Senior Manager, Artificial Intelligence Program

RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES

• AI Strategy & Roadmap: Develop and maintain an AI strategy aligned with Nobles corporate objectives. Collaborate with Operations Engineering Finance and HSE stakeholders to support and prioritize high-value AI use cases as aligned with the PMO for Technology Digital Transformation.

• Portfolio Governance: Maintain a centralized inventory of all AI projects tools and vendors. Manage the intake evaluation and approval process to eliminate shadow AI and prevent redundant vendor spend.

• Project Execution: Lead or co-lead delivery of approved AI initiatives from proof-of-concept through production deployment managing timelines budgets and cross-functional teams in partnership with the IT PMO and Digital Transformation PMO.

• Vendor & Partner Management: Own relationships with AI technology vendors; coordinate with existing IT contracts and Category Management; evaluate emerging technologies relevant to the offshore drilling sector. Collaborate with EA Data & Analytics IT Ops and Security teams.

• Data Governance & Security: Partner with Data Cybersecurity and Legal teams to ensure AI initiatives meet Nobles data classification privacy and regulatory requirements.

• Change Management & Training: Drive AI literacy and adoption across the organization. Develop change management plans for new AI tools and workflows in alignment with the Company Initiatives.

• Performance Measurement: Define and report KPIs for AI initiatives demonstrating business value and informing prioritization decisions for the AI portfolio. Present insights to IT leadership and the CIO.

• AI Governance & Risk: Chair or co-chair the AI Governance working group. Establish guardrails ethical guidelines and risk frameworks to ensure responsible AI deployment across the enterprise.

• IT Demand Relief: Serve as the primary intake and triage point for all AI-related requests significantly reducing the burden on core IT engineering resources.

• Stakeholder Communication: Prepare executive-level briefings board presentations and business cases to communicate AI portfolio status risks and opportunities to senior leadership.

REQUIREMENTS / QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• 8 years of experience in IT program/project management with at least 3 years focused on AI machine learning or advanced analytics initiatives.

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex cross-functional technology programs from conception to production in an enterprise environment.

• Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts large language models (LLMs) generative AI and data science workflows.

• Experience with AI governance frameworks responsible AI practices and enterprise data privacy requirements.

• Proven track record in vendor management contract negotiation and technology evaluation.

• Exceptional stakeholder management executive communication and business-case development skills.

• Ability to translate technical AI concepts into business value for non-technical audiences.

• Experience working within or alongside an IT PMO and familiarity with project management methodologies (Agile Waterfall hybrid).

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Business or a related field.

• PMP or equivalent project management certification.

Preferred

• Experience in the energy oil & gas or offshore drilling industry.

• Familiarity with enterprise platforms such as IFS OneStream or similar ERP/EPM systems.

• Knowledge of Microsoft AI ecosystem (Azure OpenAI Copilot Foundry Power Platform Fabric).

• Experience with data governance platforms and MDM (Master Data Management) initiatives.

• AI-related certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Machine Learning Google Professional ML Engineer Microsoft AI-900/AI-102).

• Experience leading organizational change management and AI literacy programs.

SUPERVISORY

The AI Program Manager will lead a small team of Data Scientists AI analysts or project coordinators as the AI portfolio scales.