AI Enablement Program Lead

Cengage Group; Indianapolis (IN); In loco; USD 117.000 - 187.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Cengage Group is seeking a Program Manager, AI Enablement to direct AI initiatives, ensuring smooth delivery and governance across operations. You will lead enterprise AI pilots, vendor onboarding, and cross-functional collaboration to promote rapid yet rigorous AI adoption.

The role focuses on coordinating risk assessments, vendor contracts, and governance artifacts, while partnering with Legal, Privacy, Security, Procurement, Product, Engineering, and Operations to scale AI enablement.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in business, Information Systems, Program Management, Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in program management, operations, governance, compliance operations, or cross-functional technology delivery.
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise operational programs or cross-functional initiatives.
• Working knowledge of FERPA, GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy/data protection regulations.
• Experience coordinating contracts, DPAs, MSAs, or vendor governance processes.
• Strong attention to detail and operational rigor.
• Excellent collaboration with Legal, Procurement, Security, Product, Engineering, and Business teams.
• Ability to move quickly without compromising rigor.
• Strong written and verbal executive communication skills including status reporting, meeting facilitation, and operational updates.

Mansioni

• Manage the operational cadence for enterprise AI initiatives, pilots, vendor onboarding, and governance activities.
• Conduct and coordinate vendor risk assessments for AI tools, platforms, and integrations.
• Coordinate the third-party AI intake process including security, privacy, and contract review.
• Build and maintain the criteria matrix for AI vendor approvals and connector decisions.
• Partner with Procurement on AI contracts, DPAs, and commercial terms.
• Maintain the approved AI vendor list and periodic reassessment cadence.
• Establish and maintain program governance artifacts including intake workflows, decision logs, action tracking, status reporting, and executive updates.
• Coordinate collaborators across AI Enablement, Legal, Privacy, Security, Procurement, Product, Engineering, and Operations teams.
• Track program achievements, dependencies, risks, and operational readiness across AI initiatives.
• Support operational scaling of AI enablement activities including onboarding, documentation, communications, and process standardization.

Conoscenze

Program management experience

Enterprise programs

Privacy regs

Vendor contracts

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile execution

Executive communication

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in business/Information Systems/PM/Technology

Descrizione del lavoro

Cengage Group is seeking a Program Manager, AI Enablement to direct AI initiatives, ensuring smooth delivery and governance across operations. You will lead enterprise AI pilots, vendor onboarding, and cross-functional collaboration to promote rapid yet rigorous AI adoption.

The role focuses on coordinating risk assessments, vendor contracts, and governance artifacts, while partnering with Legal, Privacy, Security, Procurement, Product, Engineering, and Operations to scale AI enablement.