(Full Time) Technical Project Manager at AssemblyAI (United States)
Technical Project Manager
AssemblyAI United States
Date Posted: 17 Mar, 2023
Work Location: San Francisco, United States
Salary Offered: $120000 — $165000 yearly
Job Type: Full Time
Experience Required: 3+ years
Remote Work: Yes
Stock Options: Yes
Vacancies: 1 available
AssemblyAI is a remote-first AI company building powerful deep learning models for developers, startups, and enterprises to transcribe and understand their audio data.
Our ASR models already outperform companies like Google, AWS, and Microsoft - which is why hundreds of companies and thousands of developers are using our APIs to transcribe and understand millions of videos, podcasts, phone calls, and zoom meetings every day.
AssemblyAI’s Speech-to-Text APIs are already trusted by Fortune 500s, startups, and thousands of developers around the world, with well-known customers including Spotify, Algolia, Dow Jones, Happy Scribe, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, and NBCUniversal.
Our ambition is to build an iconic AI company, making advanced deep learning technology accessible to everyday developers through a simple API, good docs, and a great developer experience.
Join our world-class, remote team and help us build an iconic deep learning company!
The Role
AssemblyAI is growing quickly, and we’re looking for a passionate Technical Project Manager to act as the liaison between our Product team and Engineering teams. This person will help to translate product requirements into technical ones, ensure projects are staying on track, and communicate changes in scope, priority, or timelines to the appropriate stakeholders.
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Facilitate kickoff meetings between product and engineering (project conception)
- Write scoping documents to ensure the product requirements are met at a technical level (project kickoff)
- Create the Jira epics and projects and keep them up to date (project management)
- Communicate timeline or priority changes to the appropriate stakeholders (stakeholder management)
- Articulate the priorities of various projects to leadership so that they understand the tradeoffs
- Help to organize efforts such that high priority projects get completed on time
- Present weekly project updates to ensure the business and technology groups are aligned on roadmap progress
You'll love this job if you....
- Enjoy working at the intersection of business and technology
- Enjoy working collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- Are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Would like to work in an environment where your efforts can have a large impact
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience as a Technical Project Manager, working closely with the business & internal engineering teams
- Strong technical background with experience working with software engineers and data scientists
- Experience working in an Agile development environment
- Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize competing demands
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Nice to Have
- Project Management Certification (PMP)
Skills
- Be a Driver. You anticipate challenges and opportunities, taking initiative to prevent problems before they arise and capitalize on emerging trends to drive progress towards your goals.
- Resolute intellect. You rapidly assimilate new information and skills with a steadfast determination to expand your knowledge and expertise, persisting through challenges and actively seeking opportunities to apply them effectively in your work.
- Collaborative. You enjoy working with cross-functional teams and are able to build consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities.
Our Team
Our team is made up of problem solvers, innovators and top AI researchers with over 20+ years of experience in Machine Learning, NLP, and Speech Recognition from companies like DeepMind, Google Brain, Meta, Apple and Amazon.
Our team is fully remote, and our culture is super collaborative, low-ego, transparent, and fast-paced.
Benefits (US)
- Competitive Salary + Bonus
- Equity
- 401k
- 100% Remote team
- Unlimited PTO
- Premium Healthcare (100% Covered for you + dependents)
- Vision & Dental Care
- $1K budget for your home office setup
- New Macbook Pro (or PC if you prefer)
- 2x/year company paid team retreat
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