Associate Director (Portfolio Management, AI Projects) - 90k

Job Description

A leading organisation is looking for an AI Portfolio Project Manager to drive day-to-day project management activities across multiple AI initiatives, ensuring the initiatives are delivered on time and with clear outcomes. Key responsibilities: As an Associate Director of Portfolio Management for Artificial Intelligence Projects, you will oversee the end-to-end delivery of AI initiatives while fostering alignment across teams. • Develop and maintain integrated plans for the AI portfolio, including workstreams, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths across initiatives • Establish and manage delivery cadences (e.g., status meetings, RAID reviews, steering committees) to ensure alignment across business units, IT teams, data teams, and vendors • Support sprint/iteration planning logistics, release planning, user acceptance testing (UAT), and business readiness timelines in collaboration with the AI Product Owner • Track and manage cross-initiative dependencies related to data, platforms, security, architecture, and change management; drive timely resolution of conflicts or delays • Oversee day-to-day project delivery activities to ensure effective management of scope, schedule, resources, and deliverables • Facilitate governance forums such as project meetings, risk reviews, and steering committee sessions; document actions and decisions for transparency • Maintain clear documentation of project plans, RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies), decisions made, and key artifacts to support auditability • Coordinate with technology teams to manage environment readiness, release activities, cutovers, and post-release hypercare Show More