Global Program Lead, AI-Driven Initiatives

Nextens; Minnesota; On-site; USD 105,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions in the United States seeks a Program Manager to lead complex, cross-functional programs across products and regions. You will partner with business and technology leaders to define strategy, governance, and delivery plans, aligning priorities, risks, and outcomes.

The role emphasizes ambiguity navigation, influential decision-making without direct authority, and leveraging AI-enabled tools to improve planning, reporting, and value realization.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to create program strategy, integrated plans, governance structures, and executive decision frameworks in ambiguous environments.
• Proven success influencing senior stakeholders, negotiating priorities and resources, resolving cross-functional conflict, and leading without direct authority.
• Strong experience managing program risks, dependencies, investments, delivery performance, change impacts, and outcome measurement.
• Exceptional written, verbal, facilitation, and executive communication skills with the ability to translate complex information into clear decisions and actions.
• Experience using data and modern project, collaboration, automation, or AI-enabled tools to improve program delivery and decision support.
• Working knowledge of responsible AI practices, including output validation, human oversight, data protection, transparency, and appropriate escalation.
• Experience in a complex, global, cross-functional, or regulated environment such as financial services, data, privacy, risk, or compliance.
• PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Lean Six Sigma, change management, portfolio management, or advanced agile certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead major programs that may span multiple business areas, products, regions, or functions.
• Define program strategy, objectives, roadmap, operating model, governance, decision rights, and integrated delivery plans.
• Manage program-level risks, issues, dependencies, constraints, and change impacts while driving mitigation and contingency planning.
• Partner with sponsors and business owners to define value, success measures, adoption plans, and benefits realization.
• Align senior stakeholders on priorities, scope, sequencing, resources, and expected outcomes.
• Provide concise, decision-oriented communications to executives, delivery teams, and key partners.
• Mentor project managers and delivery professionals by sharing tools, practices, and program leadership expertise.
• Use approved AI and automation tools to improve planning, research, reporting, risk identification, knowledge synthesis, and delivery execution while maintaining accountability for information quality and integrity.

Skills

Program strategy

Executive communication

Stakeholder influence

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Ambiguity handling

AI tools

Data synthesis

Communication with executives

Education

PMP

PgMP

PRINCE2 Practitioner

Lean Six Sigma

Agile certification

Portfolio management

Job description

LexisNexis Risk Solutions in the United States seeks a Program Manager to lead complex, cross-functional programs across products and regions. You will partner with business and technology leaders to define strategy, governance, and delivery plans, aligning priorities, risks, and outcomes.

The role emphasizes ambiguity navigation, influential decision-making without direct authority, and leveraging AI-enabled tools to improve planning, reporting, and value realization.