Technical Program Manager II

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of multiple project reviews, monitoring daily progress and proactively resolving any blocking issues to ensure smooth project lifecycles.
• Collaborate with requesters and reviewers to clarify requirements and gather necessary information to advance project reviews, focusing on unblocking critical review and approval stages.
• Manage and track action items and next steps for each project, ensuring all milestones are met and projects remain on schedule.
• Communicate regularly with all stakeholders, providing updates, highlights, and addressing any concerns, with a focus on maintaining transparency in the review and approval processes.
• Deliver weekly reports on project status, achievements, and challenges, with detailed insights into the review and approval stages.
• Coordinate with privacy stakeholders to align and document best practices for approvals.
• Manage project risks effectively, ensuring timely mitigation and escalation as needed, with a focus on potential blockers in the review and approval processes.
• Research, catalog, and annotate AI Research assets, requiring high attention to detail and organizational skills, utilizing Google Sheets/Excel for data exploration and analysis to inform project decisions and optimize workflows.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the AI research landscape and tools, applying this knowledge to improve project outcomes.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills, as this person will be expected to work with a big cross functional team.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, and work independently.
• Detail oriented, skilled at tracking multiple things across different organizations.
• Proficiency in Google Apps, Microsoft Office, and web browsers, with excellence in using Google Sheets/Excel for data annotation, exploration, and analysis.
• Prior experience working with task/project management tools.
• 5+ years of overall experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field.

Nice to Have

• Experience with data analysis and running ad hoc queries, familiarity with AI research tools and landscape.
• Experience in Privacy, (Generative) AI, Data Analytics, or Risk Management is beneficial but not required.
• Big tech experience, ideally in AI privacy.
• MBA or other related advanced degree.
• PMI or PMP certification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field.

Benefits & Perks

• Position's starting pay is: $80.00/hr.
• Information on benefits, equal opportunity employment, and location-specific applicant notices available via provided link.