This Project Lead role at Keyword Studios involves managing a 50-person team responsible for training an AI engine and coordinating work across different time zones. Responsibilities include performance management, team morale, client engagement, stakeholder management, prioritization, KPI management, and process improvement. The role requires strong people management, collaboration, and project leadership skills. The successful candidate will be comfortable launching new projects, presenting research findings, and thinking strategically about end-to-end processes. Technical aptitude with spreadsheets, email/calendar tools, and project management software is necessary. The position demands a proactive approach, accountability, transparency, and teamwork.
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Work Location: USA Remote (Prefer PST Time Zone)
Work Hours: M - F, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Pay Rate: $35 - $40 /hr DOE and location
This exciting new Lead role focuses on the managing of a 50-person team who are accountable for the training of an AI engine and coordinating work/hand-offs to alternate time zones. This role includes performance management and team morale, client engagement and stakeholder management, prioritization of work, KPI management, and process improvement.
Responsibilities :
Manage a team of 50 employees including Performance Management
KPI Management
Process improvement
Work in a fast-paced environment
Work collaboratively with engineers, researchers, and product managers
Ensure proper documentation and instructions are in place for remote teams
Manage the successful delivery of hand-offs from the US team to remote teams
Manage scope of work and deliverables for team
Learn new software programs on the job
Think strategically about end-to-end processes and how to improve them
Execute and Deliver on Process improvements
Keywords provides a competitive compensation package, good benefits and a casual, fun, productive and supportive working environment. We empower people to perform to the best of their ability with our “can do” attitude. We appreciate and embrace flexibility and learn at every opportunity to grow ourselves through experience, training and tackling new challenges. This is what makes us Keywordians .
Requirements
Strong People Management Skills (3 years of experience)
Strong Collaboration Skills
Comfortable launching new projects (3 plus years’ experience leading projects)
Comfortable presenting research findings and insights
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills (solution oriented)
Ability to multi-task
Great Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Exceptional Organization skills
Technical aptitude in one or more of the following: Spreadsheets (eg, Excel, Google Sheets), Email/calendar (eg Outlook, Gmail), project management (eg, JIRA, Asana)
Ability to assist in system troubleshooting and resolution
Exemplify the quality of having a "Proactive Approach," attitude which includes a high level of accountability, transparency, and teamwork first & foremost
Benefits
At KeyWords we provide all our contingent workforce with: