AI Project Manager

AI Project Manager

FM Talent Source is an enterprise that provides business and workforce solutions to help organizations nationwide overcome business challenges. Our clients include federal, state and local government agencies, Fortune 500 Companies, and non-profit organizations. Founded in 2004, we have a strong history of providing recruitment strategies and utilizing effective project and quality management methodologies to ensure our clients' success.

We are searching for an AI Project Manager to join our growing team. This position is based in Bethesda, MD.

This position will support the client's Artificial Intelligence Team in AI strategy development and in managing a broad AI project portfolio. As such, a candidate with interest, curiosity, and ideally experience using AI tools and technologies and managing projects that leverage AI tools and technologies in solutioning is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities include:

• Assist with the definition of the AI enterprise operating and program model.
• Develop an organizational and operational strategy that defines how the AI organization integrates with existing IT and business governance, management, and execution processes.
• Develop a stakeholder engagement and communications strategy for AI across the enterprise organization and with external stakeholders.
• Support regular AI Team communication with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Document operating processes, workflows, and decision criteria to support continuity and long-term ownership.
• Establish and maintain organized, accessible documentation repositories that support the ongoing operation of the AI Team and its stakeholders.
• Work with customers and stakeholders to define clear project objectives and requirements, agree on priorities, communicate progress updates, schedule demonstrations, resolve issues and conflicts, and provide responsive change management.
• Develop and maintain both programmatic and technical documentation.
• Work with cross-functional teams with diverse technical skill sets to support successful performance across operations and projects.
• Participate in meetings; document action items, follow up on direction, action items, questions, documentation, etc.
• Update project portfolio with project statuses on a weekly basis.
• Capture, monitor, and update project risks and issues in the project risk register on a weekly basis.
• Work with Technical Leads to prioritize projects in sprint planning.
• Manage scope, schedule, quality control, risks, and issues for concurrent high-visibility projects using agile methods in a fast-paced environment.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with a diverse group of staff members, stakeholders, and customers.
• Analyze project management needs and tailor industry best practices to suit the environment.
• Use critical thinking and communication skills to absorb and relay strategic needs articulated by clients and ensure these concepts are written into project charters.
• Assess business needs, write project charters, document technical requirements, and draft project schedules to chart milestones and key activities. Update project data in the portfolio management tool. Brief clients on project status.
• Responsible for planning, leading, organizing, executing, and motivating agile project teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering agile projects that provide exceptional business value.
• The Project Manager is responsible for managing several concurrent high-visibility projects using agile methods in a fast-paced environment.
• May play other roles as needed to support successful project delivery.

Qualifications include:

• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• 11 years of project management experience, working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience writing project charters and project schedules.
• Ability to analyze problems with a flexible and creative approach, manage complex tasks, and adapt to rapidly changing requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and strong customer-facing skills.
• Self-starter and quick learner with lots of initiative and ability to work independently.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Certifications include:

• 1+ years of hands-on experience performing backlog management, work specification, Scrum facilitation, and lessons learned.
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI, and large language model (LLM) concepts, with experience supporting, managing, or implementing AI-enabled products, projects, or business solutions preferred.
• Solid understanding of and demonstrated hands-on experience in using Agile project management tools and methods.
• Solid understanding of and demonstrated hands-on experience using Microsoft Project, Planner Premium (including portfolio management). Visio, Office Suite, and SharePoint.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.