Project Manager Expert - Remote Contract
Listing checked September 22, 2026 · pay as published by AfterQuery
Overview
AfterQuery seeks a contract project manager to create realistic delivery scenarios that frontier AI models must reason through. You will work from your own schedule and commit at least 10 hours each week with a remote business operations team. The work centers on project planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication, from kickoff to retrospective. Your scenarios and reference answers help AI labs judge how well models handle prioritization and tradeoffs. Stripe pays each week at $80 to $125 per hour.
What You'll Do5
- 1Write project scenarios that cover kickoff, planning, execution, delivery, and retrospective stages.
- 2Produce reference answers that explain the planning and prioritization logic behind each decision.
- 3Review model output for realism, completeness, and awareness of stakeholder needs.
- 4Identify plans that look polished but would collapse under real delivery constraints.
- 5Document project decisions and tradeoffs in clear written English.
Requirements8
- 12+ years of professional project management experience with named scope, budget, or stakeholders.
- 2Track record running full project lifecycles from kickoff through delivery.
- 3Strength in planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
- 4Clear written English for documenting project decisions and tradeoffs.
- 5Able to commit at least 10 hours per week.
- 6PMP, PRINCE2, or similar certification preferred.
- 7Delivery experience across agile and waterfall methods preferred.
- 8Program or portfolio management background preferred.
Who Should Apply
The right candidate has at least two years managing projects with clear scope, budget, or stakeholder responsibilities. You have run a full lifecycle from kickoff to delivery and can explain planning, risk, and prioritization choices in writing. A PMP, PRINCE2, or similar credential helps, along with agile and waterfall delivery experience. The role suits someone who wants a flexible 10-hour weekly contract and can work without synchronous meetings. Candidates often score low when their application lists only task coordination instead of named projects, or when their writing does not show clear reasoning about tradeoffs.
Salary Insight
The listing sets pay at $80 to $125 per hour and pays each week through Stripe. That range sits in line with senior contract project management work, and candidates with PMP, PRINCE2, program, or portfolio experience often land near the upper end.
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