Role: Project Manager – Software / Scrum

Location: Remote from Turkey (working with NL-based founders & Turkish dev team)

Type: Full-time, remote

Company: Manuel AI

Field technicians in the Netherlands don’t sit in meetings. They are:

• fixing boilers, heat pumps and AC units,

• dealing with error codes,

• juggling PDF manuals,

• and facing impatient customers.

Manuel AI is their digital colleague.

Technicians type an error code or a problem into Manuel.

Manuel reads technical documents, uses AI, and returns short, actionable steps they can follow on-site.

We are running pilots with manufacturers like Bosch and rolling out to HVAC installers.

This is a live AI product, not a slide deck.

• Founders in the Netherlands (product vision, industry, customers).
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• Core development team in Turkey (fullstack, fully remote).
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• Product Manager, PM intern, UI/UX intern.

We are a small team. There is nowhere to hide.

If you do your job well, everyone feels it. If you don’t, everyone feels it too.

This is not a corporate PMO role and not a “meeting booking assistant”.

We want a hands-on Software Project Manager who:

• understands how software is actually built,
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• uses Scrum/Agile as tools, not religion,
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• keeps everyone aligned on what we’re building, by when, and why.

You will be the person who keeps the product, dev and founder sides in sync — without turning it into bureaucracy.

• Plan and run development cycles (typically 1–2 week sprints):
• sprint planning,
• daily stand-ups,
• backlog refinement with Product.

• Turn product decisions into clear, buildable work:
• help break down features into tasks,
• make sure acceptance criteria are explicit,
• ensure devs know what “done” means.

• Track progress and surface reality:
• follow tasks and blockers during the sprint,
• raise risks early (delays, scope creep, technical unknowns),
• update founders with concise summaries (not 10-page reports).

• Coordinate releases and quality:
• help prioritise bug fixes vs new work,
• keep an eye on staging/production status with the dev team,
• ensure we actually ship, not just talk.

• Run communication across NL–TR:
• sync with founders on priorities,
• sync with Turkish dev team on implementation,
• keep noise low and signal high.

Tools will likely include things like Jira / Linear / ClickUp + Notion + Slack.

You will help us make them work for us, not the other way around.

Must-haves

• Based in Turkey, comfortable working fully remote with a Dutch founding team and Turkish devs.
• 3+ years experience managing software development projects (Scrum/Agile environments).
• You can read and understand:
• basic API / integration talk,
• simple architecture diagrams,
• what backend / frontend devs are actually saying.
• You have managed at least one product or feature from:
• idea → scope → development → release → follow-up.

• You are structured:
• you don’t lose tasks,
• you document decisions,
• you keep the board clean and relevant.

• Languages:
• Turkish: fluent (daily work with dev team).
• English: strong enough for calls, notes and written updates with founders.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in B2B SaaS or AI products.
• Worked with distributed teams across countries/time zones.
• Experience with tools like Jira, Confluence..

We’re not looking for:

• someone who just repeats “we are Agile” and hides behind jargon,
• a ticket pusher who has no idea what the team is actually building.

We are looking for someone who:

• likes clarity and hates chaos,
• is comfortable saying “this will not fit in this sprint”,
• protects the team from random last-minute scope changes,
• but is also flexible enough to adapt when reality changes.

You don’t need to write code.

You do need to understand that code is not magic and that estimates are not wishes.

• A real AI product in a very concrete vertical (HVAC / technicians).
• Direct collaboration with founders and the core dev team.
• Freedom to shape how we run projects, as long as it leads to real delivery.
• Long-term upside via performance-based equity/option structure.
• Remote work from anywhere in Turkey, with a high bar for ownership and communication.

1. Short Typeform (background + how you think about software projects).
2. 45–60 min interview with founders (real scenarios, not theory).
3. Simple practical exercise:

• e.g. organising a small Manuel feature into a plan.
• Reference checks.



Apply via LinkedIn. If your profile fits, we’ll send you the Typeform.