Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Project Manager will oversee multiple AI-driven initiatives, ensuring effective tracking and reporting of progress using tools like Jira and Excel. This role involves participating in Agile ceremonies and communicating with cross-functional teams to drive alignment and decision-making. The position is remote and offers a full-time, long-term contract with potential for extension. Candidates should have a background in project management, preferably within a tech or AI-focused environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Track progress across multiple AI-driven initiatives using Jira, Excel, and team updates
- Create and maintain status reports, sprint summaries, and milestone updates for internal and executive stakeholders
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives
- Monitor and manage backlog items, ensuring Jira stories are well-formed and up to date
- Communicate effectively across cross-functional teams including engineers, analysts, and leadership
- Prepare clear, concise executive summaries and presentation decks to drive alignment and decision-making
- Assist in identifying delivery risks and resource blockers, and maintain RAID logs as needed
Key Skills:
- 3-5 years of project coordination or project management experience, preferably in a tech or AI-focused environment
- Working knowledge of Jira, Excel, and Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Strong organizational and communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to distill technical progress into simple, clear updates for non-technical audiences
- Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
- Track progress across multiple AI-driven initiatives using Jira, Excel, and team updates
- Create and maintain status reports, sprint summaries, and milestone updates for internal and executive stakeholders
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives
- Monitor and manage backlog items, ensuring Jira stories are well-formed and up to date
- Communicate effectively across cross-functional teams including engineers, analysts, and leadership
- Prepare clear, concise executive summaries and presentation decks to drive alignment and decision-making
- Assist in identifying delivery risks and resource blockers, and maintain RAID logs as needed
- 3 5 years of project coordination or project management experience, preferably in a tech or AI-focused environment
- Working knowledge of Jira, Excel, and Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Strong organizational and communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to distill technical progress into simple, clear updates for non-technical audiences
- Bachelor s degree in business, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
- Familiarity with AI/ML tools, cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform, AWS), or enterprise data systems
- Experience with Confluence, PowerPoint, or project reporting templates
- Interest in growing into a Program Manager or Product Owner role over time