AI Program Manager
Location: Poland Greece Czech Republic Slovakia Spain Portugal home-based
Role Description
We are seeking an AI Program Manager to oversee the Agentic AI portfolio within the ATS CAITI organization. This role operates as part of a team of Program Managers collectively responsible for ensuring that multiple Agentic AI initiatives progress in a coordinated transparent and governed manner from Concept through Production.
The AI Program Manager owns program and portfoliolevel governance including planning cadence dependency management risk and issue oversight financial tracking and executive reporting. The role acts as the integrator across Product Architecture Engineering QA/Validation Vendor Oversight and Business Transformation ensuring alignment with approved business cases development stages and regulatory expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- Govern a portfolio of Agentic AI initiatives ensuring alignment to approved business cases development stages and the CAITI operating and delivery model.
- Establish and maintain program cadence including planning cycles stage-gate reviews portfolio reviews and executive/steering committee updates.
- Manage cross-initiative dependencies risks and issues driving early identification escalation and coordinated resolution across squads and workstreams.
- Own program-level reporting across schedule scope risks and financials (CapEx / OpEx) ensuring accuracy traceability and audit readiness.
- Coordinate stage-gate progression across Concept Proof of Concept MVP and Production ensuring readiness criteria are met before advancement.
- Partner with AI Product Managers and Engineering Managers to ensure delivery plans align with portfolio priorities capacity and sequencing constraints.
- Support vendor oversight and integration by coordinating timelines dependencies and escalation paths in collaboration with Vendor Oversight leads.
- Facilitate portfolio-level forums (program reviews investment reviews steering committees) preparing materials and surfacing decisions risks and trade-offs.
- Ensure alignment with QA/Validation regulatory and information governance expectations by tracking required artifacts reviews and approvals at program level.
- Continuously improve program governance practices templates and reporting mechanisms to support scaling of the Agentic AI portfolio.
Key Qualifications
Experience
- 6 years in program or portfolio management roles preferably in technology AI or data-driven environments.
- Proven experience managing multiple parallel initiatives with shared dependencies and constrained resources.
- Experience operating within regulated or highly governed enterprise environments.
Agentic & Technical Background
- Bachelors degree in a technical quantitative or business discipline or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycles particularly for AI- or data-intensive systems.
- Ability to engage credibly with Product Architecture Engineering and QA leaders on plans risks dependencies and trade-offs (without owning technical decisions).
Ways of Working
- Strong communication and executive-level reporting skills.
- Structured detail-oriented and comfortable managing ambiguity across fast-moving innovation portfolios.
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at
IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements misrepresentations or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application or termination of employment if discovered later in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.
Required Experience:
Manager
AI Program ManagerLocation: Poland Greece Czech Republic Slovakia Spain Portugal home-basedRole DescriptionWe are seeking an AI Program Manager to oversee the Agentic AI portfolio within the ATS CAITI organization. This role operates as part of a team of Program Managers collectively responsible for...
AI Program Manager
Location: Poland Greece Czech Republic Slovakia Spain Portugal home-based
Role Description
We are seeking an AI Program Manager to oversee the Agentic AI portfolio within the ATS CAITI organization. This role operates as part of a team of Program Managers collectively responsible for ensuring that multiple Agentic AI initiatives progress in a coordinated transparent and governed manner from Concept through Production.
The AI Program Manager owns program and portfoliolevel governance including planning cadence dependency management risk and issue oversight financial tracking and executive reporting. The role acts as the integrator across Product Architecture Engineering QA/Validation Vendor Oversight and Business Transformation ensuring alignment with approved business cases development stages and regulatory expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- Govern a portfolio of Agentic AI initiatives ensuring alignment to approved business cases development stages and the CAITI operating and delivery model.
- Establish and maintain program cadence including planning cycles stage-gate reviews portfolio reviews and executive/steering committee updates.
- Manage cross-initiative dependencies risks and issues driving early identification escalation and coordinated resolution across squads and workstreams.
- Own program-level reporting across schedule scope risks and financials (CapEx / OpEx) ensuring accuracy traceability and audit readiness.
- Coordinate stage-gate progression across Concept Proof of Concept MVP and Production ensuring readiness criteria are met before advancement.
- Partner with AI Product Managers and Engineering Managers to ensure delivery plans align with portfolio priorities capacity and sequencing constraints.
- Support vendor oversight and integration by coordinating timelines dependencies and escalation paths in collaboration with Vendor Oversight leads.
- Facilitate portfolio-level forums (program reviews investment reviews steering committees) preparing materials and surfacing decisions risks and trade-offs.
- Ensure alignment with QA/Validation regulatory and information governance expectations by tracking required artifacts reviews and approvals at program level.
- Continuously improve program governance practices templates and reporting mechanisms to support scaling of the Agentic AI portfolio.
Key Qualifications
Experience
- 6 years in program or portfolio management roles preferably in technology AI or data-driven environments.
- Proven experience managing multiple parallel initiatives with shared dependencies and constrained resources.
- Experience operating within regulated or highly governed enterprise environments.
Agentic & Technical Background
- Bachelors degree in a technical quantitative or business discipline or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycles particularly for AI- or data-intensive systems.
- Ability to engage credibly with Product Architecture Engineering and QA leaders on plans risks dependencies and trade-offs (without owning technical decisions).
Ways of Working
- Strong communication and executive-level reporting skills.
- Structured detail-oriented and comfortable managing ambiguity across fast-moving innovation portfolios.
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at
IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements misrepresentations or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application or termination of employment if discovered later in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.
Required Experience:
Manager
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