Project Manager – Data & AI Delivery

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Role: Project Manager – Data & AI Delivery

Contract: Full time

Location: Cleveland, OH | Onsite 5 days/week | Full-time | Start date: Immediate

This position requires onsite presence in Cleveland, Ohio five days per week. Remote and hybrid arrangements are not available.

Key Responsibilities

·       Manage multiple parallel projects within a single client account, from initiation through final acceptance.

·       Run agile delivery cadence: sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, demos, and retrospectives.

·       Own executive reporting — weekly status decks, steering committee presentations, and sprint review materials for mixed executive, business, and technical audiences.

·       Serve as the primary liaison between client executive sponsors, client project managers, business SMEs, and the Sarral delivery team.

·       Coordinate onshore and offshore resources including solution architects, data engineers, and UI developers.

·       Manage SOW scope, change control, milestone acceptance forms, and invoicing triggers.

·       Track, communicate, and escalate risks, dependencies, and blockers before they impact delivery commitments.

·       Facilitate SME validation cycles and secure business sign-off on delivered artifacts.

·       Support resource planning, onboarding, and account growth as the engagement expands.

Required Qualifications

·       12+ years of project management experience, including a minimum of 4 years in a consulting or professional services delivery model.

·       Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects under a single enterprise client account.

·       Working knowledge of modern data platforms — Databricks, lakehouse architecture, data pipelines, and data governance.

·       Strong agile/scrum background on fixed-timeline, milestone-based engagements.

·       Executive presence and proven ability to present to VP and C-level client stakeholders.

·       Advanced PowerPoint and reporting skills; able to build executive-quality decks from scratch on short turnaround.

·       Experience with SOW-driven commercial mechanics: milestones, acceptance criteria, and billing gates.

·       Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and MS Project or equivalent tooling.

·       Must be able to work onsite in Cleveland, OH five days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

·       PMP, CSM, or SAFe certification.

·       Experience delivering AI/ML or generative AI programs in an enterprise environment.

·       Familiarity with product data ecosystems — PIM, MDM, product hierarchies, and knowledge graphs.

·       Prior experience in manufacturing, CPG, or industrial sectors.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for someone who can step in quickly, absorb an in-flight program, and run it without an extended ramp-up period. The right candidate is comfortable operating with ambiguity, direct in stakeholder communication, and able to keep several workstreams moving in parallel.

Interview Process

•     Round 1 — Recruiter screen.

•     Round 2 — Technical and delivery interview with the current Engagement Manager.

•     Final Round — Interview with Sarral Global leadership.