Senior AI Project Manager

Role Description

As a Senior AI Project Manager at KUNGFU.AI, you will work with a delivery team of Machine Learning Engineers, Data Scientists, and AI Strategists to successfully deliver projects to our clients.

• Project and Delivery Management:
  • Overseeing projects from inception to completion, ensuring high-quality, on-time, and on-budget delivery while managing scope, risks, and resources.
  • Leading end-to-end project management.
  • Driving project governance (scope, staffing, SOWs, timelines, risk mitigation).
  • Partnering with leads to keep clients aligned and navigate escalations.
  • Ensuring deliverables exceed expectations.
  • Shaping realistic scopes that enable sustainable delivery.
  • Overseeing financial health (budgets, forecasts, invoicing).
• Team Leadership & Cross-functional Collaboration:
  • Emphasizing people management, mentoring, and facilitating effective collaboration across engineering and strategy project teams and client stakeholders.
  • Coaching and mentoring teammates, clients, and new hires.
  • Championing delivery excellence through retrospectives, continuous improvement, and process enhancements.
  • Driving and facilitating for clarity and alignment.
  • Partnering with project leads to ensure high-quality, timely deliverables.
• Strategic Product Ownership (as applicable):
  • Responsibilities taken on when acting in a Product Owner capacity within engagements, with an emphasis on translating business needs into actionable product development.
  • Translating client and end-user needs into solution requirements.
  • Acting as the voice of the customer to guide solution development.
  • Managing and refining the product backlog.
  • Making real-time scope tradeoff decisions to maintain value and momentum.
  • Bringing a strategic lens to delivery, identifying opportunities for growth and innovation.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience delivering high-complexity software projects in a consulting or professional services environment, ideally involving AI, data, or emerging technologies, with deep SDLC knowledge.
• Exceptional EQ - someone who can intuit team dynamics and client needs, anticipate challenges several steps ahead, and clearly translate those insights across internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven track record of successfully managing senior client relationships while navigating challenging conversations and ambiguous objectives.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or programs (typically 2-3 depending on complexity/size) from ideation and initiation through final delivery and client acceptance.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity, shifting priorities, and experimental or proof-of-concept work.
• Clear and adaptable written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with agile and traditional delivery methodologies and who enjoys spanning across them.
• Professional and academic credentials (PMP, CSM, or equivalent) are a nice bonus, but not required.
• A systems thinker who enjoys refining and evolving delivery processes to improve quality, scalability, and collaboration.
• A collaborative and empathetic leader who invests in the success of their team and fosters a culture of shared ownership and continuous learning.

Benefits

• This is a full-time position that is remote.
• Compensation includes competitive salary, company stock grant, top (‘gold’) level of health, dental and vision insurance (KUNGFU.AI covers 100% of your premiums and 50% for any dependents).
• Health and dependent flexible spending accounts.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Generous vacation (that you're encouraged to take).
• Paid parental leave.
• More benefits to be discussed during the interview process.

Company Description

KUNGFU.AI is a management consulting and engineering firm focused exclusively on artificial intelligence. We empower CEOs and senior executives to leverage the full potential of AI so they remain competitive in a rapidly evolving world.

Our expert team delivers AI strategy and bespoke production-grade solutions that allow clients to rapidly realize value. We stand apart because we implement our AI strategies into production quickly, safely, and responsibly.

• We are committed to building an inclusive culture that’s professional and effective, while also fun, collaborative and open.
• We actively encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.
• We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce fosters more creative ideas, conversations, and results.
• We also believe in using AI for Good in both our client projects and our corporate philanthropy.
• Our values are incredibly important to how we show up for each other, our clients, and for society at large.