[Remote] AI Program Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Clevanoo LLC is seeking an AI Cybersecurity Program Manager / PMO Lead for a contract engagement. The role will establish and manage a lightweight PMO, coordinate multiple AI and cybersecurity workstreams, and provide program-level governance, reporting, risk management, and stakeholder coordination.
Responsibilities
- Stand up and manage a lightweight PMO for the AI/Cybersecurity program
- Establish program-level processes for planning, tracking, reporting, risk management, and governance
- Coordinate up to six subprojects/workstreams, potentially supported by additional Project Managers
- Provide consolidated program-level status reporting across all workstreams
- Track milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and action items
- Identify cross-project dependencies and potential schedule or delivery conflicts
- Establish and maintain program dashboards and reporting within the IBM IDCP PMO platform
- Work with individual Project Managers to ensure consistent reporting and program-level visibility
- Facilitate program governance meetings and ensure follow-up on key decisions and actions
- Maintain program documentation, schedules, RAID logs, status reports, and other PMO artifacts
- Help establish practical PMO standards without creating unnecessary administrative overhead
- Coordinate with cybersecurity, AI, technical, business, and leadership stakeholders
- Provide leadership with a clear, consolidated view of program health and progress
Skills
- Proven experience as a Program Manager, Senior Project Manager, or PMO Lead managing complex technology programs
- Experience coordinating multiple concurrent projects or workstreams
- Experience establishing or improving a PMO, preferably a lightweight or Agile PMO
- Strong project/program governance, reporting, risk, issue, and dependency management skills
- Experience working with multiple Project Managers or project leads
- Strong communication skills with the ability to interact with both technical teams and executive stakeholders
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to bring structure to a complex, evolving program
- Experience with enterprise project/program management tools and dashboards
- Ability to operate independently and establish processes with limited direction
- Ability to work effectively with stakeholders and project teams operating on Central Time
- The ideal candidate is a hands-on Program Manager who can build structure without building bureaucracy
- We are looking for someone who can quickly understand a complex cybersecurity/AI program, establish a practical PMO framework, and provide leadership with a clear picture of what is happening across the various workstreams
- This person should be comfortable working at both levels:
- The candidate should be comfortable in a dynamic environment where the program structure is still being established and should be capable of creating the PMO rather than simply inheriting one
- Experience with cybersecurity programs
- Experience with AI / artificial intelligence programs , AI governance, or AI-related technology initiatives
- Experience working within an IBM environment
- Familiarity with the IBM IDCP PMO platform
- Experience managing cybersecurity transformation or enterprise security initiatives
- Experience with Agile, hybrid, or waterfall program management methodologies
- PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or similar certification is a plus
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