Project Manager, Data Team

Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.

About the Role:

Mercor’s Data team is looking for a Project Manager to own the end-to-end execution of data initiatives, from intake and scoping through delivery and post-launch handoff. You’ll be the connective tissue across data engineering, analytics, and cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring every project is delivered on time, within budget, and at the level of quality our clients and internal teams expect.

What You’ll Do:

• Own end-to-end project management for data initiatives, including intake and scoping, requirements gathering, readiness reviews, cross-functional approvals, and launch/post-launch handoff.

• Take direct responsibility for the successful execution of projects, including meeting project goals, client/stakeholder service, quality of work, resource utilization, and profitability.

• Lead, motivate, and build a strong team environment for project contributors, inspiring a shared vision, enabling others to act, and taking ownership of team outcomes.

• Partner with team leads to vet, scope, and kick off assignments, and own all due dates and milestones.

• Develop and maintain accurate project documentation, including timelines, budgets, and scoping documents.

• Lead communications and change management across the project lifecycle, from kickoff briefings for stakeholders through end-user notifications ahead of launches, ensuring the right people have the right information at the right time.

• Serve as the primary coordination point across functional teams (Data Engineering, Analytics, Legal, Finance, etc.), aligning workstreams and driving decisions and accountability against timelines.

• Anticipate and manage the downstream implications of project decisions before they create risk; proactively surface dependencies, resolve blockers, and escalate when needed.

• Build and continuously improve the infrastructure that makes data project delivery scalable: intake forms, templates, checklists, SOPs/playbooks, and retrospectives that feed into process improvement.

• Manage relationships with key stakeholders to promote trust and future opportunities.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively across departments (engineering, data science, leadership, legal, finance).

• Superb attention to detail, sound judgment, and strong listening skills.

• Comfortable driving process improvement and proposing more efficient ways of working.

• Passion for data-driven products and cross-functional collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3-5+ years of project management experience or related experience.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven track record managing large, cross-functional data or technical projects.

• Experience managing a high volume of projects in parallel.

• Experience with data, engineering, or analytics project types.Benefits

• Bi-annual performance bonus structure

• Generous equity grant vested over 4 years

• Up to $15k Relocation bonus

• $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)

• $1.5K monthly stipend for meals

• Free Equinox membership

• $200 monthly laundry reimbursement

• $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement

• Health, Dental, Vision insurance