AI PROJECT MANAGER

Reply, Inc.; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Reply, a leading AI and digital solutions provider in Manchester, is seeking an AI Project Manager to drive end-to-end delivery of AI and technology initiatives. You will own project plans, backlogs and resources while coordinating multidisciplinary teams through discovery, development, testing, release and handover.

You will lead stakeholder engagement, communications, training and change activities to ensure adoption and measurable business benefits, with strong emphasis on agile delivery and

Qualifications

• Experience delivering technology or digital transformation projects, ideally including AI or automation initiatives.
• Proficient with Azure DevOps, Jira or similar tools for backlog and delivery tracking.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management across business and tech teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of AI and technology projects, managing plans, milestones, risks and status reporting.
• Own and maintain backlogs, user stories, tasks and acceptance criteria in Azure DevOps, Jira or similar tools.
• Coordinate sprint planning, resource allocation and capacity across multidisciplinary teams.
• Facilitate collaboration between stakeholders through discovery, development, testing, release and handover.
• Support AI adoption activities, including stakeholder engagement, communications and training coordination.
• Track delivery, adoption and benefits against success measures and highlight issues.
• Ensure clear ownership of actions and maintain governance artefacts and project documentation.
• Contribute to change management efforts to embed AI-enabled ways of working.

Skills

Project management

Agile

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Leadership

Team coordination

Communication

Software delivery lifecycle

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

Requisition ID11498-Posted10/27/2026- Years of Experience (2) -Consulting- Where (1)

Reply specialises in designing and implementing solutions based on new communication channels and digital media. Structured as a network of highly specialised companies, Reply supports leading European industrial groups in sectors such as Telco & Media, Industry and Services, Banking and Insurance, and Public Administration, helping define and develop business models enabled by new paradigms such as AI, Cloud Computing, Digital Media, and the Internet of Things. Reply’s services include Consulting, System Integration, and Digital Services.

Role Overview:

This role is a AI Project Manager position focused on driving AI adoption and managing end-to-end technical delivery. You will own project plans, backlogs and resources while coordinating multidisciplinary teams through discovery, development, testing, release and handover. Alongside core delivery management, you will lead stakeholder engagement, communications, training and change activities to ensure AI solutions are successfully adopted and deliver measurable business benefits.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of AI and technology projects, managing plans, milestones, risks and status reporting.
• Own and maintain backlogs, user stories, tasks and acceptance criteria in Azure DevOps, Jira or similar tools.
• Coordinate sprint planning, resource allocation and capacity management across multidisciplinary technical and business teams.
• Facilitate collaboration between stakeholders through discovery, development, testing, release and operational handover.
• Support AI adoption activities, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training coordination and collection of user feedback.
• Track delivery, adoption and benefits against agreed success measures, highlighting issues with scope, budget or timelines as needed.
• Ensure clear ownership of actions and maintain high-quality project documentation and governance artefacts.
• Contribute to change management efforts, helping embed new AI-enabled ways of working into everyday business processes.

About The Candidate:

• Experienced project manager with a track record delivering technology or digital transformation projects, ideally including AI or automation initiatives.
• Confident working with engineers and technical leads, with strong familiarity with the software delivery lifecycle and Agile ways of working.
• Hands-on user of Azure DevOps, Jira or similar tools for ticket creation, backlog management, delivery tracking and acceptance criteria definition.
• Strong organiser able to manage multiple workstreams, plan resources and capacity, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
• Clear and credible communicator who can influence both business stakeholders and technical specialists and manage client-facing relationships.
• Skilled in change management, stakeholder engagement and supporting user adoption through training, communications and feedback loops.
• Comfortable tracking budgets, benefits and adoption metrics, with the discipline to enhance risks and issues appropriately.
• Motivated to deepen expertise in AI and generative AI use cases and apply this knowledge to real-world business problems.

Reply is an Equal Opportunities Employer and committed to embracing diversity in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, identity, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status or parental status or any other characteristic protected by the Law.

Reply is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, please let us know of any Reasonable Adjustments you may need.