AI Project Manager

Zion Cloud Solutions; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Zion Cloud Solutions in Chicago, IL is seeking an experienced AI Project Manager to provide project management and governance support for priority AI initiatives. The role focuses on managing complex projects, coordinating stakeholders, maintaining governance artifacts, and delivering clear visibility into status, risks, and decisions.

The successful candidate will oversee schedules, dependencies, and communications, producing regular reports for executive leadership and governance bodies, while

Qualifications

• 12+ years of project/program management experience.
• Experience managing complex enterprise technology initiatives.
• Experience with project planning, risk management, governance, dependencies, and executive reporting.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional technical and business teams.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management support for priority AI projects and legacy refactoring efforts.
• Develop project charters, workplans, timelines, milestones, risk logs, issue logs, and dependency maps.
• Manage project schedules, deliverables, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.
• Maintain the engagement workplan, risk register, and decision log.
• Track project progress and identify risks, issues, and potential delays.
• Produce weekly status reports and monthly executive reports for the Chief AI Officer and governance bodies.
• Coordinate business, technology, security, infrastructure, and vendor stakeholders.
• Support governance meetings and ensure action items are tracked through completion.
• Assist leadership with project prioritization and resource planning.

Skills

Project management

Enterprise tech initiatives

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Communication

Cross-functional teams

Job description

We are seeking an experienced

Job Title: AI Project Manager

Location: Chicago, IL-Hybrid

Duration: Longterm

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced AI Project Manager to provide project management and governance support for priority AI initiatives.

The successful candidate will manage complex projects, coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, maintain project governance, and provide clear visibility into project status, risks, dependencies, and decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide project management support for priority AI projects and legacy refactoring efforts.
• Develop project charters, workplans, timelines, milestones, risk logs, issue logs, and dependency maps.
• Manage project schedules, deliverables, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.
• Maintain the engagement workplan, risk register, and decision log.
• Track project progress and identify risks, issues, and potential delays.
• Produce weekly status reports and monthly executive reports for the Chief AI Officer and designated governance bodies.
• Coordinate business, technology, security, infrastructure, and vendor stakeholders.
• Support governance meetings and ensure action items are tracked through completion.
• Assist leadership with project prioritization and resource planning.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of project/program management experience.
• Strong experience managing complex enterprise technology initiatives.
• Experience with project planning, risk management, governance, dependencies, and executive reporting.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional technical and business teams.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-moving environment.