Senior AI & Innovation Project Manager — Hybrid

SGS; Ellesmere Port; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/remote model

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Job summary

SGS seeks a Senior Project Manager – AI & Innovation to lead and deliver strategic AI initiatives across Business Assurance IT. This role is hands-on, working with AI tools, prototyping, and translating business needs into practical AI solutions within a global, cross-functional context.

You will manage POCs, MVPs, pilots, and digital products, coordinating with IT, Operations, and Sales to deliver measurable value and scalable outcomes.

Qualifications

• At least five years of experience in project management, digital transformation, innovation management, digital product delivery, or a related field.
• Experience in the Certification/Business Assurance industry is strongly preferred.
• A proven track record of delivering technology-enabled or business transformation projects from concept through implementation.
• Practical, hands-on experience using generative AI tools and prompt engineering, including developing, testing, and refining prompts for business applications.
• Experience managing AI, automation, analytics, or digital product initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills, with the ability to connect business needs and technical delivery.
• Experience working in global, matrix organisations and coordinating contributors across functions and geographies.
• An agile, experimental mindset with the ability to work through ambiguity and turn early‑stage ideas into practical solutions.
• Experience with AI initiatives supporting Sales or Salesforce-related use cases would be a strong advantage.
• Agile project delivery experience is preferred.
• Fluency in English, in addition to the local language, Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on AI and Innovation Delivery: Lead AI, automation, and innovation projects from initial concept through deployment and adoption.
• Work hands-on with AI tools, including developing, testing, and refining prompts for specific business use cases.
• Translate operational and commercial challenges into practical AI use cases, workflows, experiments, and prototypes.
• Conduct structured experimentation, validate outputs, gather user feedback, and improve solutions through iteration.
• Partner with technical teams and business users to move successful concepts from prototype to scalable implementation.
• Promote responsible and effective use of AI, with appropriate attention to data quality, security, governance, and measurable value.

Skills

Project management

Digital transformation

Innovation management

Digital product delivery

Generative AI tools

Prompt engineering

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Global coordination

English fluency

Job description

SGS seeks a Senior Project Manager – AI & Innovation to lead and deliver strategic AI initiatives across Business Assurance IT. This role is hands-on, working with AI tools, prototyping, and translating business needs into practical AI solutions within a global, cross-functional context.

You will manage POCs, MVPs, pilots, and digital products, coordinating with IT, Operations, and Sales to deliver measurable value and scalable outcomes.