AI Project Manager

About the role

We are seeking an experienced SaaS Project Manager with enterprise AI deployment experience to help build and scale a newly formed AI & Data organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple concurrent AI projects and initiatives ranging from proof-of-concepts to long-term governance programs.
• Own project intake, demand management, evaluation, prioritization, documentation, tracking, and portfolio reporting.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to collect business requirements, define use cases, establish priorities, and secure alignment on project outcomes.
• Build and maintain executive dashboards and reporting that provide visibility into project progress, value, timelines, dependencies, and priorities.
• Conduct gap analyses to identify current-state challenges, future-state opportunities, and expected business outcomes.
• Facilitate build-versus-buy evaluations and support business case development.
• Cook up cross-functional technology initiatives across departments such as cybersecurity, infrastructure, HR, operations, revenue teams, and other business functions.
• Support enterprise AI governance, security, data protection, adoption, and change management efforts.
• Identify process improvement opportunities, application overlap, and opportunities for consolidation or optimization.
• Establish scalable processes that enable the AI & Data organization to effectively manage a growing portfolio of enterprise AI initiatives.

Requirements

• 5+ years of project or program management experience, including significant experience working within a SaaS organization.
• Experience navigating cross-functional technology initiatives within a SaaS business environment where priorities and stakeholder needs evolve rapidly.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects or programs simultaneously.
• Experience owning project intake, demand management, prioritization, portfolio tracking, executive reporting, and dashboard development.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to summarize complex topics, communicate business value, and influence decision-making.
• Experience delivering technology initiatives across multiple business and technical functions.
• Enterprise AI deployment experience, including exposure to AI governance, security, risk, or data protection considerations.
• Experience with enterprise AI platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, Claude, OpenAI, Anthropic, GPT, or similar large language model technologies.
• Experience participating in build-versus-buy technology evaluations and business case discussions.
• Able to work independently with minimal direction and thrive in a newly forming organization.
• Strong problem-solving skills, initiative, and a "get things done" mindset.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity while helping build new processes and operating models.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience facilitating organizational change management efforts.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, Six Sigma, or related certifications.
• Experience working in a high-growth SaaS environment.
• Experience supporting globally distributed teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated use of AI tools to improve personal productivity, project management workflows, and business outcomes.