Project Lead - AI San Francisco (USA) Remote (USA) Keywords Studios USD 35-40 per hour Project [...]

Gamecompanies; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Team Lead, where you'll manage a dynamic team dedicated to training an AI engine. This role emphasizes performance management, team morale, and client engagement, all within a casual and supportive environment. You'll be empowered to drive process improvements and collaborate across time zones, ensuring successful project delivery. If you're ready to embrace challenges and foster a culture of continuous learning, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Flexible Working Environment

Continuous Learning Opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of people management experience.
• Experience launching new projects and leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 50 employees, focusing on performance and KPI management.
• Collaborate with engineers and researchers for successful project delivery.

Skills

People Management

Project Management

Critical Thinking

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Outlook

Gmail

JIRA

Asana

Job description

Job Title: Team Lead

This exciting new Lead role focuses on managing a 50-person team responsible for training an AI engine and coordinating work and hand-offs across different time zones. The role includes performance management, team morale, client engagement, stakeholder management, prioritization of work, KPI management, and process improvement.

Responsibilities:

1. Manage a team of 50 employees, including performance management
2. KPI management
3. Process improvement
4. Work in a fast-paced environment
5. Collaborate with engineers, researchers, and product managers
6. Ensure proper documentation and instructions for remote teams
7. Manage successful delivery of hand-offs from the US team to remote teams
8. Manage scope of work and deliverables for the team
9. Learn new software programs on the job
10. Think strategically about end-to-end processes and how to improve them
11. Execute and deliver process improvements

Qualifications and Benefits:

We offer a competitive compensation package, good benefits, and a casual, fun, productive, and supportive working environment. We empower our employees to perform at their best with a 'can do' attitude. We value flexibility and encourage continuous learning through experience, training, and new challenges. This is what makes us Keywordians.

At Keywords, we provide all contingent workforce members with:

• Paid Time Off (including sick days and holidays)
• Strong people management skills (minimum 3 years of experience)
• Experience launching new projects (at least 3 years leading projects)
• Ability to present research findings and insights
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills (solution-oriented)
• Ability to multi-task
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Technical aptitude in tools such as spreadsheets (Excel, Google Sheets), email/calendar (Outlook, Gmail), and project management software (JIRA, Asana)
• Ability to assist in system troubleshooting and resolution
• A proactive attitude characterized by accountability, transparency, and teamwork
• A stable internet connection with download speeds of 50-100 Mbps and upload speeds of at least 10 Mbps