AI Program Delivery Lead | Hybrid (NJ)

Real Staffing Group; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid leave

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Specialist Staffing Group seeks an IT Program Management Manager to lead multiple AI initiatives with a hybrid work setup (Bridgewater, NJ). You’ll drive agile delivery, manage complex programs, and coordinate with vendors through from concept to production support.

You’ll need 7+ years in IT project/program management, strong AI experience, and PMP and Agile certifications are highly desirable. Excellent communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering/Business or related field.
• 7+ years IT project/program management experience in complex environments.
• Hands-on leadership in AI, Generative AI, or intelligent automation projects.
• Strong Agile/Scrum delivery experience; PMP and Agile certs encouraged.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of multiple AI projects from concept through deployment and support.
• Manage 8-week implementation cycles with Agile/Scrum; facilitate ceremonies.
• Translate AI ideas into backlogs, user stories, and technical tasks.
• Maintain PMI-based discipline: scope, schedule, risk, governance, and financials.
• Manage RAID logs, status reporting, architecture, cybersecurity, privacy, and AI governance reviews.
• Coordinate with vendors and support SIT, UAT, defect triage, deployment, and transition-to-support.

Skills

IT project management

program management

technology delivery

AI implementation

Generative AI

Agile

Scrum

Jira

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering/Business

Master's degree

PMP certification

PMI-ACP

Certified ScrumMaster

SAFe certification

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

MS Project

Microsoft Teams

ServiceNow

SharePoint

Job description

Specialist Staffing Group seeks an IT Program Management Manager to lead multiple AI initiatives with a hybrid work setup (Bridgewater, NJ). You’ll drive agile delivery, manage complex programs, and coordinate with vendors through from concept to production support.

You’ll need 7+ years in IT project/program management, strong AI experience, and PMP and Agile certifications are highly desirable. Excellent communication is essential.