Project Manager, Data

Jobtailor; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Project Manager to own and optimize cross-team delivery. You will manage tickets, workflows, and dependencies across multiple workstreams using Linear, Asana, and related tools, ensuring clear ownership and realistic timelines.

You'll monitor progress, surface risks, and drive decisions in leadership meetings, while continuously improving processes and handoffs to keep work aligned and on schedule.

Qualifications

• Experience managing projects across multiple teams and concurrent workstreams.
• Strong working knowledge of project management practices and tools such as Linear, Asana, Jira or similar platforms.
• Track record of creating clear project plans, tickets, workflows, ownership structures, and documentation standards.
• Experience monitoring deadlines, dependencies, risks, and team capacity in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to facilitate meetings that produce decisions, accountability, and measurable follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain project and ticket management across teams and workstreams using Linear, Asana, and related communication tools.
• Ensure work is captured in clear, actionable tickets with sufficient context, appropriate owners, cross-initiative priorities, dependencies, and realistic deadlines.
• Monitor project progress, capacity, dependencies, and delivery risks, surfacing trade-offs when commitments, timelines, and available resources are not aligned.
• Escalate bottlenecks and recommend ways to improve efficiency, throughput, team coordination, and quality of life.
• Run project board reviews and other key operating meetings, ensuring the right stakeholders participate and discussions result in clear decisions.
• Improve cross-functional coordination and handoffs so that work does not get lost, duplicated, or passed between teams without adequate context.
• Monitor team capacity, identify staffing or coverage gaps, and recommend adjustments to scope, sequencing, timelines, or resources.
• Identify recurring operational issues and continuously improve processes as the team and business needs evolve.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Meeting facilitation

Tools

Linear

Asana

Jira

Job description

• Own and maintain project and ticket management across teams and workstreams using Linear, Asana, and related communication tools.
• Ensure work is captured in clear, actionable tickets with sufficient context, appropriate owners, cross-initiative priorities, dependencies, and realistic deadlines.
• Monitor project progress, capacity, dependencies, and delivery risks, surfacing trade-offs when commitments, timelines, and available resources are not aligned.
• Escalate bottlenecks and recommend ways to improve efficiency, throughput, team coordination, and quality of life.
• Run project board reviews and other key operating meetings, ensuring the right stakeholders participate and discussions result in clear decisions.
• Improve cross-functional coordination and handoffs so that work does not get lost, duplicated, or passed between teams without adequate context.
• Monitor team capacity, identify staffing or coverage gaps, and recommend adjustments to scope, sequencing, timelines, or resources.
• Identify recurring operational issues and continuously improve processes as the team and business needs evolve.

Requirements

• Experience managing projects, programs, operations, or delivery across multiple teams and concurrent workstreams.
• Strong working knowledge of project management practices and tools such as Linear, Asana, Jira, or similar platforms.
• A track record of creating clear project plans, tickets, workflows, ownership structures, and documentation standards.
• Experience monitoring deadlines, dependencies, risks, and team capacity in a fast-paced environment.
• The ability to facilitate meetings that produce decisions, accountability, and measurable follow-through.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly document decisions, requirements, risks, and action items.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and improving handoffs between different functions or areas of expertise.
• Sound judgment when balancing urgency, scope, available resources, and competing priorities.
• A continuous-improvement mindset and the ability to introduce operating discipline without creating unnecessary processes.
• High attention to detail, strong follow-through, and a sense of ownership for keeping teams aligned and work moving forward.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in project management, including the ability to create actionable tickets, monitor project progress, and facilitate effective cross-functional coordination. Strong communication skills and a continuous-improvement mindset are essential for optimizing team performance and operational efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project Management
• Linear
• Asana
• Jira
• Cross-Functional Coordination

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Project Planning
• Workflow Creation
• Deadline Monitoring
• Risk Management
• Capacity Management

Soft Skills

• Strong Communication
• Facilitation
• Attention to Detail
• Sound Judgment
• Continuous Improvement Mindset

Industry Keywords

• Project Management Practices
• Operational Efficiency
• Team Coordination
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Process Improvement

Tools & Technologies

• Linear
• Asana
• Jira