Project Manager, Data Team

Mercor•San Francisco, CA

13d•$130,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.
3-5+ years of project management experience or related experience.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

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.