SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER – ENTERPRISE DATA & AI
Location: Tarrytown, NY (Hybrid role – MUST be able to work onsite 3 days per week)
Pay Rate: $110–$125/hr
Hours: Full-Time hours
Duration: Long-Term Contract
Our pharmaceutical client is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead enterprise-wide data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives within its Enterprise Data & AI organization. This senior-level, hands-on role will oversee complex technology programs, manage cross-functional delivery teams, drive project governance, and ensure successful implementation of AI-enabled enterprise solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong experience leading large-scale technology initiatives, managing software releases, and delivering projects within regulated environments.
Description – Senior Project Manager – Enterprise Data & AI:
- Lead integrated project delivery across multiple AI, data, technology, and business workstreams, ensuring projects remain on schedule, compliant, and aligned with organizational objectives.
- Develop and manage integrated project roadmaps, release schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource commitments, and delivery plans.
- Oversee monthly software releases, including readiness assessments, risk evaluations, dependency management, and go/no-go decisions.
- Establish and maintain project governance processes, ownership structures, decision-making responsibilities, and escalation procedures.
- Manage resource capacity, external delivery partner performance, and cross-functional team coordination to ensure successful project execution.
- Provide leadership and coordination across project managers, Scrum Masters, engineering teams, product management, and business stakeholders.
- Identify, track, and resolve project risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery challenges while proactively addressing potential delays.
- Evaluate competing priorities, resolve cross-workstream dependencies, and make informed tradeoffs to maintain project commitments.
- Partner with business stakeholders, IT, security, privacy, compliance, and regulatory teams to ensure appropriate governance and controls.
- Ensure project deliverables meet validation, change control, security, privacy, compliance, and audit documentation requirements.
- Prepare executive-level project updates, risk assessments, recommendations, and decision-making materials for program leadership and steering committees.
- Present delivery risks, proposed solutions, and recommendations to support timely executive decision-making.
- Drive organizational adoption of enterprise AI solutions by coordinating business readiness, stakeholder engagement, implementation planning, and change management activities.
- Collaborate with business champions to identify target users, subject matter expert capacity, training needs, and adoption requirements.
- Establish baseline performance metrics, adoption measurements, and value realization tracking to evaluate business outcomes and program success.
- Hold internal teams and external partners accountable for deliverables, timelines, quality standards, and project commitments.
- Proactively resolve operational challenges, elevate critical issues with recommended solutions, and drive continuous improvement in project delivery.
Qualifications – Senior Project Manager – Enterprise Data & AI:
- 10+ years of experience in project or program management, including at least 5 years leading complex enterprise technology initiatives.
- Proven experience managing large-scale AI, data, software development, enterprise IT, or digital transformation programs.
- Strong experience leading Agile, Scrum, and hybrid project management methodologies across multiple teams and workstreams.
- Demonstrated ability to develop integrated project plans, manage competing priorities, resolve dependencies, and deliver complex technology programs on schedule.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional teams, project managers, Scrum Masters, engineering resources, business stakeholders, and external delivery partners.
- Experience delivering technology solutions within regulated environments, including validation, change control, security, privacy, compliance, and audit-ready documentation.
- Strong experience managing enterprise software release cycles, project governance, resource capacity, vendor performance, and risk mitigation.
- Knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI), including enterprise AI applications, generative AI, and agentic AI technologies.
- Strong working knowledge of Jira, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and related project management and collaboration tools.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with senior executives, technology leaders, business stakeholders, compliance teams, and external partners.
- Experience preparing executive-level reporting, risk assessments, decision-making materials, and recommendations for steering committees.
- Ability to translate complex technical initiatives into actionable project plans, measurable business outcomes, and clear executive communications.
- Strong leadership, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex initiatives, identify potential delivery risks, and elevate issues with proposed solutions.
- Experience supporting enterprise technology adoption, organizational change management, stakeholder readiness, and business value realization.
- Previous experience within pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or other highly regulated industries is preferred.
Benefits:
- Competitive hourly pay rate: $110–$125/hr
- Available health, life, vision, and dental insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Opportunity to lead innovative enterprise data, AI, and digital transformation initiatives within the pharmaceutical industry
- Collaborative environment working with senior technology, data, AI, and business leaders
- Long-term professional development opportunities in enterprise AI and technology program management