Technical Program Manager – AI/ML Initiatives
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Summary
Lead enterprise-scale AI/ML programs by defining strategic roadmaps, orchestrating cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring delivery excellence. Drive innovation while maintaining compliance and governance standards.
What You’ll Do
Program Leadership & Road Mapping: Define and own the end-to-end roadmap for AI/ML initiatives, translating business objectives into actionable programs (e.g., demand forecasting models, LLM-driven chatbots, predictive analytics). Manage intake of new requests, validate business value, and ensure alignment with strategic priorities. Use portfolio tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet) to maintain visibility and alignment from ideation through deployment.
Cross-Functional Orchestration: Coordinate collaboration among data scientists, ML engineers, data engineers, business analysts, and IT teams. Ensure seamless integration of models into production systems via APIs, cloud ML services, and CI/CD pipelines.
Execution & Delivery Management: Oversee day-to-day delivery using Agile practices (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban). Manage sprints, backlogs, and dependencies in Jira/Confluence. Identify risks (data gaps, performance issues, infrastructure bottlenecks) and implement mitigation strategies. Enforce testing standards (unit tests, model validation, A/B testing, benchmarking).
Business Alignment & Stakeholder Management: Translate business use cases into technical AI/ML requirements. Partner with leaders to define KPIs (accuracy, ROI, adoption). Provide executive-level updates and manage expectations while balancing speed, compliance, and ethics.
Governance & Compliance: Ensure adherence to frameworks (HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, FDA). Promote Responsible AI principles (fairness, transparency, explainability). Maintain documentation, data lineage, and reproducibility. Standardize MLOps governance (model versioning, drift monitoring, automated retraining).
Metrics & Reporting: Define and track KPIs across technical and business dimensions (accuracy, precision/recall, F1 score, ROI, cost reduction). Provide transparent reporting on portfolio health and program success.
Innovation Enablement: Drive adoption of emerging technologies (Generative AI, LLMOps, AutoML). Collaborate on modernizing ML stack (Databricks, Vertex AI, Azure ML). Promote accelerators (code libraries, pre-trained models, standardized pipelines) to reduce time-to-market.
What You Bring
- Proven experience in technical program management for AI/ML initiatives.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and portfolio management tools.
- Expertise in AI/ML technologies, MLOps practices, and cloud platforms.
- Ability to translate business objectives into technical deliverables.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Minimum Requirements
- Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience. Less years required if has relevant Master’s or Doctorate qualifications.
Preferable Skills & Experience
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance for AI/ML (HIPAA, GDPR).
- Experience with Generative AI, LLMOps, and AutoML.
- Knowledge of advanced ML platforms (Databricks, Azure ML, Vertex AI).
- Strong background in risk management and governance for AI systems.
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Our Base Pay Range for this position
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