Enterprise AI Program Lead: Delivery & Strategy

Blackstone Talent Group; San Ramon (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackstone Talent Group is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Enterprise AI to lead delivery of our Enterprise AI portfolio for a Client's team in the US. You will translate AI strategy into measurable business outcomes, align AI engineering, business technology, stakeholders, and executives, and drive initiatives from planning through adoption.

You will establish governance, manage risks and dependencies, influence without authority, and ensure timely decisions in a complex matrix organization

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading complex enterprise technology, digital transformation, data, analytics, or AI programs.
• Proven success delivering large-scale, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through implementation and adoption.
• Advanced program and portfolio management skills, including roadmap planning, governance, risk management, dependency management, and executive reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to influence teams, drive accountability, and deliver results without direct authority.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology and modern software delivery practices.
• Working knowledge of artificial intelligence, machine learning, Generative AI, large language models, AI agents, data, APIs, integrations, and AI-enabled applications.
• Ability to partner effectively with engineers and architects and evaluate technical dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect technology investments to measurable business outcomes.
• Excellent problem-solving, stakeholder management, executive communication, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to create structure, urgency, and momentum in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the Enterprise AI roadmap and integrated program plan, including priorities, scope, milestones, resources, dependencies, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
• Translate strategic objectives into executable workstreams with clear owners, delivery plans, and measurable success criteria.
• Drive AI initiatives from planning through development, launch, adoption, stabilization, and value realization.
• Establish program governance, decision forums, communication rhythms, and executive reporting.
• Partner with AI Engineering, architects, business teams, and leadership to align technical delivery with business priorities.
• Identify early warning signals, delivery risks, resource constraints, and ownership gaps; drive issues to resolution and escalations.
• Remove cross-functional barriers and facilitate timely decisions across a complex, matrixed organization.
• Maintain visibility into program health, critical path activities, commitments, and dependencies.
• Track adoption, business impact, and realized value after launch.
• Continuously improve program management practices as Enterprise AI capabilities mature.

Skills

Program management

Enterprise AI

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Influence without authority

Risk management

Delivery planning

Job description

Blackstone Talent Group is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Enterprise AI to lead delivery of our Enterprise AI portfolio for a Client's team in the US. You will translate AI strategy into measurable business outcomes, align AI engineering, business technology, stakeholders, and executives, and drive initiatives from planning through adoption.

You will establish governance, manage risks and dependencies, influence without authority, and ensure timely decisions in a complex matrix organization