Senior Program Manager, AI-Driven Government Modernization

RELX INC

Trenton (NJ)

Hybrid

USD 136,000 - 218,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

RELX INC is seeking a Senior Program Manager to coordinate modernization initiatives across a government portfolio. You will lead governance, roadmap execution, and AI-enabled engineering programs, interfacing with product, engineering, security, and operations teams to deliver complex projects.

You will drive portfolio planning, manage milestones, dependencies, and risks, and report to senior leadership. The role requires strong organization, communication, and analytical skills in a dynamic,

Qualifications

12+ years of IT project management, program management, or PMO experience.
Bachelor’s degree in technology, finance, business, or related field, or equivalent experience required.
Project governance certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent) required.
Strong project management, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience coordinating cross-functional delivery efforts in Agile environments.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities in fast-paced environments.
Comfortable operating in ambiguous or evolving operational environments.
Strong proficiency with modern AI productivity tooling and AI-assisted workflows.

Responsibilities

Own the program governance model across initiatives — cadences, decision rights, and escalation paths.
Maintain a portfolio-level view of priorities across initiatives, ensuring resource allocation and sequencing decisions reflect strategic intent.
Manage all phases of assigned projects through the product development lifecycle.
Project-manage cross-functional teams across Market Vertical, Product Management, Engineering, Testing, Legal, Operations, Security, and Release Management.
Conduct stakeholder negotiations that span across portfolios, driving alignment on scope, sequencing, and trade-offs.
Negotiate with Engineering Resource Managers for project resources; request demand and review resource allocation for project, program, and/or portfolio.
Build development road maps and project schedules, and support roadmap planning, quarterly planning, and execution tracking.
Maintain ownership of and accountability for schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and delivery status.
Define key performance parameters and create regular variance reports to track progress.
Schedule and facilitate project review meetings and stakeholder updates.
Communicate program and project status — including schedule variances and mitigation options — to leadership and stakeholders.
Collaborate with senior Engineering resources and other project stakeholders to resolve issues and mitigate project impacts.
Support release coordination and operational rollout activities.
Perform data analysis relevant to project delivery and operational improvement initiatives.
Identify and make recommendations for improvement to existing processes, procedures, and operational workflows.
Leverage AI productivity tools and automation workflows to improve planning, reporting, documentation, and coordination.
Support initiatives involving AI-assisted engineering, workflow automation, and modernization efforts.