AI-Native Project Manager

About this opportunity

Lead and scale AI-powered project execution across Coral Reef Innovation Africa and ElimuVest—two Pan-African ventures transforming education, digital skills, and ecosystem infrastructure. Your role: bring precision, automation, and execution firepower across multi-country initiatives in education, EdTech labs, fundraising, marketing ops, and stakeholder coordination.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional pods (marketing, finance, product, ops) to execute strategic initiatives
• Define OKRs, timelines, and feedback loops across AI lab rollouts, donor campaigns, and digital
• Integrate tools like Notion AI, GPT-4, ClickUp, Beautiful.ai, and Airtable into project delivery
• Build SOPs and AI agents for reporting, updates, stakeholder comms, and team productivity
• Coordinate with government agencies, donors (e.g. Mastercard Foundation, Intel, UNESCO), school networks, CSR partners
• Maintain high-performance culture across hybrid and remote teams
• Support internal onboarding, learning rituals, and operational transparency

Requirements

• 5+ years in project/program management (bonus: education, tech, or social impact sector)
• Demonstrated use of AI tools in execution (e.g., AI-generated reports, workflow automation, prompt libraries)
• Proven success managing lean teams with high accountability
• Deep familiarity with African education and innovation ecosystems
• Strong async & real-time communication discipline

Skills

• AI Literacy & Technical Understanding
• Product & Strategy Mindset
• Data & Analytics Competence
• Project & Change Management
• Communication & Stakeholder Skills
• Human-Centered AI Skills

Benefits

• Competitive Base Salary — Premium pay due to AI expertise.
• Conference Access — Tickets/travel for AI summits, hackathons, tech expos.
• Remote / Hybrid Work Options