AI Project Manager (Remote, Kenya or South Africa)

About the role

Team4Tech is building AI literacy in secondary schools across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, reaching 1.5 million learners and 12,500 educators over three years. This Project Manager position takes day-to-day ownership of project delivery across the four African countries, reporting to and partnering closely with the Africa Regional Hub Director, who focuses on regional strategy and senior external representation. The role suits someone with hands-on program management experience across multi-country initiatives and a track record of managing NGO grants and partner relationships.

Key responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day delivery of the project across the four countries and act as operational lead for project management.
• Integrate project activities with national Ministries of Education and coordinate with in-country project coordinators.
• Lead NGO onboarding, manage NGO grants, communications and deliverables, and ensure reporting and compliance.
• Contribute to workplanning, budgeting and capacity development, and co-facilitate capacity-building activities for NGO partners.
• Project manage teacher training, training of trainers and cascading training, and contribute to the M&E system and routine data collection.
• Prepare progress reports, review draft case studies, and plan and run quarterly partner convening meetings.
• Project manage partner convening activities and Small Language Model pilot activities, escalating challenges as needed.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree; a Master's in international education, international development, education technology, public policy, business administration or a related field preferred.
• 7-10 years of progressive program management experience in international development, education or workforce development in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-country, multi-partner or large-scale programs.
• Experience managing sub-grants to partner organizations desired.
• Experience supporting large-scale teacher training or trainer-of-trainers programs with Ministries of Education.
• Experience with M&E systems, routine data collection and progress reporting.

Required skills

• Familiarity with the education, AI, technology and/or workforce development sectors in Africa.
• Grant management, including partner reporting and compliance tracking.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including drafting progress reports and reviewing case studies.