Project Manager - Remote

Position Summary

The main focus of the role is on applying project management experience, organizational and analytical skills in the following areas: Contribute to the running of assigned internal initiatives to improve team efficiency and productivity; Assisting with documentation of processes; Training and mentoring others at request.    

Responsibilities:

• Plan and manage internal projects to agreed objectives
• Manage allocated teams.
• Ensure close and regular communication with relevant stakeholders.
• Share knowledge and take initiative to improve processes as required.
• Where appropriate, design, document and implement processes.
• Train and mentor other team members as required
• Undertake other tasks and roles for the Company as required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Project Management experience.
• Experience driving initiatives and processes to improve efficiency and productivity.
• Agility in managing complex tasks and relationships
• Excellent organizational skills, analytical in nature with a curiosity towards solving complex problems, and strong attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.            
• Professional attitude – comfortable working with cross functional and global teams.
• Ability to interpret complex policies, contractual agreements, and regulatory documents

Qualifications and Experience:

• A relevant university degree with strong academic performance
• Experience in a project management role in a technology-oriented or services organization.
• 2 years’ experience in a client facing role.

Experience managing teams and mentoring others.     

About Appen

Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Appen brings over 20 years of experience capturing and enriching a wide variety of data types including speech, text, image and video. With deep expertise in more than 180 languages and access to a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors, Appen partners with technology, automotive and eCommerce companies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them develop, enhance and use products that rely on natural languages and machine learning.

At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we don’t give up.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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