Senior Manager, AI Transformation Programs Lead

Sapient Corporation; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in Irving, TX, seeks a Senior Manager, Program Management to lead enterprise-scale transformation initiatives spanning marketing, advertising, insights, campaign orchestration, product innovation, and AI-enabled programs.

You will bridge strategic oversight with hands-on execution, steering multiple workstreams, managing risks, and delivering senior-level communications and updates to clients and leadership.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex programs, transformations or large-scale consulting engagements.
• Ability to operate at both strategic and detailed execution levels.
• Experience creating and managing integrated bottom-up plans across multiple workstreams.
• Proven track record in risks, dependencies, milestones, decisions and executive reporting.
• Experience leading programs with internal teams, client stakeholders, third parties and globally distributed teams.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation and storytelling skills.
• Advanced PowerPoint capabilities for senior client and executive materials.
• Ability to bring structure and momentum in ambiguous or evolving programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead program management activities across one or more complex transformation workstreams.
• Establish and maintain rigorous bottom-up program plans with milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, owners and deliverables.
• Own assigned workstreams and drive activities to completion.
• Coordinate across strategy, change management, technology, marketing, media and other transformation teams.
• Manage dependencies across teams, client stakeholders, third parties and distributed delivery teams.
• Establish governance, reporting and operating cadences as the PMO evolves.
• Identify and mitigate delivery risks, and escalate issues early.
• Translate complex program data into concise senior-level communications and presentations.
• Develop polished updates for senior client and internal leadership.

Skills

Program leadership

Executive communication

Bottom-up planning

Risk management

Stakeholder management

PowerPoint

Ambiguity handling

Global teams

Job description

Publicis Sapient in Irving, TX, seeks a Senior Manager, Program Management to lead enterprise-scale transformation initiatives spanning marketing, advertising, insights, campaign orchestration, product innovation, and AI-enabled programs.

You will bridge strategic oversight with hands-on execution, steering multiple workstreams, managing risks, and delivering senior-level communications and updates to clients and leadership.