Technical Project Manager - AI/ML

Overview :

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead planning and execution of AI/ML and Generative AI projects (LLMs, RAG, NLP, etc.) from ideation to deployment

- Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders to define scope, timelines, and deliverables

- Manage project lifecycle including requirements gathering, sprint planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery

- Drive Agile/Scrum practices, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery

- Translate business requirements into technical execution plans for AI solutions

- Identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks; proactively mitigate issues

- Track KPIs, project progress, and communicate status to leadership

- Ensure model deployment, scalability, and production readiness in collaboration with engineering teams

- Facilitate cross-functional alignment and stakeholder communication

- Manage vendors/partners where applicable

Role & responsibilities :

Preferred candidate profile :

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- 10+ years of experience in technical project/program management

- Proven experience managing AI/ML Generative AI projects

Strong understanding of :

- Large Language Models (LLMs)

- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

- NLP, prompt engineering, and model evaluation

- Familiarity with ML lifecycle (data prep, training, evaluation, deployment)

- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

- Hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.)

- Basic proficiency in Python or ability to understand/read AI/ML codebases

- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

- Ability to bridge technical teams and business stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience with frameworks/tools like LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI, Hugging Face

- Understanding of MLOps and model deployment pipelines

- Exposure to vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, Weaviate, etc.)

- PMP / Scrum certification is a plus

- Prior experience in enterprise AI transformations or digital programs