Contract Project Manager – Software Development

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Nex

San Jose, California or Remote

Remote

Posted March 24, 2026

Job Description

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents, Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun, social, and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion, encouraging kids and adults to move more, play more, and have fun together. Nex Playground, the company’s award-winning active play system, is purpose-built to get families moving year-round, with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE+ COPPA compliant and built to support healthy, active play for all ages and abilities.

Nex Playground features a growing library of 50+ experiences, including motion and dance games, fitness and educational experiences, and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro, Sesame Workshop, and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, and Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has earned Red Dot, IDEA, and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have Fun and Is Motion Gaming Back?, as they offer a deeper look into our culture, values, and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.

To protect yourself from recruitment scams, please note that Nex communicates through official company emails ending in @nex.inc. If you receive a suspicious email or message, please do not respond and report it immediately to us.

Location: Remote (USA only)
Annual salary: USD 90,000 to USD 120,000
Type: Contract
Reports to: VP, Design

The Role

As Project Manager, you’ll own the day-to-day planning and execution of our OS development. You will support our in-house team and coordinate with our remote development partner. Your mission is to keep both our releases on schedule, ensuring each deliverable meets our high quality and simplicity standards.

Key duties include:

Team Coordination: Drive alignment and execution across engineering, design, QA, and external partners to deliver platform milestones with clarity and urgency.
Release Planning: Lead the planning and tracking of our OS releases – including major quarterly releases and updates.
Agile Process: Facilitate sprint planning and backlog grooming; define milestones and set clear agendas for weekly leadership review meetings.
Execution & Accountability: Maintain execution momentum by keeping deliverables on track, upholding sprint cadences, and ensuring team accountability to commitments.
Cross-Team Communication: Act as a communications hub by aggregating issues and feedback from Slack and our Facebook community, and ensuring all stakeholders stay aligned and informed.
Tools Management: Maintain project tools (Jira, Notion): keep sprint boards updated, ensure feature specs and processes are documented in Notion, and organize all tracking systems.
Stakeholder Alignment: Promote team alignment and stakeholder visibility by providing regular status updates and helping structure effective collaboration across all groups.