Senior AI Program Manager

JP Gray; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global exposure

Senior leadership exposure

Ownership & impact

Innovation-driven culture

Job summary

JP Gray in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is seeking a Senior AI Program Manager to lead the integrated delivery, governance, and execution of a large-scale AI transformation programme across product, data, security, and business teams. You will translate strategic objectives into delivery plans, establish governance, and drive AI use cases from inception to production and scalable adoption.

This contract role requires coordinating cross-functional teams and engaging senior leadership, with a six-month

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading complex AI, data, or digital transformation programs.
• Strong governance, planning, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a complex enterprise-wide AI portfolio across multiple stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Translate strategic objectives into clear delivery plans, milestones, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• Establish and maintain programme governance, reporting structures, and leadership operating rhythms.
• Drive AI use cases through the full lifecycle, from intake and prioritisation to deployment and scale.
• Manage programme dependencies, risks, issues, and decision-making processes.
• Design and optimise scalable workflows, processes, and operating models.
• Automate reporting, governance activities, notifications, and operational controls where possible.
• Align business demand with AI platform, data, governance, and operational capabilities.
• Partner with business units to accelerate AI adoption and organisational readiness.
• Facilitate executive steering committees and provide evidence-based programme insights.
• Ensure AI initiatives meet governance, security, compliance, and quality standards.
• Build long-term programme structures that support sustainable AI delivery at scale.

Skills

AI program management

Enterprise governance

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Data platforms

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Portfolio tools

Job description

• Reporting & Dashboarding platforms

Senior AI Program Manager

Amsterdam, Netherlands | 40 Hours per Week | Contract Role for 6 months | English

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior AI Program Manager to lead the integrated delivery, governance, and execution of a large-scale AI transformation programme within a global technology-driven organisation. This is a highly strategic role positioned at the intersection of AI innovation, product development, data platforms, governance, and business adoption. You will be responsible for connecting organisational objectives with programme delivery, ensuring AI initiatives move efficiently from concept and experimentation through to production, business value, and scalable adoption. Working across product, engineering, AI platform, data, governance, security, risk, and business teams, you will play a central role in establishing a sustainable operating model for AI delivery while enabling measurable outcomes across the organisation.

What You'll Do

• Lead and manage a complex enterprise-wide AI portfolio across multiple stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Translate strategic objectives into clear delivery plans, milestones, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• Establish and maintain programme governance, reporting structures, and leadership operating rhythms.
• Drive AI use cases through the full lifecycle, from intake and prioritisation to deployment and scale.
• Manage programme dependencies, risks, issues, and decision-making processes.
• Design and optimise scalable workflows, processes, and operating models.
• Automate reporting, governance activities, notifications, and operational controls where possible.
• Align business demand with AI platform, data, governance, and operational capabilities.
• Partner with business units to accelerate AI adoption and organisational readiness.
• Facilitate executive steering committees and provide evidence-based programme insights.
• Ensure AI initiatives meet governance, security, compliance, and quality standards.
• Build long-term programme structures that support sustainable AI delivery at scale.

What You Bring

• Extensive experience leading complex technology, digital transformation, data, or AI programmes.
• Strong understanding of Generative AI, machine learning, AI product lifecycles, governance, and responsible AI principles.
• Proven ability to manage large portfolios involving multiple teams, stakeholders, and business functions.
• Experience engaging with executive and senior leadership stakeholders.
• Strong programme governance, planning, and delivery management expertise.
• Advanced stakeholder management and influencing skills without direct authority.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into business decisions and strategic outcomes.
• Analytical and data-driven approach to programme management.
• Experience operating within large, fast-moving, international environments.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience scaling AI products or AI platforms across enterprise environments.
• Background in digital transformation or enterprise change programmes.
• Knowledge of Responsible AI frameworks and AI governance models.
• Experience with Agile portfolio management methodologies.
• Exposure to technology, e-commerce, digital platform, marketplace, or travel-related industries.

Systems & Tools

• Jira
• Confluence
• Portfolio & Programme Management tools
• Agile delivery frameworks
• Reporting & Dashboarding platforms
• AI & Data Platform ecosystems
• Workflow automation tools

Benefits & Perks

• Opportunity to shape and influence AI transformation at enterprise scale.
• Exposure to cutting-edge AI, data, and technology initiatives.
• Collaboration with international teams and senior leaders.
• High level of ownership, visibility, and impact.
• Dynamic and innovation-focused working environment.
• Opportunity to help define the future operating model for AI delivery within a leading global organisation.

Interested?

Are you an experienced Programme Manager with a passion for AI, transformation, governance, and enterprise delivery? We would like to hear from you.

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