AI Project Manager

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Hitachi Energy is seeking a highly motivated and seasoned AI Project Manager to spearhead our AI Solutions Team. The AI Project Manager is responsible for planning executing and delivering AI initiatives across the organization. This role acts as a bridge between business stakeholders technical teams and external vendors to ensure AI projects are delivered on time within scope and aligned with strategic business objectives. The role requires strong project management expertise combined with a working understanding of AI/ML technologies.

How youll make an impact:

• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams (internal and external).

• Lead crossfunctional AI project teams consisting of data scientists AI engineers solution architects product owners and external vendors.

• Plan and manage endtoend AI project delivery including scope definition timelines budgets risk management and dependencies.

• Establish clear roles responsibilities and delivery milestones across project teams.

• Track project performance using KPIs dashboards and regular status reporting.

• Drive accountability resolve delivery bottlenecks and proactively mitigate risks and issues.

• Promote collaboration transparency and continuous improvement across teams involved in AI initiatives.

• Translate business objectives and requirements into structured project plans and delivery roadmaps.

• Prepare and present project proposals business cases progress updates and postimplementation reviews to leadership.

• Coordinate closely with internal teams (product engineering data security compliance) and external AI vendors or partners.

• Manage stakeholder expectations communicate tradeoffs and escalate risks or decisions as needed.

• Support change management activities and drive user adoption of AI solutions through communication and training coordination.

• Ensure AI projects follow defined delivery frameworks governance standards and best practices.

• Oversee project adherence to data privacy security regulatory and ethical AI requirements in collaboration with relevant teams.

• Manage vendor engagements including scope alignment delivery tracking and performance reviews.

• Support release planning deployment coordination and integration of AI solutions into existing systems and workflows.

• Facilitate retrospectives and lessonslearned sessions to improve future AI project delivery.

• Maintain a working knowledge of AI/ML concepts data pipelines model lifecycle and deployment approaches to effectively manage delivery.

• Collaborate with technical leads to understand solution architectures dependencies and risks.

• Support tool platform and framework evaluations from a delivery scalability and cost perspective (not direct implementation).

• Ensure technical complexities and constraints are appropriately reflected in project plans and stakeholder communications.

• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations procedures and guidelines.

• Living Hitachi Energys core values of safety and integrity which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering Data Science or a related field.

• 8 years of overall experience in technology project or program management.

• Minimum 35 years of experience managing AI ML data or advanced analytics initiatives in an enterprise environment.

• Proven experience delivering complex crossfunctional projects involving data scientists engineers product teams and external vendors.

• Experience working in global multivendor and distributed team environments.

• Strong background in managing budgets timelines risks dependencies and executive reporting.

• Experience working in a global cross-functional environment.

• Exposure to enterprise AI applications in sectors like healthcare finance manufacturing or retail.

• Certifications in Project Management (Prince2 PMP etc.) AI/ML or cloud technologies.

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