Senior AI Program Lead - Enterprise Delivery

Baker Tilly International; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Tilly is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead planning, coordination, and execution of complex AI technology programs across the firm's AI Product Group. This role drives an integrated delivery framework aligning product development, engineering, platform operations, and external partners.

You will translate technical complexity into actionable plans, manage cross‑functional dependencies, ensure production readiness and launches, and deliver measurable outcomes while

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive technical program management experience with leadership of complex, multi‑team, multi‑vendor technology initiatives.
• Proven experience delivering AI/ML solutions into production.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to influence across complex organizations.
• Experience establishing production readiness reviews, stage-gate processes, and evidence-based launch decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead Enterprise AI Program Delivery across AI product management, engineering, platform operations, global delivery teams, and external partners.
• Develop and maintain program plans, dependency maps, milestones, and delivery schedules across platform development, data pipelines, vendor integrations, security reviews, and production deployments.
• Establish program governance processes, decision-making forums, escalation protocols, and delivery standards for transparency and accountability.
• Manage production readiness and launch gates with engineering evaluations, performance evidence, telemetry, security reviews, and acceptance criteria.
• Oversee vendor and partner delivery, track contractual milestones, validate integration requirements, and ensure technical standards are met.

Skills

Program management

AI/ML deployment

Cross-functional leadership

Executive reporting

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Job description

Baker Tilly is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead planning, coordination, and execution of complex AI technology programs across the firm's AI Product Group. This role drives an integrated delivery framework aligning product development, engineering, platform operations, and external partners.

You will translate technical complexity into actionable plans, manage cross‑functional dependencies, ensure production readiness and launches, and deliver measurable outcomes while