Project Manager GenAI Acceleration

About Qarik

Co-founded by Google Cloud Engineering leaders, Qarik is an IT Solutions company focusing on Google Cloud Platform. We’ve grown to 100 employees in less than three years and continue to attract brand-name (F1000) clients. We are an engineer-driven company where your talent is truly appreciated and maximized. Unlike the traditional model, where consultants can remain long beyond project completion, we enter our engagements with the end in mind. Core to our ethos is the ability to solve complex problems and teach clients to do the same.

We are looking for a contract Project Manager to manage innovative generative AI projects and use cases. Reporting to a Service Delivery Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering impactful projects in collaboration with our clients.

Qarikters embrace a combination of build-with and build-for approaches, proactivity, and continual improvement of themselves and Qarik. We prioritize empathy and look for project managers and leaders who partner with their teams over “managing” them.

Key Responsibilities

• Initiate project work with team members to ensure they are set for internal and external success. Set expectations on goals, scope, timelines, and deliverables.
• Create kickoff materials and lead kickoff ceremonies and activities, collaborating with Qarik and customer teams as needed.
• Create and manage project plans based on the statement of work, communicate plans to internal and external stakeholders, and ensure alignment with customer expectations and timelines.
• Develop and maintain project documentation.
• Identify, elevate, and manage changes in scope as needed. Inform and contribute to future scoping as needed.
• Run/facilitate meetings and take meeting minutes (with team participation).
• Run agile or similar ceremonies, using both best practices and creativity to meet the customer and project where they are and where they need to be. Utilize project management tools and methodologies like Jira, Trello, or Asana to track progress, manage tasks, and collaborate with distributed project teams.
• Manage backlogs, clarify requirements and acceptance criteria, and write user stories as needed.
• Identify key project sponsors, influencers, and decision-makers and tailor communication strategies accordingly.
• Coordinate with cross-functional Qarik and Client teams to manage activities and unblock teams as needed. 
• Create project status reports and deliver them to Qarik and client teams.
• Manage project budgets using internal systems and processes.
• Identify, escalate, and manage risks and issues proactively.
• Build strong relationships with the Qarik account and delivery teams and clients, maintain regular communications, and manage stakeholder expectations at multiple levels.
• Recommend improvements in Qarik’s technology and delivery model and contribute to making those improvements.

Technical Skills and Knowledge

• 3-5 years of experience in managing medium to large-scale projects with experience managing project teams of various sizes, locations, and skill/levels.
• Experience in professional services or client delivery; this is a client-facing role.
• A background in engineering, software architecture, or a technology-related field.
• Proficiency in project management and agile methodologies.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information effectively.
• You think and work systematically and logically, backed by technical skills, methodical problem-solving, and practical thinking.
• Experience managing remote teams and the ability to accommodate time zone differences as needed.
• You are a clear communicator, both verbally and in writing. You can convey information through words, data, and diagrams/workflows.

Other Relevant Details

• Desired location is the US, UK, or EU with flexibility for remote work and occasional travel.
• Position will require overlap hours with the US, to be confirmed based on need.
• English fluency required.
• Position is contract with the potential for contract-to-permanent, subject to need and timeframe.

Why Qarik?

● Qarik offers a competitive employee compensation and outstanding benefits package.

● The job is fully remote with work hours and vacation flexibility for work/life balance.

● You will work on a team where people respect each other, have a shared goal of customer success, and work together instead of competing against each other or counting the lines of code or number of PRs to meet personal annual OKRs. Most of your teammates think this is the best team they have ever worked on so far in their careers.

● We are using the latest AI tech and pushing the boundaries possible, constantly learning new stuff and creating new cool things together.

Qarik is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For further information, please contact our [email protected].