Senior Specialist Client Services Project Manager (AI)

NICE; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

NiCE is seeking a Senior Specialist Client Services Project Manager to oversee multiple projects, ensuring on-time delivery and quality. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive successful execution and governance.

This role supports AI/GenAI programs, requires 12–16 years of IT experience, PMP certification, and a willingness to work US shift (5 PM – 2 AM IST). The NiCE-FLEX hybrid model offers 2 days in office and 3 days remote.

Qualifications

• 12–16 years of IT experience.
• 7 years of project management leading multiple concurrent projects in customer-facing environments.
• Experience delivering full lifecycle projects across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid approaches.
• Experience delivering technical, SaaS, and AI/GenAI programs.
• Strong analytical skills with a track record of managing risks, revenue, and escalations.
• Excellent communication and expectation-management skills.
• PMP certification required.

Responsibilities

• Manage high-visibility software and AI/GenAI projects, ensuring alignment with scope, timelines, and customer expectations.
• Manage project plans, schedules, RAID logs, and core project documentation.
• Provide consistent communication with executive leadership.
• Drive ownership, accountability, and escalation management.
• Guide teams through the full project lifecycle.
• Mentor project managers and support PMO best-practice maturity.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

PMP certification

Tools

MS Project

Salesforce

Rocketlane

Power BI

Job description

At NiCE, we don’t limit our challenges. We challenge our limits. Always. We’re ambitious. We’re game changers. And we play to win. We set the highest standards and execute beyond them. And if you’re like us, we can offer you the ultimate career opportunity that will light a fire within you.

So, what’s the role all about?

As a Senior Specialist Client Services Project Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing multiple projects and initiatives that support the organization's strategic goals. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project execution, on-time delivery, and adherence to quality standards.

How will you make an impact?

• Manage high-visibility software and AI/GenAI projects, ensuring alignment with scope, timelines, and customer expectations.
• Manage project plans, schedules, RAID logs, and core project documentation.
• Provide consistent communication with executive leadership.
• Drive ownership, accountability, and escalation management.
• Guide teams through the full project lifecycle.
• Mentor project managers and support PMO best-practice maturity.

Have you got what it takes?

• IT experience: 12 to 16 years
• 7 years of project management experience leading multiple concurrent projects in customer-facing environments.
• Proven success delivering full lifecycle projects across Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid approaches.
• Experience delivering technical, SaaS, and AI/GenAI programs.
• Strong analytical skills with a track record of managing risks, revenue, and escalations.
• Excellent communication and expectation-management skills.
• Advanced proficiency with tools such as MS Project, Salesforce, Rocketlane, and Power BI.
• PMP certification required.

Willingness to work in US shift (5 PM – 2 AM IST)

AI Delivery (Preferred)

• Led end-to-end delivery of conversational AI, LLM, and NLU solutions across scoping, execution, UAT, and deployment.
• Assessed AI use cases and evaluated data readiness, including ingestion, quality, labeling, and dependency tracking.
• Collaborated with engineering, product, R&D, and presales teams to validate model accuracy, output quality, and overall performance.
• Set and managed customer expectations while coordinating cross-functional delivery across technical and business teams.
• Identified and mitigated AI-specific risks such as model drift, hallucinations, data issues, and expectation misalignment.
• Applied hands-on prompt engineering with a clear understanding of prompting limitations and optimization strategies.
• Leveraged AI tools in daily workflows for automation, data analysis, content generation, and quality validation.
• Defined and monitored AI performance KPIs, translating metrics (e.g., accuracy, containment, hallucination rate, latency, cost per inference) into actionable insights.
• Managed AI cost drivers, e.g. token usage, model selection, prompt structure, and architecture optimization for efficiency and performance.
• Ensured compliance with AI safety, governance, and security standards, implementing guardrails, redaction practices, and structured evaluation frameworks.

You will have an advantage if you also have:

• Experience working with Waterfall/Agile methodologies
• Experience with Onsite and offshore delivery model

What’s in it for you?

Join an ever-growing, market disrupting, global company where the teams – comprised of the best of the best – work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and creative environment! As the market leader, every day at NiCE is a chance to learn and grow, and there are endless internal career opportunities across multiple roles, disciplines, domains, and locations. If you are passionate, innovative, and excited to constantly raise the bar, you may just be our next NiCEr!

Enjoy NiCE-FLEX!

At NiCE, we work according to the NiCE-FLEX hybrid model, which enables maximum flexibility: 2 days working from the office and 3 days of remote work, each week. Naturally, office days focus on face-to-face meetings, where teamwork and collaborative thinking generate innovation, new ideas, and a vibrant, interactive atmosphere.

Requisition ID: 11513

Reporting into: Tech Manager

Role Type: Individual Contributor

About NiCE

NICELtd. (NASDAQ: NICE)software products are used by 25,000+ global businesses, including 85 of the Fortune 100 corporations, to deliver extraordinary customer experiences,fight financial crimeand ensure public safety.Every day, NiCE software managesmore than120 million customer interactions and monitors3+billion financial transactions.

Known as an innovation powerhouse that excels in AI, cloud and digital, NiCE is consistently recognized as the market leader in its domains, with over 8,500 employees across 30+ countries.

NiCE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, neurotype, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.