Freelancer Opportunities Available in Project Management

Sponge Compliance is looking for experienced Freelance Project Manager to support a significant product upgrade of our compliance learning library.
The work will focus on planning, coordinating and supporting the delivery of a large-scale compliance learning content upgrade, ensuring workstreams remain organised, visible, on plan and time and aligned as the wider product initiative progresses.
This freelance role will help keep a high-volume programme of course upgrade work structured and moving. The work will happen in parallel to business-as-usual client and internal activity, so we are looking for someone who can bring calm delivery management, clear communication and strong coordination in a fast-moving environment -while focusing on this mission.

Assignment Overview

• Assignment is expected to be approximately 2.5–4 months, with direct start.
• Project Manager support is required soon, with start dates ideally in June or latest July.
• Work will be connected to the Berlin-based Sponge team, with the ability to work from the Berlin office regularly and when required (particularly during onboarding and key project phases).
• German language skills are required, paired with English communication skills.
• The role will work closely with existing internal team members to support pace, quality, visibility and coordination across a larger product initiative.

Job responsibilities

What you will be doing

• Planning and coordinating assigned library upgrade workstreams.
• Managing timelines, actions, responsibilities, risks and dependencies.
• Supporting coordination of internal team members and freelance specialists.
• Keeping stakeholders informed through clear updates, meeting actions, documentation and status reporting.
• Supporting handovers, review cycles, quality checkpoints and delivery governance.
• Escalating timeline, scope, resource or quality risks early and helping the team re-plan where needed.
• Helping maintain momentum, visibility and coordination across a high-volume learning content upgrade.

What we are looking for

• Proven project management experience, ideally within digital learning, compliance training, content production, SaaS, creative production or similar environments.
• Strong planning, coordination and organisational skills.
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to create clarity and maintain momentum.
• Commercial awareness and confidence tracking progress, effort, capacity and delivery risks.
• Experience coordinating freelancers, internal specialists or cross-functional production teams would be beneficial.
• Calm, pragmatic and solutions-focused when priorities shift.
• German-speaking capability is required, paired with English communication skills.