Principal Enterprise AI Program Manager
On-siteCork, Munster, Ireland or Limerick, Munster, Ireland
Job Summary
Drive large-scale Enterprise AI software programs, adhering to scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements. Lead Agile project management processes, collaborating closely with software, third-party contractors, and internal teams to promote effective teamwork and ensure seamless integration of all components. Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders and internal teams, ensuring clear and consistent communication throughout the project lifecycle. Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, driving effective solutions to address challenges before they impact project timelines or quality. Define and drive the program roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and oversee the end-to-end project lifecycle, schedules, and budgets. Engage with business stakeholders to define use cases and translate technical concepts into business value. Coordinate between data scientists, ML engineers, software developers, MLOps teams, and product managers. Communicate project lifecycle insights to C-suite, technical teams, and non-technical stakeholders. Drive continuous improvement initiatives, implementing best practices and standardized processes to enhance project execution and efficiency. Ensure adherence to company procedures, driving standard processes throughout project execution.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, AI/ML, engineering, or a technical field
- Minimum of 5-10 years managing software projects for global teams
- Experience with Enterprise AI projects
- Experience with AI/ML products
- Experience with enterprise AI deployments
- Strong technical background with experience in software development processes
- Experience in requirements management
- Experience in change management
- Demonstrated leadership
- Decision-making skills
- Teamwork skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Strong execution track record working in large multi-discipline development teams spanning multiple time zones
- Proficiency in program management tools (MS Project, Confluence, JIRA) for planning, execution, and reporting
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to effectively communicate technical and business information to stakeholders at all levels
- Understanding of the AI/ML lifecycle, including data acquisition, model development, training, validation, deployment, and monitoring
- Knowledge of AI model performance metrics
- Knowledge of retraining strategies
- Knowledge of challenges in AI
- Proven ability to work with variety of disciplines such as AI researchers, data scientists, ML engineers, software engineers, and business stakeholders
- Understanding of risks unique to AI software
- Experience defining success criteria
- Experience defining validation processes
- Experience defining ethical AI governance frameworks
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects
- Ability to prioritize effectively
- Ability to drive aggressive schedules
- Positive attitude
- Proactive mindset
- Self-motivated
- Willingness to accept responsibility
- Willingness to travel occasionally, as needed
Desired Qualifications
- PMP certification
- PMI-ACP certification
- SAFe for Agile certification
- AI/ML certifications (AWS/Azure ML, TensorFlow Developer, etc.)
- Experience in customer-facing roles and managing customer expectations
- Familiarity with ML frameworks
- Familiarity with cloud-based AI services
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