Sr. Project Manager

Description

Who is Defined.ai? Well, from a technical point of view, we leverage the power of a global crowd to provide some of the world’s biggest companies with the high-quality data they need to power their artificial intelligence. We’re instrumental to the progression and development of artificial intelligence and we couldn’t be prouder or more inspired to be involved in an industry that is changing the world.

From a personal point of view, we’re a group of big thinkers, high achievers and creative problem solvers. We bond over our shared love of software engineering, data science, and strong coffee. We like online gaming, running marathons, and team drinks. We celebrate authenticity and diversity and we’re invested in what we do. Our mission? World domination, obviously!

Note: This is a position for people based in Portugal.

What will you do?

The Project Manager combines execution skills with strategic expertise to lead cross-functional teams through the entire project lifecycle. We expect you to continuously evolve both personally and professionally through trainings, self-development and, most importantly, by successfully delivering complex projects.

Our customers are demanding in terms of quality and timing given their need for high-quality data to train and power their AI systems. As a Project Manager (PM) you will play a pivotal role partnering with internal Defined.ai´s teams to deliver on a wide array of precise audio, text, and image data to meet our client’s training needs within the desired timeframe.

Your tasks will be to:

• Establish what resources will be needed to carry out the project and in what time frame. 
• Elaborate the project plan. 
• Managing resources with business owners to deliver tasks on time and within budget. 
• Define and verify the quality standards that each project deliverable must have. 
• Daily exchange with stakeholders at all levels within the business and core team to drive the project (including senior management, function owners, process owners, IT support). 
• Ensuring that project tools and systems, are utilized effectively to track completion of tasks for various workstreams 
• Lead the project team and keep them motivated. 
• Track project tasks to check for any deviation from objectives. 
• Anticipate and manage the risks related to the project. 
• Control and invoice on time the milestones and deliverables derived from the project execution. 
• Deliver an exceptional customer experience by using professional communication, applying existing knowledge, and deep troubleshooting to resolve a variety of issues. 
• Keep stakeholders informed of project progress and escalate risks and problems in a timely manner in order to quickly find solutions to them. 
• Make and deliver periodic progress reports to both internal and end customers. 

Who are we looking for?

Do you have the drive to work in an innovative and ambitious environment?

We’re looking for someone with a determined and proactive mindset, someone inspired and passionate to help us achieve our goals. Our successful candidate is a strong critical thinker, reliable and transparent, with an ability to learn and communicate. We’re looking for someone special to contribute to our unique culture.

What you will bring: 

• 5+ years of experience as a project manager.  

• PMI PMP certification or certification in agile methodologies is desirable. 

• Management and knowledge of budgets and financial control of projects. 

• Good knowledge and handling of agile project planning tools. 

• Demonstrate good skills in communication, negotiation, conflict management, and effective time management. 

• English proficiency; upper intermediate-advanced 

• Ability to work in a high-performance and dynamic environment 

• Experience with Jira, Confluence is a plus 

Benefits

You spend a lot of your time at work, so it should be challenging, fun and interesting. At Defined.ai it will be all of those things and more. Here’s what we offer:

• Flexible working schedule and hybrid model. We know comfort can boost creativity and performance, so you can manage your schedule and work both from one of our modern office spaces or home.
• Excellent career development opportunities in a high growth company. With us, you can accomplish your career goals and follow a well-described career path with the support of your supervisor.
• Culture of feedback and continuous improvement. AI is a fast-paced area, so we keep track of tech trends, and we always ask for feedback.
• An international and diverse team. We have more than 30 nationalities at our 3 locations, and we provide language classes.
• Continuous training opportunities. You can choose from many options: leveraging hand-on workshops, unlimited access to Udemy and formal development opportunities.
• We love to have fun together. We joke a lot, and we can't imagine work without fun activities – we already surfed, raced carts and played soccer together.

About Us

Defined.ai offers a platform with multiple data delivery options that leverages machine learning technology and human intelligence to deliver quality-guaranteed training data for AI systems. The platform offers self-service and fully customizable solutions that deliver high-quality project-specific training data, enabling AI products reach market quicker. It is this business model that has allowed Defined.ai to raise a total of $63.6M in funding over 4 rounds. Our value proposition is quality, privacy, speed and scale, covering more than 50 different languages. With strong expertise in speech and natural language processing technologies, we have been serving AI companies and Fortune 500 companies since day one. Defined.ai was founded in Seattle and has offices in Lisbon and Porto.

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