IT Project Manager

Codvo; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Codvo is seeking a Project Manager to own the delivery of data engineering and AI-native product programs sponsored by client CTO organizations for platform modernization and AI features embedded into products.

You will interface with product engineering leadership, manage release planning across multiple pods, and track velocity, quality, and risks while coordinating budgets and change control.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of project management experience, including 5+ years managing data engineering/AI delivery.
• Experience working directly with enterprise CTO/product engineering organizations.
• Familiarity with the software engineering lifecycle, CI/CD, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience managing delivery of AI-native product features (LLM integration, agentic workflows).
• PMP certification and an Agile/Scrum certification are an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of CTO-sponsored product and platform engineering programs.
• Interface with product engineering leadership, architects, and platform/DevOps teams.
• Own release planning and sprint governance across multiple engineering pods.
• Manage delivery of AI-native product features — LLM integration, agentic workflows.
• Track engineering velocity, quality, and technical risk at the program level.
• Maintain project plans, timelines, and resource allocation across workstreams.
• Track budget vs. actuals and report variances to leadership.
• Own the RAID log and drive mitigation.
• Manage scope changes through formal change control and impact assessment.
• Facilitate sprint/iteration ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, retros) where applicable.

Skills

Project management

Data engineering delivery

AI delivery

Enterprise CTO liaison

CI/CD

Cloud-native architectures

Agile/Scrum certification

Job description

We are hiring a Project Manager to own delivery of data engineering and AI-native product/engineering programs sponsored by client CTO organizations platform modernization and AI features embedded directly into products.

Key Responsibilities

• Own delivery of CTO-sponsored product and platform engineering programs
• Interface with product engineering leadership, architects, and platform/DevOps teams
• Own release planning and sprint governance across multiple engineering pods
• Manage delivery of AI-native product features — agentification, copilot features, embedded AI
• Track engineering velocity, quality, and technical risk at the program level
• Maintain project plans, timelines, and resource allocation across workstreams
• Track budget vs. actuals and report variances to leadership
• Own the RAID log (risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies) and drive mitigation
• Manage scope changes through formal change control and impact assessment
• Facilitate sprint/iteration ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, retros) where applicable

Required Skills

• 10+ years of project management experience, including 5+ years managing data engineering/AI delivery
• Experience working directly with enterprise CTO/product engineering organizations
• Familiarity with the software engineering lifecycle, CI/CD, and cloud-native architectures
• Experience managing delivery of AI-native product features (LLM integration, agentic workflows)
• PMP certification and an Agile/Scrum certification are an added advantage

Non-Negotiables

• Consulting mindset — engages client stakeholders as a trusted advisor, not a scheduler or order-taker
• Can go deep enough into the engineering problem to unblock it, not just track it on a plan
• Fundamentally strong in project management principles — scope, schedule, budget, risk, and governance
• Excellent stakeholder management across technical, business, and executive layers
• PMP and an Agile/Scrum certification (CSM, PMI-ACP, SAFe) are an added advantage, not mandatory