Remote AI Project Manager (Contract-to-Hire)

Makai Labs, LLC.; Milton (MA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote (ET)

In-person collaboration opportunities

Health insurance premium reimbursement

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Makai Labs, LLC. is hiring a Project Manager to own delivery of AI-powered client and platform projects.

You’ll work closely with engineers, designers, product, client services, and client stakeholders to keep projects on schedule, within budget, and aligned with business objectives. This role is about what happens after the meetings: making sure every decision, action item, and risk has an owner, and following up until each one is closed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience on client-facing software or technology projects.
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex, cross-functional projects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including presenting project status to client executives and Steering Committees.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

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 to ensure project success.
• Maintain a risk and issue log, flag risks and blockers with proposed paths forward.
• Run client meetings and internal project check-ins with clear owners, due dates, and next steps.
• Coordinate project rollout and user adoption, including production handoff after launch.
• Track budget and burn against the SOW, flag scope changes early, support change orders.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and use AI tools to automate tasks where possible.

Skills

Client-facing

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

Tools

Jira

Asana

Slack

Google Workspace

Job description

Makai Labs, LLC. is hiring a Project Manager to own delivery of AI-powered client and platform projects.

You’ll work closely with engineers, designers, product, client services, and client stakeholders to keep projects on schedule, within budget, and aligned with business objectives. This role is about what happens after the meetings: making sure every decision, action item, and risk has an owner, and following up until each one is closed.