Data & AI Program Manager

Our client, a leading global healthcare organization, is seeking an experienced Data & AI Delivery Program Manager to lead the planning and delivery of strategic data and artificial intelligence initiatives that enable the organization’s Data and AI Platform Strategy.

The role manages complex, interdependent workstreams from initiation through closure, ensuring delivery within approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, security, and governance expectations. This position partners with business stakeholders, architecture, cloud, cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, analytics, AI/ML, vendors, and executive leadership. The ideal candidate combines disciplined project leadership with knowledge on data and AI to coordinate platform implementation, migration, governance, operational readiness, and responsible AI controls in a regulated enterprise environment.

This is a contractual role for 1 year, with the likelihood of extension based upon the Client's needs. The selected candidate will need to work the Client's preferred EST hours.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead planning, execution, governance, and delivery of complex, cross-functional technology programs and project portfolios aligned to business objectives
• Develop and maintain integrated project and portfolio plans, including scope, schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource allocations, budgets, risks, and benefits realization
• Partner with business leaders, product owners, technical teams, vendors, and key stakeholders to define program objectives, priorities, success measures, and delivery roadmaps
• Manage multiple concurrent projects and programs, ensuring effective prioritization, resource utilization, dependency management, and alignment with strategic objectives
• Establish and maintain portfolio governance processes, including steering committees, executive reviews, stage-gate reviews, decision management, and status reporting
• Identify, assess, and manage risks, issues, assumptions, decisions, and dependencies, ensuring timely resolution and escalation when appropriate
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among business, technology, security, compliance, operations, and external partners to ensure successful program execution
• Drive project financial management activities, including budgeting, forecasting, vendor management, resource planning, and financial reporting
• Track and report project and portfolio performance through key delivery metrics, milestones, financial indicators, resource utilization, and business outcomes
• Lead change management, communications, stakeholder engagement, organizational readiness, training, and transition-to-support activities
• Coordinate vendor and third-party delivery activities, contract obligations, implementation plans, and operational handoffs
• Apply appropriate delivery methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid, Scrum, or SAFe, based on project needs and organizational standards
• Ensure project documentation, governance artifacts, and reporting are maintained in accordance with organizational policies and audit requirements
• Drive continuous improvement of project management practices, portfolio governance frameworks, PMO standards, templates, and delivery methodologies
• Support strategic planning, roadmap development, investment prioritization, and capacity planning across the project portfolio
• Lead medium to large-scale enterprise technology initiatives from initiation through closure, ensuring delivery within scope, schedule, quality, and budget expectations.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of experience managing complex technology projects, programs, or portfolios in a corporate or enterprise environment
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, vendors, workstreams, and delivery teams
• Strong experience in project portfolio management, governance, resource planning, budgeting, financial tracking, and executive reporting.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, strategic initiatives, and enterprise-wide programs while balancing business and technology objectives
• Experience implementing PMO disciplines, governance frameworks, stage-gate processes, and portfolio management best practices
• Experience working with enterprise technology platforms, cloud initiatives, digital transformation programs, or business-critical technology implementations

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with data, analytics, cloud, AI, or digital transformation initiatives is preferred
• Experience within healthcare, life sciences, financial services, manufacturing, or other regulated industries is a plus
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe, or equivalent project/program management certification
• Experience supporting enterprise data, analytics, cloud, or AI initiatives
• Familiarity with modern data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, AWS, Microsoft Fabric, or AI platforms is desirable but not required.
• PMO leadership or Enterprise Portfolio Management experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Collibra data catalog is a plus

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field required
• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline or advanced project planning, Portfolio management, data, cloud, or AI certification preferred.