Hire the Top 3% of Freelance Kanban Project Managers

Toptal is a marketplace for top Kanban project managers. Top companies and start-ups hire Kanban freelancers from Toptal for their mission-critical projects.

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Clients Rate Toptal Kanban Project Managers4.5 / 5.0on average across 32 reviews as of Jun 9, 2023

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Erin Stewart

Freelance Kanban Project Manager

United StatesToptal Member Since May 21, 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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Avalon Swain

Freelance Kanban Project Manager

United StatesToptal Member Since June 4, 2018

Avalon is a certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC), PMI Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC), PMI Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM), and 3x Salesforce certified consultant who has been planning and delivering business and digital transformations especially with Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Tableau solutions for the past 10 years—enabling organizations to achieve higher performance and meet their goals.

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Manuel Jose D. de Jesus

Freelance Kanban Project Manager

United StatesToptal Member Since June 21, 2018

Manuel is a proven Technical Program Manager and Scrum Master with deep experience in Waterfall (PMI) and Agile methodologies from working in the technology and consulting industries. Manuel spent two years as a Microsoft Official Curriculum trainer, five years as a Developer and Lead/Architect before moving into Project Management. He has spent the last eight years as a TPM/Scrum Master for one of the largest software companies.

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Liam Wickham

Freelance Kanban Project Manager

United KingdomToptal Member Since June 11, 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. Liam has successfully led multiple teams through Agile transformations, handling everything from writing vision statements to installing Jira.

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Jose Maria Polo

Freelance Kanban Project Manager

ArgentinaToptal Member Since April 30, 2018

For the past ten years, Jose has been working in management, always operating close to software development teams and coaching upper management on the best practices for implementing Scrum and Agile principles across the company. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration, and his graduation project was about Agile practices across companies in Cordoba, Argentina.

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Kavitha Ganapa

Freelance Kanban Project Manager

IndiaToptal Member Since July 5, 2018

Kavitha loves technology and leverages it to solve business challenges/problems and to create a positive impact. Kavitha has been in the IT industry for 15 years and comes from a very strong technical background. She has demonstratable expertise in Agile software development and process improvement initiatives in a variety of roles (program manager, scrum master), ample experience in solution architecture and championed client engagement.

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Miroslav Anicin

Freelance Kanban Project Manager

SerbiaToptal Member Since July 4, 2018

Miroslav has led teams and departments with 50+ members through Agile transformation at telcos, banks, and other organizations. He's also managed up to five concurrent teams with as many as 35 developers on their path out of troubled eCommerce projects and on their way to becoming great Scrum teams. Miroslav loves a challenge and looks forward to working with new clients and projects at Toptal.

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Audrius Zujus

Freelance Kanban Project Manager

LithuaniaToptal Member Since July 12, 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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Diana-Maria Cojocaru

Freelance Kanban Project Manager

RomaniaToptal Member Since October 30, 2018

Diana is an experienced project and delivery manager with a demonstrated history of over 10 years of work and accomplishments in the telecommunications and gaming industries within a variety of start-up and multinational companies across Europe and Asia. She specializes and has demonstrated experience in orchestrating projects, ensuring their technical readiness and launch as per agreed scope, quality, time, and budget.

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Steven Ligeza

Freelance Kanban Project Manager

United StatesToptal Member Since March 18, 2019

Steve has nearly 20 years of experience as a technology program, project, and product manager, and Scrum Master and Agile Coach. This includes senior management experience at a $450 million fintech firm, and an online lending startup. He is adept with both Agile and Waterfall methods. His projects include app development, infrastructure, and organizational development, with deep expertise in data (strategy, big data, analytics, BI, and DW).

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Andrew Janaitis

Freelance Kanban Project Manager

United StatesToptal Member Since March 29, 2019

Andrew is an experienced engineering manager with a background in web development, and a passion for process improvement. He has worked for several consultancies and agencies, solving some of the toughest client challenges in project delivery, process definition and improvement, and team management.

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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 Kanban Project Managers through Toptal

1

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.
2

Work With Hand-Selected Talent

Within days, we'll introduce you to the right Kanban project manager for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
3

The Right Fit, Guaranteed

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

FAQs

  • How are Toptal Kanban project managers different?

    At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Kanban project managers to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 200,000 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.

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

    Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with a Kanban project manager within 48 hours of signing up.

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

    We make sure that each engagement between you and your Kanban 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.

Tap Into World-Class Talent

  • 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

    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

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

  • 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

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

  • Expert Talent Matching

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

Top Kanban Project Managers are in High Demand.

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