Technical project manager - AI

New Era Solutions; Dadri; On-site; INR 15,00,000 - 20,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI solutions company is hiring a Technical Program Manager - AI in India. You will manage cross-functional teams for AI/ML initiatives and ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions. The ideal candidate has strong experience in program management and a deep understanding of the ML lifecycle. This on-site role offers competitive compensation and a chance to shape AI delivery practices for enterprise clients.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Career progression opportunities

Learning budget for AI/PM certifications

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing AI/ML program delivery with cross-functional teams.
• Deep understanding of MLOps principles including monitoring and retraining.
• Strong technical fluency with cloud infrastructure and container orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of AI/ML programs.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to translate prototypes into solutions.
• Define and enforce program governance and success metrics.

Skills

AI/ML program delivery management

ML lifecycle understanding

Cloud infrastructure fluency

Agile/Scrum processes

Stakeholder management

Education

PMP, CSM, or equivalent certification

Tools

MLflow

Databricks

TFX

Job description

Industry & Sector: Enterprise AI & Machine Learning product engineering — building production-grade ML/Generative AI solutions, model deployment pipelines, and scalable data platforms for B2B customers across finance, healthcare, retail, and SaaS domains. This is an on-site India role driving delivery of complex AI programs from prototyping to production.

Role: Technical Program Manager - AI

We are hiring an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional delivery of AI/ML initiatives. You will own program planning, risk mitigation, stakeholder alignment, and end-to-end execution of model development, MLOps, and cloud infrastructure projects—ensuring timely delivery, quality, and operational readiness.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of AI/ML programs: define scope, build roadmaps, sequence milestones, and drive cross-team execution to production.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams (data science, ML engineering, SRE, product, QA) to translate research and prototypes into scalable solutions.
• Design and enforce program governance: project plans, sprint cadences, release windows, success metrics, and SLAs for model performance and availability.
• Identify, quantify, and mitigate technical, operational, and compliance risks across data, model, and infrastructure lifecycles.
• Own stakeholder management: provide regular executive updates, align priorities, negotiate trade-offs, and manage vendor/partner relationships.
• Define and promote engineering best practices for reproducible ML, CI/CD for models, monitoring/observability, and post-deployment incident response.

Skills & Qualifications

Must-Have

• Proven experience managing AI/ML program delivery with cross-functional engineering teams and product partners.
• Deep understanding of ML lifecycle and MLOps principles: model training, validation, deployment, monitoring and retraining workflows.
• Strong technical fluency with cloud infrastructure and container orchestration.
• Track record of implementing Agile/Scrum processes and using tools for project tracking and documentation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and vendor coordination experience, with ability to present to senior leadership.
• On-site availability in India and capability to work closely with engineering teams and data centers as needed.

Preferred

• PMP, CSM, or equivalent program management certification.
• Hands‑on exposure to ML platforms and orchestration tooling (MLflow, Databricks, TFX).
• Experience with regulated domains (finance, healthcare) or model governance frameworks.

Benefits & Culture Highlights

• Collaborative, engineering‑driven culture emphasizing ownership, technical rigor, and operational excellence.
• Opportunity to shape AI delivery practices and scale ML systems used by enterprise customers across industries.
• Competitive compensation, focused career progression, and learning budget for AI/PM certifications.

Location: On‑site — India. To apply, bring a strong track record of delivering production AI solutions, deep technical fluency, and proven program management leadership.