Project Lead (AI)

Location: Austin, TX; hybrid schedule with 2 remote days and 3 onsite days on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Candidates must be local to the Austin area within a 50-mile radius.

Company

hirify.global supports a Project Lead engagement for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

What you will do

• Plan, coordinate, and monitor moderate to complex business solution projects and system implementations.
• Gather requirements, perform business analysis, and develop specifications and project plans.
• Track milestones, timelines, action items, risks, issues, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Coordinate cross-divisional work and engage internal teams, leadership, vendors, and partners.
• Facilitate meetings, document decisions, prepare status updates, and present reports to leadership.
• Support process improvement, quality and compliance activities, accountability, and consistent project management practices.

Requirements

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required and must be listed on the resume; proof may be requested.
• At least 3 years of project coordination or project management experience, including cross-functional or cross-divisional projects.
• Ability to develop project plans, timelines, milestones, action item logs, and status reports.
• Ability to coordinate work across multiple divisions, teams, or business areas and support stakeholder consensus.
• Strong written and verbal communication, meeting facilitation, decision documentation, and leadership presentation skills.
• Ability to analyze workflows, identify inefficiencies, recommend improvements, and support standardized project management practices.
• Ability to identify risks, barriers, dependencies, and delays, then escalate issues or recommend mitigation strategies.
• Ability to maintain project documentation, meeting notes, action items, risk logs, dashboards, and executive-level reports while managing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to guide project activities, support follow-through, promote accountability, and maintain project momentum.

Nice to have

• Experience in large organizations or public sector environments.
• Experience with process improvement initiatives.
• Experience with automation, AI, or modernization projects.
• At least 5 years of familiarity with Microsoft Planner, Teams, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Visio, Power Automate, Power Apps, or similar project and reporting tools.
• At least 2 years of working knowledge of automation tools, AI-supported processes, or modernization efforts that improve efficiency and reduce manual work.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with two remote days and three required onsite days each week.
• Onsite attendance is required Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.
• The hiring team may change the work arrangement.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume listing the required PMP certification.
• Provide three professional references, each including a required name, company name, and phone number with area code; title, email, and professional relationship are optional.