AI & Digital Transformation Senior Project Manager

Role Summary

The IT Project Manager leads projects supporting AI and digital transformation initiatives from planning through delivery. This role manages cross-functional teams, project resources, budgets, timelines, risks, and stakeholder communications across multiple concurrent projects. The position develops project plans, user acceptance testing (UAT) plans, delivery processes, and reporting to ensure projects meet or exceed established objectives. Success requires strong project management expertise, strategic thinking, financial acumen, and the ability to collaborate effectively with executives, clients, vendors, and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and manage resources to deliver AI and digital transformation projects.
• Establish project direction, assign tasks, and coordinate work across cross-functional teams.
• Develop and communicate project scope, plans, timelines, tasks, expectations, and UAT testing plans.
• Identify, assess, document, and escalate project risks, issues, resource needs, and potential solutions.
• Facilitate project meetings and presentations for executives, stakeholders, clients, peers, and large or small groups.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects while monitoring priorities, budgets, resources, milestones, and deliverables.
• Track project progress and provide timely status reports to appropriate stakeholders.
• Evaluate projects, identify required changes, and coordinate implementation with project teams, management, and business functions.
• Build and maintain effective customer, vendor, internal, and external stakeholder relationships.
• Follow established IT project life cycle processes and support effective project delivery practices.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in project resource planning, project reporting, prioritization, financial management, and budgeting.
• Strong understanding and application of project management best practices.
• Experience leading IT projects and programs involving external providers and internal and external deliverables.
• Experience successfully managing multiple concurrent major projects.
• Experience developing IT processes, delivery practices, and project management education for business functions.
• Proficiency with project management productivity tools and software.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate teams across multiple workgroups and gain cooperation from senior management, clients, vendors, and other departments.
• Strong strategic and critical-thinking skills, with experience developing project information and conducting formal meetings.
• Ability to communicate clearly, professionally, and consistently with project teams and stakeholders.
• Fluency in reading and writing English, along with regular and reliable attendance.

Publishing Pay Range: $70.00 - $80.00 hourly

This position is based in office and requires employee to work on-site.