Senior AI Project Manager

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a Senior AI Project Manager

Position type: Contract
Duration: 12 months
Location:- 3 days onsite role at Charlotte, NC

As a Senior AI Project Manager, you will:
Required Qualifications
Experience and managing Agile delivery for AI projects.
Experience in managed AI solutions using Microsoft ecosystem.
Leadership & Program Management Skills
Strong executive-level communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills.
Ability to develop strategic roadmaps, manage program budgets, prioritize investments, and align AI initiatives with business objectives.
Experience managing vendor relationships, consulting partners, and enterprise technology programs.
Proven ability to identify, track, and mitigate program risks, dependencies, and delivery issues.
Agile Leadership Responsibilities
Lead Agile project planning, estimation, release management, and roadmap execution.
Establish and drive Agile best practices across AI engineering and product teams.
Partner with Product Owners to maintain and prioritize product backlogs aligned with business value and strategic objectives.
Facilitate release planning, PI planning, sprint planning, and quarterly roadmap reviews.
Monitor sprint health, team velocity, burn-down metrics, and delivery predictability.
Remove organizational impediments and escalate risks to leadership when necessary.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives through retrospectives and lessons learned.

Scrum Master Responsibilities
Facilitate:
Sprint Planning
Daily Stand-Ups
Sprint Reviews
Sprint Retrospectives
Backlog Refinement Sessions
Coach teams on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and scaled Agile practices.
Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Ensure adherence to Definition of Ready (DoR), Definition of Done (DoD), and quality standards.
Coordinate dependencies across multiple delivery teams, architects, and business stakeholders.
Track and communicate sprint progress, risks, blockers, and release readiness to leadership.
Support Agile metrics reporting and executive dashboards.
Experience leading cross-functional teams consisting of AI engineers, data scientists, architects, software developers, business analysts, and product owners.
Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent projects with significant business and technical complexity.

Desired Qualifications
Experience working in an Agile development methodology; experience with RAG and LLM

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration!
This position is only open to applicants who can be engaged on a W-2 basis.
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We are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar positions. If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place with our clients, subject to program guidelines. ASK ME HOW.
Thank you!

Vikash Kumar
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PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:
Pay Range*: $60- $62 per hour
*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS:Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

Recent Recognitions:

• Named One of America's Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024
• Named One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
• One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
• One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
• Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
• One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
• AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications

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Innova Solutions offers a referral bonus for qualified Ambassadors who refer eligible referrals. Submit referrals at and earn $250-$1,000 per referral.
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