Associate Principal - Program & Project Management

Experience

10 Years in Software Delivery with 3 Years leading AI GenAI Data Science or AIdriven Digital Transformation initiatives

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated Technical Project Manager to lead the delivery of nextgeneration AInative products and platforms The ideal candidate will drive endtoend execution of AI programs involving Generative AI Agentic AI LLMbased applications AI Agents RAG solutions cloudnative platforms and modern engineering practices

This role requires a blend of technical depth delivery leadership stakeholder management Agile execution and AI transformation expertise The TPM will work closely with Product Owners AI Architects Data Scientists ML Engineers MLOps teams and business stakeholders to deliver scalable secure and responsible AI solutions

Program Delivery Leadership

Own endtoend delivery of AInative products from ideation through production deployment

Develop project plans roadmaps release schedules budgets and resource plans

Drive Agile execution across multiple crossfunctional teams

Manage scope risks dependencies and program governance

Establish delivery metrics and executive reporting mechanisms

AI Project Management

Lead projects involving

oGenerative AI

oAgentic AI

oMultiAgent Systems

oRAG Architectures

oAI Copilots

oAIpowered Automation Solutions

oPredictive Analytics Machine Learning

Coordinate AI model lifecycle activities including development evaluation deployment monitoring and retraining

Ensure alignment between business objectives and AI solution outcomes

Technical Leadership

Collaborate with Solution Architects and Engineering Leads on

oAI architecture decisions

oCloud deployment strategies

oIntegration patterns

oScalability and performance requirements

Drive engineering best practices including CICD DevSecOps MLOps and observability

Stakeholder Management

Engage with executive sponsors product leaders and client stakeholders

Facilitate steering committee reviews and governance forums

Translate technical concepts into business outcomes and value realization

AI Governance Responsible AI

Ensure adherence to Responsible AI principles

Drive compliance with security privacy data governance and regulatory requirements

Establish AI adoption change management and business readiness frameworks

Innovation AI Adoption

Promote AIassisted SDLC practices

Drive adoption of modern AI engineering tools and platforms

Identify opportunities for productivity improvements through AI

Required Skills Experience

Project Management

Strong experience managing largescale enterprise software programs

Expertise in Agile Scrum SAFe and hybrid delivery models

Strong experience in

oRAID Management

oFinancial Tracking

oCapacity Planning

oVendor Management

oStakeholder Management

oExecutive Reporting

AI Engineering

Working knowledge of

oLLMs OpenAI Claude Gemini Azure OpenAI

oPrompt Engineering

oRAG Architecture

oVector Databases

oAI Agents Agent Orchestration

oMLOps LLMOps

oAI Evaluation Frameworks

Understanding of cloud platforms

oAzure preferred

oAWS

oGoogle Cloud

Knowledge of APIs microservices and cloudnative architectures

Tools

Azure DevOps Jira

GitHub GitHub Copilot

Azure AI Services

Databricks

Power BI

Confluence

CICD Platforms

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Technology or related field

PMP PRINCE2 SAFe certification preferred

AIrelated certifications preferred

oPMI CPMAI

oMicrosoft AI Engineer

oAzure AI Engineer

oGenerative AI Certifications

Success Metrics

Ontime delivery of AI initiatives

Business value realization from AI deployments

Reduction in delivery cycle time through AIenabled engineering practices

Model deployment success rate and adoption metrics

Stakeholder and customer satisfaction

Budget and schedule adherence

Experience managing AInative platforms AI products or enterprise transformation programs

Exposure to Agentic AI Copilot implementations and AIpowered business solutions

Strong consultative and clientfacing skills

Ability to lead globally distributed engineering teams

Passion for leveraging AI to accelerate software delivery and business outcomes