[Remote] Program Manager, Enterprise AI
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Jacobs is an organization focused on solving critical challenges across cities, environments, infrastructure, scientific discovery, and manufacturing. The Program Manager will coordinate Enterprise AI programs and initiatives by maintaining delivery plans, tracking budgets, schedules, milestones, risks, and dependencies, and ensuring accountability across teams. The role will also provide escalation support and executive-level reporting to accelerate AI delivery and demonstrate business impact.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain one unified delivery plan across all Enterprise AI work, with clear milestones, dependencies, and a shared schedule
- Track budgets and spend across the portfolio, and give leaders an early, honest read on cost, risk, and progress
- Keep project managers, product owners, and initiative leads accountable to schedule and delivery, without taking over their work
- Serve as the primary point for escalation and for coordination
- Work with supporting functions such as IT and the Operating Units
- Produce executive-level reports and summaries that turn detail into clear decisions
Skills
- 5+ years managing complex programs or portfolios, including several projects running in parallel
- Hands-on Agile and Scrum experience, and the judgement to adapt the approach to the work
- Strong command of budgets, forecasting, and delivery metrics
- A track record of clear executive communication, on the page and in the room
- High attention to detail
- Experience delivering AI, data, or other technology programs
- PMP, plus an Agile credential such as PMI-ACP, SAFe, or Certified ScrumMaster
- Familiarity with portfolio tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, or Smartsheet
- Experience in a large, matrixed, relationship-driven organization
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, technology, or a related field is preferred, not required. Equivalent experience delivering complex projects and/or programs is valued just as highly
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic life insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Ability to purchase company stock at a discount
- Eligible employees may enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan
- Unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees
- Seven paid holidays
- Caregiver leave
- Certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock
Company Overview
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