Technical Project Manager - AI/ML & Agile Delivery
- W2 Only role.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.
- Sponsorship is not available for this position.
Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager / Scrum Master to lead two enterprise technology initiatives involving AI-powered analytics and Machine Learning implementation.
This dual-role position requires strong project delivery, financial management, vendor coordination, stakeholder management, and hands-on Agile/Scrum leadership across multiple teams.
Key Responsibilities
Project Management
- Lead end-to-end delivery, managing scope, schedule, budget, milestones, risks, and dependencies.
- Develop and maintain project plans, forecasts, RAID logs, and executive status reports.
- Manage project budgets, actuals, CapEx/OpEx, vendor/SOW spend, and Project Change Requests (PCRs).
- Coordinate vendors, technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive sponsors.
- Oversee SaaS implementations, integrations, SSO, testing, release readiness, and deployments.
- Coordinate governance reviews, including AI intake, cybersecurity, and architecture approvals.
- Support UAT, user adoption, training, and business value tracking.
- Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, demos, and retrospectives.
- Partner with Product Owners on backlog prioritization, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Manage JIRA boards, sprint metrics, velocity, and release tracking.
- Remove impediments, manage dependencies, and coach teams on Agile practices.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of IT Project Management experience.
- 3+ years of hands-on Scrum Master experience with Agile delivery teams.
- Proven ability to perform Project Manager and Scrum Master responsibilities simultaneously across multiple projects.
- Strong project financial management experience, including budgeting, forecasting, actuals, CapEx/OpEx, vendor spend, and PCRs.
- Experience with enterprise SaaS implementations, vendor management, SSO, and integrations.
- Understanding of procurement, sourcing, finance, and accounting processes.
- Strong JIRA experience; familiarity with Confluence, ServiceNow, Oracle, Coupa, and Apptio is preferred.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and executive reporting skills.
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform/BigQuery, AI agents, conversational analytics, or predictive modeling.
- Experience with HR technology or procurement platforms.
- PMP certification and Scrum certification (CSM, PSM, or SAFe SSM) preferred.