Junior Project Manager

About the Opportunity at Elevate Recruitment

One of our clients, a rapidly growing company, is building advanced human data infrastructure to power next-generation AI systems. Their innovative platform empowers leading AI labs and enterprises to source, evaluate, and deploy expert talent into AI training workflows at scale.

As they continue their rapid expansion, they are seeking a highly motivated Junior Project Manager to play a crucial role in supporting cross-functional product and engineering initiatives.

Role Overview for the Junior Project Manager

We are looking for a highly organized and proactive Junior Project Manager to provide essential support for planning, coordination, and execution across product and engineering teams. This position offers an ideal opportunity for an individual early in their career to gain hands-on exposure to real product development within a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment.

You will work closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Designers, and Operations teams, contributing to ensuring projects are well-scoped, clearly tracked, and delivered efficiently and on time.

Key Responsibilities

• Support project planning and execution across product and engineering teams.
• Break down requirements into actionable tasks and maintain sprint boards and backlogs.
• Track deadlines and follow up with stakeholders to ensure timely delivery.
• Document project decisions, updates, and action items.
• Identify blockers early and escalate appropriately.
• Coordinate meetings, stand-ups, and sprint ceremonies.
• Maintain project dashboards and reporting for leadership visibility.
• Help ensure alignment between product, design, and engineering teams.

Required Qualifications

• 0–2 years of experience in project coordination, operations, or related roles.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail.
• Comfort operating in fast-moving environments.
• Proactive mindset with strong ownership mentality.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Linear, Notion, monday.com, or Slack.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a startup, product, or engineering environment.
• Basic understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Interest in AI, SaaS, or technology products.

Key skills/competency

• Project Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Scrum
• Product Development
• Stakeholder Communication
• Jira
• Time Management
• Organizational Skills
• Software Development Lifecycle
• AI Systems