About the role
Samsara is looking for a talented and execution-focused Senior Program Manager to join our AI team. In this role youll drive the successful delivery of Samsaras most critical AI initiatives ranging from internal productivity copilots to customer-facing AI applications. Youll work in tight partnership with our Principal AI Architect and partner cross-functionally with key stakeholders in Sales Revenue Operations and other Go-To-Market organizations.
This role requires strong program management skills the ability to operate across technical and business domains and a demonstrated passion for emerging AI technologies. The ideal candidate is organized curious and able to convert ideas into action in a fast-paced environment.
This is a remote position open to candidates residing in the US except the San Francisco Bay Metro Area NYC Metro Area and Washington D.C. Metro Area.
You should apply if:
- You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impacthelping to keep the lights on get food into grocery stores and most importantly ensure workers return home safely.
- You have an innate curiosity about how businesses work: One day youll meet with someone in waste management and the next you may be learning about the inner workings of a food distribution center. Our top sales team members seek to learn the ins and outs of the businesses they support in order to make a larger impact.
- You build genuine relationships with your customers: The industries we serve have relied on pen-and-paper solutions for years and havent been met with the type of technology we offer. Our customers value earned trust and human relationships built over time.
- You want to be with the best: Samsaras high-performance culture means youll be surrounded by the best and challenged to go farther than you have before.
- You are a team player: At Samsara sales is a team sport. We help each other out by sharing best practices and focusing on winning as a team.
In this role you will:
- Drive execution of AI programs across internal and customer-facing domains (e.g. LLM copilots AI knowledge assistants etc).
- Partner with the AI Engineering team to operationalize prototypes into scalable programs.
- Define program charters project plans stakeholder maps and milestone schedules.
- Facilitate alignment across AI Product AI Engineering GTM and Legal/Data Governance teams.
- Track and report KPIs around adoption performance and business impact.
- Lead change management efforts: enablement communications and rollout plans.
- Stay connected to developments in GenAI LLMs and related AI tooling to inform roadmap planning.
- Champion role model and embed Samsaras values and operating principles as we scale globally and across new offices.
Minimum requirements for the role:
- Bachelors degree from a 4-year institution.
- 68 years of program management or business operations experience preferably in a SaaS or data-driven tech company.
- Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional programs with technical and business teams.
- Strong organizational and communication skills; able to influence without authority.
- Familiarity with AI-related technologies and workflows including basic exposure to Python Databricks or ML models.
- Comfort working in remote and distributed team environments.
An ideal candidate also has:
- PMP certification Agile/Scrum Certification.
- Hands-on experience supporting AI product rollouts or data science workflows.
- Experience partnering with technical leads data teams or MLOps functions.
- Familiarity with Salesforce NetSuite Gong and/or other sales systems.
- Passion for building AI solutions (e.g. custom GPTs custom Gems etc).
Required Experience:
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