Client-Facing Technical PM, AI SaaS for Life Sciences

Alphalifesciences; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaLife Sciences is seeking a Technical Project Manager to own delivery across multiple client projects in a US-based, client-facing role. You will bridge our US team with our China-based technical counterparts, translating client requirements into prioritized work and ensuring projects stay on timeline.

You will influence feature prioritization, manage resource allocation, and work cross-functionally with Product Specialists and Business Development.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of project management experience, ideally with enterprise SaaS products.
• Technical background required; consulting experience a plus.
• Ability to quickly grasp complex business processes and anticipate impact of changes in a live system.
• Strong people skills: negotiate priorities, adapt under pressure, and communicate clearly to clients, leadership, and engineering.
• Detail-oriented with excellent verbal and written communication.
• Proficient with Jira or similar project management tools.
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Nice to have: experience in life sciences or regulated industries; familiarity with AI/LLM-powered products.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple client projects simultaneously, keeping each on timeline and escal ating priorities based on client need.
• Serve as a client-facing project lead; partner with our China-based team to align global technical resources and capabilities.
• Build and run a ranking process for client feature requests: assess priority against product strategy, and assign work to the right product manager.
• Capture missing or ambiguous client requirements and translate them into actionable, prioritized tasks.
• Give leadership clear visibility into project priorities and internal resource allocation.
• Help internal teams understand upcoming projects and resource commitments so we don't overcommit on client expectations.
• Balance client expectations against R&D capacity and align global resource planning.
• Work cross-functionally with Business Development and Product Specialists, grounded in knowledge of the product roadmap.
• Stay hands-on: dig into bugs and feature behavior yourself to understand what clients are experiencing.
• Develop deep product expertise in AuroraPrime, becoming an expert across several document types over time.

Skills

Project management

Enterprise SaaS

Client facing

Stakeholder mgmt

Technical background

Communication

Tools

Jira

Job description

AlphaLife Sciences is seeking a Technical Project Manager to own delivery across multiple client projects in a US-based, client-facing role. You will bridge our US team with our China-based technical counterparts, translating client requirements into prioritized work and ensuring projects stay on timeline.

You will influence feature prioritization, manage resource allocation, and work cross-functionally with Product Specialists and Business Development.