(Senior-) Project Manager

Job Opportunity at a Fast-Growing AI Technology Services Company with Unicorn Potential

New Now unleashes the world's hidden intelligence.

We create complex tabular machine learning and gen-AI algorithms to make them "controllable". We do this by building customized AI solutions that help anyone who has complex AI installed in their business to steer it no-code: Slide bars, drag & drop functionality, and easy-to-interact-with dashboards.

Completely bootstrapped and growing at 2X profitability this year, we are on the solid path to outpace this growth next year organically. Our founders include the former CFO of Procter & Gamble Europe, CMO of T-Mobile & SAB Miller, CMO of Motorola & CCO Climeworks, Founder & CEO of EWOR & Sigma Squared Society, and Founder of 4P Capital & 029. 

We are now looking for top 1% machine learning engineers and project managers with an entrepreneurial mindset to realized our 3X ambition in 2025 and beyond. 

If this sounds interesting to you, please do get in touch. Exact role descriptions are here:

The (Senior-) PM role

As senior project manager you are the operational lead to deliver customized AI solutions jointly with the client. You playa key role in supporting large corporations to realize their AI ambition. You and your colleagues will regularly interact with the client to understand and clarify the client needs and assist in solving their strategic and operational issues. For that, you will work with a team of experts of data scientist and machine learning engineers. You will also support the leadership team to scale up NewNow, which entails working on sales and recruiting activities or co-defining the company strategy.

Who we are looking for

• Possess 2+ years of experience in top tier strategy consulting or a high-performance environment like investment banking, start-up, or venture capital firm (minimum 6 months of relevant internships will count) with a proven track record of outperformance such as early promotions
• Top of your class at a renowned university in business administration, data science, AI, engineering management or similar 
• Experience in working in teams and interacting and managing colleagues and guiding client counterparts 
• Possess strong communication and team skills, with ability to multi-task  
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, and develop approaches to tackle small tasks independently  
• Entrepreneurial mindset, exceptional drive to go the extra mile to create impact for company growth 
• Experience in marketing and sales as well as data & analytics, languages like Python/R and any visualisation tools are a plus  
• Willingness to work remotely in time zones CET +/- 2h
• Fluent in English (Fluency in German is a plus) 
• Willingness to travel on occasions (to our quarterly team retreats and optional co-working weeks in between)

What you'll do

Develop and deliver transformative customized AI solutions to realize market success for clients

·      Lead client projects from kick-off to deployment of customized AI solutions that exceed client expectation

·      Define and take responsibility for workstreams, identify relevant tools and sources, steer analysis to create powerful insights, while ensuring high quality of work 

·      Manage and steer a team of experts, from data scientists and machine learning engineers to deliver efficiently on client goals

·      Translate data into meaningful insights; Brainstorm to understand and resolve problems; Generate answers and recommend actionable solutions.

Lead client communication and engagement, maintain and develop client relationships

·      Be one of the clients’ main points of contact, maintaining and improving the client relationship

·      Understand client needs and situations, assist in solving strategic and operational issues.

·      Effectively manage client and team meetings, deliver clear and professional presentations to the project leadership and client team

·      Show ability to work in a fast-paced working environment; adapt to changing client situations and expectations

Shape and Scale the Company

·      Significantly contribute to the shaping and scaling of our start-up business and directly support the founding team

·      Responsibilities can range from support in managing sales and recruiting activities or co-defining company strategy 

·      Help us build up internal processes and structures required for keeping up with our growth momentum