Remote AI Project Delivery Lead

Makai Labs, LLC.; Texas; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote role (Eastern time)

Health insurance premium reimbursement

Career growth & development

Job summary

Makai Labs is hiring a Project Manager to own delivery of AI-powered client and platform projects. You’ll collaborate with engineers, designers, product, and client services to keep initiatives on schedule, within budget, and aligned with business objectives.

This role focuses on ownership after meetings, ensuring every decision, action item, and risk has an owner and a due date. We seek a meticulous, results-oriented PM who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment and can drive projects

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in client-facing software or technology projects.
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex, cross-functional projects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including presenting to client executives and Steering Committees.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with Jira, Asana, Slack, and Google Workspace.
• Experience with SaaS, AI, or ML projects or technical implementations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and completion of several client and platform projects.
• Build and maintain project plans, timelines, and milestones as priorities change.
• Facilitate cross-functional coordination across internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain a risk and issue log and flag risks early with a proposed path forward.
• Run client meetings and internal project check-ins with clear owners, due dates, and next steps.
• Coordinate project rollout and user adoption, including handoff to production support.
• Track budget and burn against the SOW, flag scope changes early, and support change orders.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and use AI tools to automate tasks where possible.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

Prioritization

Independent work

AI tools in PM

Tools

Jira

Asana

Slack

Google Workspace

Job description

Makai Labs is hiring a Project Manager to own delivery of AI-powered client and platform projects. You’ll collaborate with engineers, designers, product, and client services to keep initiatives on schedule, within budget, and aligned with business objectives.

This role focuses on ownership after meetings, ensuring every decision, action item, and risk has an owner and a due date. We seek a meticulous, results-oriented PM who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment and can drive projects