
Technical Project Manager
Appen
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Mexico
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Salary
💰 $110,000 - $140,000 per year
About the role
- Lead planning and execution of GenAI projects, ensuring clear scope, timelines, execution, and deliverables while maintaining client relationships.
- Deliver projects on time and to defined quality benchmarks through disciplined operational management.
- Drive accurate forecasting and proactive risk mitigation to protect delivery commitments.
- Align internal teams, contributors, and clients to ensure clarity of expectations and execution standards.
- Strategically improve productivity and quality by identifying bottlenecks and applying data driven operational decisions.
- Strengthen stakeholder engagement through structured communication and transparent daily, weekly, and monthly reporting.
- Establish structured project closure practices, capturing lessons learned, iterating operating processes, and identifying future opportunities.
- Drive thought leadership and increase scalability of delivery models by applying repeatable workflows and structured improvements to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality
Requirements
- 4 plus years of experience in project management, technical operations, or AI and ML data programs, ideally in high volume data operations.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects while upholding high delivery and quality standards.
- Familiarity with large language models or generative AI, with experience in data annotation or AI training data projects strongly preferred.
- Strong planning, organization, and stakeholder communication capability across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated risk management and forecasting discipline within project environments.
- Strong data orientation, with the ability to interpret dashboards, identify bottlenecks, and make operational decisions based on metrics.
- Working knowledge of tools such as Excel or SQL, with basic coding or data skills preferred.
- Project Management qualification (ideally from Project Management Professional PMP)
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- retirement plan options
- paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementtechnical operationsAIMLdata programsdata annotationAI training datarisk managementforecastingdata interpretation
Soft Skills
planningorganizationstakeholder communicationoperational decision makingproblem solvingclient relationship managementteam alignmentproductivity improvementquality assurancethought leadership
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)