
Associate Project Manager – Generative AI Data Operations
Welocalize
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Mexico
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About the role
- Manages complex, strategic AI training data projects
- Owns end-to-end delivery, client relationships, and financial outcomes
- Guides Project Coordinators, executes quality strategy in partnership with quality team, and drives process improvements and new service pilots
- Assists in the management of complex projects that enable Generative AI capabilities for clients
- Execute delivery plans, milestones, resourcing, and controls for large or multi-workstream AI data projects (collection, labeling, evaluation)
- Contribute to regular governance, status, and planning sessions; handle scope, priorities, and change
- Track budgets, rates, and margins; manage forecasts, burn, and change orders to protect profitability
- Share accountability with the Quality Analyst team for QA approach and continuous improvement loops
- Plan and secure rater/annotator capacity; align training, shifts, and handoffs across time zones
- Run root-cause and corrective actions; escalate material risks with options and impact
- Contribute to SOPs, templates, and dashboards; pilot new delivery methods and services for AI data programs
- Ensure data handling, privacy, and security policies are followed across all workstreams
- Keep trackers and dashboards current; translate delivery data into clear, actionable insights for clients and leaders
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, data/operations, engineering, or related fields
- 1+ years leading complex project delivery or operations (AI data, content review, annotation, labeling, or adjacent domains)
- Strong planning and organization across parallel workstreams
- Clear written and spoken communication with senior client stakeholders
- Solid use of spreadsheets, PM/task boards, and basic BI; comfort with ETL concepts is a plus
- Quality mindset with practical use of SOPs, QA gates, and acceptance criteria
- Financial awareness (budgets, margin, change orders) and sound trade-off judgment
- Coaching ability for junior PMs and Coordinators
- Hands-on experience with generative AI tools (text, voice, or video)
- Familiarity with data-annotation platforms and model-evaluation tools
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working hours
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project deliveryAI data managementdata annotationdata labelingquality assurancefinancial managementETL conceptsgenerative AI toolsSOPsBI tools
Soft Skills
planningorganizationcommunicationcoachingprocess improvementclient relationship managementproblem-solvingaccountabilityrisk managementcollaboration