Senior Technical Program Manager - AI factory

HTEC Group; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

HTEC Group in Minneapolis seeks an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of a complex AI factory program, coordinating multiple use cases and shared platform initiatives across engineering teams. You will translate technical complexity into business outcomes, manage risks and milestones, and report status to executives, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.

The role requires strong technical fluency, business sense, and the ability to bridge stakeholders and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technical program management or delivery leadership.
• 5+ years of accountable ownership of multi-team programs with integrated planning and milestones.
• Strong experience with SDLC, software engineering practices, integration, testing, and release management.
• Experience delivering enterprise software or platform solutions.
• Familiarity with AI initiatives and AI-first delivery risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical program delivery across the AI factory program and its use cases.
• Translate business requirements into engineering delivery context and report progress in business terms.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, roadmaps, milestones, and forecasts.
• Coordinate multiple engineering teams, product owners, architects, and business stakeholders.
• Identify and manage dependencies, risks, resource conflicts, and blockers.
• Provide executive-level reporting on status, risks, and delivery forecasts.
• Align objectives, acceptance criteria, and delivery milestones.
• Drive stakeholder decisions, escalations, mitigation plans, and recovery actions.
• Challenge assumptions without owning architectural decisions.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional leadership

AI-enabled software delivery

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead end-to-end delivery of a complex, enterprise-scale AI factory program, including multiple parallel use cases, shared platform capabilities, and cross-functional engineering teams.

The TPM will be accountable for integrated program planning, delivery execution, dependencies, risks, milestones, and stakeholder communication. This role requires a proactive leader who can bridge the gap between business stakeholders and engineering teams, translate technical complexity into clear business outcomes, and ensure alignment across all delivery streams.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical program management experience, business and product understanding, technical fluency, and excellent executive communication skills.

Salary range for the position: 140.000-196.000$ gross annually

Key Responsibilities:

• Working on AI Factory concepts, including LLMs, RAG, MCP, AI agents, and AI evaluation.
• Understanding of PoC hypothesis validation, business value, technical feasibility, and production readiness.
• Own end-to-end technical program delivery across the entire AI factory program, including individual use cases and shared platform initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into clear engineering delivery context and communicate technical progress in business-friendly language.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, roadmaps, milestones, critical paths, and delivery forecasts.
• Coordinate multiple engineering teams, product owners, architects, and business stakeholders.
• Proactively identify and manage dependencies, risks, resource conflicts, and delivery blockers.
• Maintain visibility into backlogs, priorities, scope changes, and short-term and long-term delivery commitments.
• Align business objectives, product definitions of success, acceptance criteria, and delivery milestones.
• Drive stakeholder decisions, escalations, mitigation plans, and recovery actions.
• Provide clear, concise executive-level reporting on program status, risks, delivery forecasts, and business outcomes.
• Challenge assumptions, identify gaps, and ask the right technical questions without taking ownership of architectural decisions.

Mandatory Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technical program management or complex technical delivery leadership.
• 5+ years of accountable ownership of complex, multi-team programs, including integrated planning, milestones, dependencies, and delivery forecasting.
• Strong experience with SDLC, software engineering practices, integration, testing, and release management.
• Working understanding of AI-enabled / AI-first software delivery and its impact on engineering processes.
• Proven experience managing multiple parallel delivery streams and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience delivering complex enterprise software, data, or platform solutions into production.
• Practical familiarity with AI initiatives and awareness of AI-specific delivery risks.
• Strong technical fluency in enterprise architecture