Program Manager

Program Manager – Job Description

• Job Title: Program Manager

• Location: Louisville, KY (as listed in the job details)

• Work Location Requirement: Must be based in New Jersey or New York and able to work onsite at the NYC office 3 days per week (Tuesday–Thursday).

• Duration: 6 months

• Essential Skills: Program Management

• Desirable Skills: AI Program Management, Security, Compliance, Governance

• Experience Required: 8–10 years

• Minimum Relevant Experience: 7+ years as an AI Program Manager

• Skill Category: Program Management

• Certification: PMP certification is mandatory.

Must-Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Strong experience as a Senior Program Manager or AI Program Manager.

• PMP certification is required.

• Proven experience in program planning and execution.

• Experience creating, maintaining, and tracking program timelines and milestones.

• Expertise in status reporting and stakeholder communication.

• Experience developing and maintaining RACI matrices.

• Hands-on experience with RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies).

• Strong cross-functional team coordination and collaboration skills.

• Experience supporting governance reviews, approvals, and decision-making processes.

• Experience coordinating release readiness, launch planning, and implementation activities.

• Ability to track program deliverables, dependencies, risks, and action items.

• Experience aligning programs with security, compliance, and governance requirements.

• Hands-on experience managing AI programs and delivering end-to-end projects with measurable cost savings or business benefits.

• Ability to work onsite in the NYC office three days per week, Tuesday through Thursday.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support the team in end-to-end program planning and execution.

• Develop and maintain program plans, timelines, milestones, and delivery schedules.

• Monitor project progress and ensure milestones and deliverables are completed on time.

• Prepare regular status reports, dashboards, and executive-level updates.

• Develop and maintain RACI matrices to clarify roles and responsibilities.

• Maintain RAID logs and proactively identify and mitigate risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment and timely delivery.

• Support governance processes, review meetings, and approval workflows.

• Coordinate release planning, launch readiness, and implementation activities.

• Track action items, decisions, dependencies, and outstanding deliverables.

• Ensure program activities align with security, compliance, and governance standards.

• Manage AI-related programs from initiation through delivery, ensuring measurable business outcomes and cost savings.

• Facilitate communication between business, technology, security, compliance, and other stakeholder groups.

• Support Agile development activities, sprint planning, and delivery tracking.

• Identify delivery bottlenecks and drive resolution of program-level issues.

Generic Managerial Skills

• Experience working in Agile development environments.

• Strong program planning, execution, and organizational skills.

• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination.

• Strong communication, reporting, and presentation skills.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet program deadlines.

• Experience supporting governance and executive decision-making.

• Strong risk management and issue-resolution capabilities.

• Focus on delivery, accountability, and measurable business outcomes.

Key Resume Search Keywords

• AI Program Manager

• Senior Program Manager

• Program Management

• PMP Certified

• AI Project Management

• Program Planning and Execution

• Timeline and Milestone Tracking

• Status Reporting

• RACI Matrix

• RAID Log

• Risk Management

• Issue Management

• Dependency Management

• Cross-Functional Coordination

• Governance and Approvals

• Security and Compliance

• Release Readiness

• Launch Coordination

• Agile

• Sprint Delivery

• End-to-End Program Delivery

• Cost Savings

• Business Benefits

• Stakeholder Management

• New York

• New Jersey

• NYC Onsite

Note: The job details list Louisville, KY as the location but also require a candidate based in NJ/NY to work onsite in NYC three days per week. Confirm the intended work location before sourcing candidates.