Strategic Projects Lead (Studio PMO)

The role

You will build and run the project management office for studio projects. You will lead complex projects from scoping to delivery and manage a team of project managers.

What you will do

• Build the project management office for studio work
• Lead complex projects from scoping through delivery
• Own the plan, targets, budget, and risks
• Turn customer requirements into delivery plans
• Plan capacity ahead of demand
• Keep hardware, engineering, operations, and partner teams working to one plan
• Clear blockers between cross-functional teams
• Hire, coach, and lead a team of project managers
• Report status and risks to the Head of Studio every week

Required qualifications

• 5 to 8+ years in technical program management, management consulting, product operations, or operations leadership
• At least 2 years managing a team
• Record of leading cross-functional programs to fixed deadlines, ideally involving hardware
• Ability to turn ambiguous requirements into a clear plan and give leadership a clear call on trade-offs

Nice to have

• Experience with hardware pilots, computer vision or robotics data collection, or production settings such as film or manufacturing
• Experience scaling delivery through external vendors or partners

About the company

Mecka AI is building the data infrastructure layer for robotics and embodied AI. They design and operate global systems for data capture, data labeling, and hardware-enabled workflows.