Fractional Project Management for Busy Founders and TeamsRicky Tan
I offer strategic, part-time project management for busy founders and lean product teams. I’ll own your project plans, sprint cycles, task tracking, and developer coordination while delivering clear updates, async workflows, and tool setups that keep everything moving without full-time PM overhead. Perfect for fast-moving teams shipping AI or software products.
What's included
Project Roadmap Document
A strategic, high-level plan (Notion, Google Doc, or PDF) breaking down key milestones, deliverables, timelines, and dependencies. Created collaboratively and updated as needed.
Weekly Sprint Plan (Board + Written Summary)
A structured sprint plan delivered via a task board (e.g. Jira, Trello, GitHub) with a written summary (Slack/Notion/email) outlining sprint goals, priorities, assignments, and key deadlines.
Progress Status Report (Weekly or Biweekly)
A concise status update (Slack message, email, or shared doc) including what’s completed, what’s in progress, what's blocked, and what’s next plus burndown charts or velocity metrics if applicable.
Risk / Issue Tracker
A shared, living tracker (Notion, Google Sheet, or similar) outlining current issues, risks, owners, and resolution status. Reviewed regularly and used to inform stakeholders of blockers or concerns.
Documentation Hub
A centralized, easy-to-navigate knowledge base (Notion or other specific to your project) including project scope, workflows, key decisions, meeting notes, and dev team FAQs updated throughout the engagement.
Custom Project Management Workspace
A tailored setup of your preferred PM tool (Jira, Trello, Asana, etc.) configured with custom workflows, task statuses, boards, and automation to support team collaboration and progress tracking.
Stakeholder Communication Plan
A communication cadence plan (shared doc or slide) showing how/when updates will be delivered, who’s included, and how info flows between founders, developers, and stakeholders.
FAQs
Speaking from experience, your time as a founder is precious. You may not need a full-time PM, but without one, you’re stuck juggling tasks, timelines, and logistics - work that pulls you away from what really matters: vision, product, and customer growth.
A fractional PM gives you that time back. You get an experienced project leader, not just a coordinator, who keeps your team on-track without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.
I specialize in leading AI/ML and software development projects for lean product teams, startups, and technical organizations. Most of my clients are busy founders or heads of product who need part-time project leadership to drive clarity, delivery, and momentum.
Although AI/ML projects are my specialty, I have a very diverse skillset from my background as a full stack software engineer and prior freelance projects. For instance, I’ve done work with Virtual and Augmented Reality, and game development. I’m open to any technical or research-driven teams who need clear execution and project structure!
I’m tool-agnostic and can adapt to your stack, but I commonly work with project management tools like Jira and Trello, async and remote communication tools like Slack and Zoom, and software dev tools like GitHub and GitLab. If your team has no existing process, no worries! I can help set one up that fits your style.
Prior to starting work, a contract with clear deliverables and expectations will be sent to you for signing. Then, you’ll receive a convenient, easy to pay invoice link. Work will begin immediately upon receipt of payment.
Absolutely! Requirements change all the time in exciting work, so I build in flexibility into every engagement so that we can adapt as your priorities shift.
Contact for pricing
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Fractional Project Management for Busy Founders and TeamsRicky Tan
Contact for pricing
Tags
Basecamp
Jira
monday.com
Slack
Trello
Product Manager
Program Manager
Project Manager
I offer strategic, part-time project management for busy founders and lean product teams. I’ll own your project plans, sprint cycles, task tracking, and developer coordination while delivering clear updates, async workflows, and tool setups that keep everything moving without full-time PM overhead. Perfect for fast-moving teams shipping AI or software products.
What's included
Project Roadmap Document
A strategic, high-level plan (Notion, Google Doc, or PDF) breaking down key milestones, deliverables, timelines, and dependencies. Created collaboratively and updated as needed.
Weekly Sprint Plan (Board + Written Summary)
A structured sprint plan delivered via a task board (e.g. Jira, Trello, GitHub) with a written summary (Slack/Notion/email) outlining sprint goals, priorities, assignments, and key deadlines.
Progress Status Report (Weekly or Biweekly)
A concise status update (Slack message, email, or shared doc) including what’s completed, what’s in progress, what's blocked, and what’s next plus burndown charts or velocity metrics if applicable.
Risk / Issue Tracker
A shared, living tracker (Notion, Google Sheet, or similar) outlining current issues, risks, owners, and resolution status. Reviewed regularly and used to inform stakeholders of blockers or concerns.
Documentation Hub
A centralized, easy-to-navigate knowledge base (Notion or other specific to your project) including project scope, workflows, key decisions, meeting notes, and dev team FAQs updated throughout the engagement.
Custom Project Management Workspace
A tailored setup of your preferred PM tool (Jira, Trello, Asana, etc.) configured with custom workflows, task statuses, boards, and automation to support team collaboration and progress tracking.
Stakeholder Communication Plan
A communication cadence plan (shared doc or slide) showing how/when updates will be delivered, who’s included, and how info flows between founders, developers, and stakeholders.
FAQs
Speaking from experience, your time as a founder is precious. You may not need a full-time PM, but without one, you’re stuck juggling tasks, timelines, and logistics - work that pulls you away from what really matters: vision, product, and customer growth.
A fractional PM gives you that time back. You get an experienced project leader, not just a coordinator, who keeps your team on-track without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.
I specialize in leading AI/ML and software development projects for lean product teams, startups, and technical organizations. Most of my clients are busy founders or heads of product who need part-time project leadership to drive clarity, delivery, and momentum.
Although AI/ML projects are my specialty, I have a very diverse skillset from my background as a full stack software engineer and prior freelance projects. For instance, I’ve done work with Virtual and Augmented Reality, and game development. I’m open to any technical or research-driven teams who need clear execution and project structure!
I’m tool-agnostic and can adapt to your stack, but I commonly work with project management tools like Jira and Trello, async and remote communication tools like Slack and Zoom, and software dev tools like GitHub and GitLab. If your team has no existing process, no worries! I can help set one up that fits your style.
Prior to starting work, a contract with clear deliverables and expectations will be sent to you for signing. Then, you’ll receive a convenient, easy to pay invoice link. Work will begin immediately upon receipt of payment.
Absolutely! Requirements change all the time in exciting work, so I build in flexibility into every engagement so that we can adapt as your priorities shift.
Contact for pricing