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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Technical Project Manager / AI Program Manager - **Company:** BCforward - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $140,795.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** A/B Testing, Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Audit Trail, Software Documentation, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, RAID, JSON, Python (Programming Language), Knowledge Management, Reliability Engineering, Runbook, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Fastapi, Low Latency, Atlassian Tools, Machine Learning Operations, Servicenow - **Published:** August 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/5313dd25-d0e2-4cd2-9e20-aa691ced2f25 ## About the Role * Project and program management expertise in Agile and hybrid delivery for AI initiatives. * Strong stakeholder management and risk control capabilities with clear communication skills. * Proficiency with Jira and Confluence and standard PM artifacts including RAID, roadmaps, status, and budget tracking. * 7+ years leading complex technology projects and 3+ years delivering AI/ML or LLM-based solutions. Preferred Skills: * Experience with GenAI, agentic systems, LangChain or LangGraph, and RAG pipelines. * Familiarity with Python, FastAPI integration patterns, vector and relational database basics, and LLM evaluation metrics including quality, safety, latency, and cost. * Exposure to LLMOps or MLOps practices including observability, rollback, feature flags, and CI/CD for models. * Financial services or regulated industry experience and production support background. * Certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, or CSM. ## Description We are seeking an experienced IT Program Manager to lead end-to-end planning and execution for AI programs across discovery, prototyping, pilot, and production. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Agile program management, AI delivery lifecycles, and risk controls and a proven ability to drive cross-functional delivery, ensure Responsible AI governance, and achieve outcome-based results in regulated environments., * Establish and maintain integrated project plans with milestones, dependencies, and critical paths for AI initiatives. * Run Agile ceremonies across Scrum and Kanban and adapt to hybrid delivery for model and platform work. * Own RAID management with clear owners, due dates, mitigations, and dependency tracking. * Coordinate delivery across Product, Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Data, and Compliance functions. * Track budgets, vendor engagements, and resourcing and maintain accurate status and forecast reporting. * Ensure Responsible AI governance including data privacy, model risk, bias and fairness, explainability, and human-in-the-loop controls. * Drive operational readiness for production support including runbooks, incident playbooks, SLAs/SLOs, observability, and ServiceNow Knowledge Management alignment. * Partner on release planning, change management, and operational handoffs and lead post-launch retrospectives and continuous improvement. * Maintain project artifacts in Jira and Confluence and uphold documentation standards, including JSON-first specifications where applicable. * Facilitate stakeholder communications including executive updates, decision logs, and KPI/OKR-based reporting. * Support evaluation pipelines such as A/B tests, offline benchmarks, and red-team testing and define acceptance criteria for AI features. * Align security and compliance reviews including access controls, audit trails, and policy exceptions with enterprise standards. ## Related Videos - [AI and Agility: The Dynamic Duo for Disruption](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2081-ai-and-agility-the-dynamic-duo-for-disruption) - [Intro to FastAPI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/462-intro-to-fastapi) - [Tips and Tricks for Working with JSON](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1229-tips-and-tricks-for-working-with-json) - [AI Killed DevOps... 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