and critical.
- **Hybrid delivery model**: US-based technical leadership combined with elite near-shore developers (Brazil office) offering cost savings of up to 50%.
- **Proven methodology**: Battle-tested combination of Agile, Lean, and design thinking; "Zero Big Reveals" iterative approach.

## Strategic Focus
- **Digital transformation**: Helping enterprises move from legacy systems to modern, scalable platforms.
- **AI fluency**: Actively building AI-enabled development teams and incorporating AI into service offerings (Senior Full Stack Engineer roles require "AI Fluency").
- **Market expansion**: Opening offices in new US cities and hiring across multiple locations to scale near-shore and on-shore delivery.
- **Client success stories**: Key results include 50% increase in mobile app engagement, 325% increase in feature delivery velocity, 79% reduction in login errors, and zero-downtime platform migration.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Rated 4.1/5.0 on employer review sites (Work-Life: 4.0, Compensation: 4.0, Culture: 3.7, Career: 3.7). The company emphasizes transparency, collaboration, and "zero big reveals" – teams share work early and often.
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: In-office / OnSite. Employees work from physical offices in Los Angeles (HQ), Boise, Bozeman, Phoenix, San Jose, and Seattle.
- **Notable perks**: Not explicitly listed, but roles emphasize "Senior" talent (no junior positions) working with modern tech stacks (Python, TypeScript, Serverless, AI, Kubernetes, AWS, etc.). Salary ranges shown: Software Engineer ~$125k, Software Developer ~$119k, Director of Product Management ~$202k (USD annual).
- **Engineering culture**: Engineers work on challenging projects across healthcare, fintech, and other regulated sectors; technology stack includes 61 tools (React, Angular, Python, TypeScript, Terraform, Datadog, etc.). Emphasis on AI fluency as a core skill.

## Sources
1. [vynyl.com](https://vynyl.com/)
2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vynyl)
3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/vynyl)
4. [indeed.com](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Vynyl/about)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vynyl)

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