Senior Program Manager, Enterprise AI

Blackstone Talent Group; San Ramon (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackstone Talent Group is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Enterprise AI to lead delivery of our Enterprise AI portfolio for a Client's team in the US. You will translate AI strategy into measurable business outcomes, align AI engineering, business technology, stakeholders, and executives, and drive initiatives from planning through adoption.

You will establish governance, manage risks and dependencies, influence without authority, and ensure timely decisions in a complex matrix organization

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading complex enterprise technology, digital transformation, data, analytics, or AI programs.
• Proven success delivering large-scale, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through implementation and adoption.
• Advanced program and portfolio management skills, including roadmap planning, governance, risk management, dependency management, and executive reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to influence teams, drive accountability, and deliver results without direct authority.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology and modern software delivery practices.
• Working knowledge of artificial intelligence, machine learning, Generative AI, large language models, AI agents, data, APIs, integrations, and AI-enabled applications.
• Ability to partner effectively with engineers and architects and evaluate technical dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect technology investments to measurable business outcomes.
• Excellent problem-solving, stakeholder management, executive communication, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to create structure, urgency, and momentum in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the Enterprise AI roadmap and integrated program plan, including priorities, scope, milestones, resources, dependencies, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
• Translate strategic objectives into executable workstreams with clear owners, delivery plans, and measurable success criteria.
• Drive AI initiatives from planning through development, launch, adoption, stabilization, and value realization.
• Establish program governance, decision forums, communication rhythms, and executive reporting.
• Partner with AI Engineering, architects, business teams, and leadership to align technical delivery with business priorities.
• Identify early warning signals, delivery risks, resource constraints, and ownership gaps; drive issues to resolution and escalations.
• Remove cross-functional barriers and facilitate timely decisions across a complex, matrixed organization.
• Maintain visibility into program health, critical path activities, commitments, and dependencies.
• Track adoption, business impact, and realized value after launch.
• Continuously improve program management practices as Enterprise AI capabilities mature.

Skills

Program management

Enterprise AI

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Influence without authority

Risk management

Delivery planning

Job description

Job DescriptionBlackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Enterprise AI to join our Client's team.

Job DescriptionBlackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Enterprise AI to join our Client's team.

About The Role

We are seeking a highly accountable and execution-focused Senior Program Manager, Enterprise AI to lead delivery of our Enterprise AI portfolio. This high-impact individual contributor role translates AI strategy into measurable business outcomes. You will lead complex, cross-functional initiatives; establish governance and operating discipline; manage risks and dependencies; and drive alignment across AI Engineering, Business Technology, business stakeholders, and executive leadership. Success requires strong program leadership, technical fluency, business acumen, and the ability to influence without direct authority.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Enterprise AI roadmap and integrated program plan, including priorities, scope, milestones, resources, dependencies, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
• Translate strategic objectives into executable workstreams with clear owners, delivery plans, and measurable success criteria.
• Drive AI initiatives from planning through development, launch, adoption, stabilization, and value realization.
• Establish program governance, decision forums, communication rhythms, and executive reporting.
• Partner with AI Engineering, architects, business teams, and leadership to align technical delivery with business priorities.
• Identify early warning signals, delivery risks, resource constraints, and ownership gaps; drive issues to resolution and escal
• Remove cross-functional barriers and facilitate timely decisions across a complex, matrixed organization.
• Maintain visibility into program health, critical path activities, commitments, and dependencies.
• Track adoption, business impact, and realized value after launch.
• Continuously improve program management practices as Enterprise AI capabilities mature.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading complex enterprise technology, digital transformation, data, analytics, or AI programs.
• Proven success delivering large-scale, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through implementation and adoption.
• Advanced program and portfolio management skills, including roadmap planning, governance, risk management, dependency management, and executive reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to influence teams, drive accountability, and deliver results without direct authority.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology and modern software delivery practices.
• Working knowledge of artificial intelligence, machine learning, Generative AI, large language models, AI agents, data, APIs, integrations, and AI-enabled applications.
• Ability to partner effectively with engineers and architects and evaluate technical dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect technology investments to measurable business outcomes.
• Excellent problem-solving, stakeholder management, executive communication, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to create structure, urgency, and momentum in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise AI governance, responsible AI, security, privacy, compliance, or model risk.
• Experience driving AI adoption, organizational change, training, or enablement programs.
• Experience in enterprise software, cloud technology, SaaS, or contact center environments.

Security Clearance Required: N/A

Blackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.