Remote Senior AI Project Manager — Copilot & Governance

TEKsystems

Maryland

Remote

USD 83,000 - 96,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager / Business Analyst to lead Microsoft AI and Copilot initiatives. You will bridge business stakeholders, technical teams, governance, and executive leadership from concept through implementation, ensuring alignment with Responsible AI practices and Microsoft platform capabilities.

The ideal candidate combines strong PM discipline with business analysis expertise.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience in Project Management, Business Analysis, Program Delivery, or related roles.
Proven experience leading business and technology initiatives with multiple stakeholders and complex dependencies.
Strong business analysis skills, including requirements gathering, process mapping, workshop facilitation, and documentation.
Experience reviewing technical deliverables and collaborating with architects, engineers, and technical teams.
Demonstrated ability to manage risks, timelines, stakeholder expectations, and project governance.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Experience working in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments.

Responsibilities

Lead multiple concurrent small-to-medium sized technical initiatives supporting Microsoft AI, Copilot Studio, and Microsoft 365 Copilot programs.
Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, budgets, and stakeholder communications.
Coordinate cross-functional teams including business stakeholders, architects, governance teams, security teams, change management resources, trainers, and external partners.
Drive project execution from requirements definition through deployment and operationalization.
Facilitate project status meetings, working sessions, decision reviews, and executive updates.
Escalate risks, roadblocks, and critical decisions in a timely and structured manner.
Ensure accountability for deliverables, action items, and project outcomes.
Manage implementation workstreams supporting Copilot Studio architecture, governance, intake processes, and operational readiness.
Coordinate the rollout of Microsoft AI capabilities while balancing business objectives, security requirements, governance controls, and adoption goals.
Drive Responsible AI (RAI) and governance-related initiatives from planning through implementation.
Support AI use case intake, evaluation, prioritization, and governance review processes.
Coordinate stakeholders across business, security, legal, compliance, and technology teams to ensure alignment and execution.
Gather, document, analyze, and validate business and technical requirements.
Translate stakeholder needs into clear user stories, requirements, process flows, and implementation recommendations.
Facilitate workshops and discovery sessions to identify objectives, current-state processes, future-state requirements, and solution impacts.
Review technical and business deliverables to identify gaps, risks, dependencies, quality concerns, and implementation challenges.
Develop executive summaries, recommendations, decision papers, and stakeholder communications.
Support process improvement initiatives and identify opportunities for automation, simplification, and efficiency gains.