Project Manager (Artificial Intelligence)
Position: Project Manager (Artificial Intelligence)
Location: Remote (MST Shift)
Duration: 6-12 Months+Position Summary
The Project Manager, is responsible for leading highly strategic, initiatives from inception through execution and operationalization. This role oversees large-scale, multi-year programs involving executive leadership, business stakeholders, data and analytics teams, technology partners, vendors, cybersecurity, compliance, and operations teams.
Key Responsibilities: Program Leadership
- Lead one to two, multi-year AI transformation programs valued at multiple millions of dollars.
- Develop and maintain integrated program plans, roadmaps, milestones, budgets, and resource plans.
- Establish program governance, executive steering committees, and reporting structures.
- Drive alignment across multiple business units, technology teams, and external partners.
- Manage interdependencies across portfolios, projects, and strategic initiatives. AI Program Delivery
- Lead delivery of AI, Generative AI, Machine Learning, Intelligent Automation, Agentic AI, Data Platform, and Analytics initiatives.
- Ensure projects adhere to enterprise AI governance, security, privacy, compliance, and risk management standards.
- Coordinate business readiness, organizational change management, communications, and training activities.
- Establish measurable business outcomes and value realization plans. Risk and Governance Management
- Proactively identify and mitigate program risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Establish RAID management processes and executive reporting.
- Ensure adherence to organizational governance frameworks and project methodologies.
- Lead program audits, compliance reviews, and executive checkpoints. Agile and Delivery Excellence
- Implement Agile, SAFe, Hybrid, and Waterfall delivery frameworks as appropriate.
- Coordinate PI Planning, release planning, sprint reviews, and executive demonstrations.
- Drive continuous improvement and delivery excellence across teams.
- Mentor Project Managers, Scrum Masters, and Project Coordinators.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of Project or Program Management experience.
- 5+ years leading large, enterprise-wide technology transformation initiatives.
- Demonstrated success managing programs exceeding $5M in budget and multiple years in duration.
- Experience managing executive stakeholders (VP, SVP, C-Level).
- Strong experience with Agile, SAFe, and traditional project management methodologies.
- PMP certification required.
- SAFe Agilist, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification preferred.