Project Manager 2

Job Title: Project Manager 2 
Contract Duration: 1 year, possible extension
Location: Mountain View, California 
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Pay Rate: $50-54 per hour/ W2 only

Position Summary

We are seeking an organized and technically capable Project Coordinator/Project Manager to support AI enablement, product rollout, and process improvement initiatives. This role will coordinate project activities, administer Jira, manage project intake and documentation, track delivery, and partner with cross-functional teams to support successful AI tool adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and administer Jira projects, boards, workflows, custom fields, permissions, automation rules, dashboards, and reports.
• Own the intake process for AI tool requests and enablement initiatives, triaging tickets and routing work to the appropriate owners.
• Develop detailed project plans, coordinate technical activities, and track milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, and deliverables.
• Identify and escalate project blockers before they impact delivery timelines.
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, status reviews, and other recurring project ceremonies.
• Gather requirements from cross-functional stakeholders and translate them into clearly scoped tickets, priorities, and product roadmaps.
• Analyze technology and resource requirements to help assess project needs and feasibility.
• Prepare and present project proposals, status reports, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
• Create and maintain Confluence documentation, including runbooks, how-to guides, FAQs, process guides, and AI-tool onboarding materials.
• Standardize project templates, naming conventions, workflows, and documentation practices.
• Produce leadership reporting on project status, adoption metrics, risks, and enablement outcomes.
• Coordinate training sessions, office hours, and internal communications supporting AI adoption.
• Support change management for new AI tool and product rollouts, including communication planning and adoption tracking.
• Regularly audit and retire outdated documentation to maintain an accurate and accessible knowledge base.

Required Qualifications

• 2–4+ years of project coordination or project management experience, preferably supporting technical, engineering, product, or related initiatives.
• Hands-on experience administering Jira, including workflows, permissions, automation rules, dashboards, and reporting.
• Experience coordinating projects across distributed, cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of process improvement and product roadmapping.
• Experience with Agile practices, including sprints, backlogs, estimation, sprint planning, and backlog grooming.
• Strong technical writing skills with experience creating documentation, runbooks, process guides, or similar materials.
• Working knowledge of Confluence or a comparable knowledge management platform.
• Familiarity with AI and LLM-based tools and common adoption questions or challenges.
• Strong verbal and written communication, presentation, problem-solving, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and consistently meet deadlines.
• Working knowledge of strategic planning, resource allocation, project costs, and general business/project management principles.
• Proficiency with common project and productivity tools such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMI or PMP certification.
• Korean language fluency is a plus.