Project Manager-2

About Centific

Centific is a frontier AI data foundry that curates diverse, high-quality data, using our purpose-built technology platforms to empower the Magnificent Seven and our enterprise clients with safe, scalable AI deployment. Our team includes more than 150 PhDs and data scientists, along with more than 4,000 AI practitioners and engineers. We harness the power of an integrated solution ecosystem—comprising industry-leading partnerships and 1.8 million vertical domain experts in more than 230 markets—to create contextual, multilingual, pre-trained datasets; fine-tuned, industry-specific LLMs; and RAG pipelines supported by vector databases. Our zero-distance innovation™ solutions for GenAI can reduce GenAI costs by up to 80% and bring solutions to market 50% faster.

Our mission is to bridge the gap between AI creators and industry leaders by bringing best practices in GenAI to unicorn innovators and enterprise customers. We aim to help these organizations unlock significant business value by deploying GenAI at scale, helping to ensure they stay at the forefront of technological advancement and maintain a competitive edge in their respective markets.

About Job

Overview
The Project Manager (PM) is responsible for overseeing the changes/updates in projects. They act as the point of contact between PAs/PCs and SPMs/project developers. PMs are responsible for keeping the project on track and make decisions to ensure project success such as hiring resources and setting process steps. Experience in management required.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Reviews reports on daily production, passes relevant information up.
• Double checks timekeeping records and submits them. Approval of PA/PC hours.
• Follows and helps to update Lean documentation.
• Creates training specifics for projects. Trains PCs.
• Meets with project developers for updates on project specifics.
• Addresses project issues on a project level.
• Work with other PCs, PMs, and SPMs to ensure appropriate coverage of all duties within the appropriate process flow.
• Respond to ambiguities/changes/updates from SPM(s) in a timely manner and ensure they are passed down to other team members.
• Identify and communicate process improvements or areas of waste to enhance process flow and promote efficiency. while collecting and passing these on from team members below.
• Complete End of Day (EOD) reporting pertaining to process flow to ensure proper hand off to the next shift owners.
• Meet or exceed all daily, weekly, and monthly KPIs pertaining to the specific process flow of the assigned project.
• Additional duties as required.
Requirements
• College/University degree.
• Basic familiarity with Microsoft Office 365 including Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• General knowledge of online communication.
• Willingness to work overtime if necessary.
• Remote, office, or hybrid work environment depending on specific position.
• Leadership qualities including the ability to give/take feedback, recognition of when to delegate, and confidence.
• Ability to follow directions and perform time bound tasks accurately and efficiently.
• Ability to perform repetitive tasks without degradation in quality.
• Detail-oriented problem-solving mindset.
• Organized and focused enough to work independently as a role player within a team environment.

Centific is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.