GenAI/Machine Learning Technical Project Manager
Deloitte - Rochester, NY
posted 3 days ago
About the position
The Human Capital Offering Portfolio focuses on helping organizations manage and improve their performance through their most important asset: their people. To stay in front, organizations need to have real-time access to Human Capital insights, experts and innovative technology solutions that are designed to not only drive but sustain and extend organizational performance and engagement. Supporting the products and capabilities of the Human Capital Offering Portfolio, our team is full of passionate, energetic, and multi-talented engineers who are excited about building the world's greatest personalized and business friendly applications. This role is central to Deloitte's Human Capital Team, and will spearhead, plan, coordinate, and deliver a variety of Generative AI projects. You will be responsible for leading one or more complex Generative AI projects, including project timeline, scope prioritization, cost, dependencies, and performance risks. This person must be an expert in communication, technology project management, understanding the overall product roadmap, technology stack, application suite, business processes and any downstream system and business impacts. They will collaborate with internal and vendor peers, executives, and line of business partners to ensure the success of projects.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate / Align technical and non-technical team members to translate customer needs into world-class solutions
- Play a key role in bridging technical and business aspects of AI projects, ensuring that the scopes are feasible, aligned with technical capabilities' roadmap, market maturity, and targeted towards tangible business values
- Lead / Coach teams new to Agile / Scrum methodologies
- Collaborate with the business to prioritize and define Epics and User Stories
- Document User Stories and Acceptance criteria in Jira
- Identify / Manage / Mitigate risks to prevent issues
- Align / Ensure end-to-end solution success and readiness
- Work collaboratively to guide new teams thru the forming, storming, and norming phases
- Provide / Accept continuous feedback in the spirit of continuous improvement
- Ensure Scrum ceremonies are collaborative, occur on time, and adhere to 'best practice'
- Promote a healthy and sustainable work environment by using teams' average velocity to properly size Sprints
- Coordinate cross functionally to remove blockers and manage dependencies
- Continuously drive execution and accountability
- Monitor / Communicate solution status
- Determine what's important and make solution decisions in the absence of clear guidelines or Product Owner participation
- When needed, do 'whatever it takes' to ensure success
- Coach junior PMs / SMs / BAs
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- GenAI/Machine Learning certification
- Scrum Master Certification
- PMP or other accredited Project Management certifications
- 4+ years of experience in Agile/Scrum
- 4+ years of JIRA/Confluence experience
- 4+ years of familiarity with cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- 1+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams to identify, scope, and build GenAI/Machine Learning solutions
- 1+ years of experience with Large Language Models (LLM)
- 2+ years coaching junior level team members
- 2+ years of experience with financial/budget management and complex cost-benefit analysis
- 2+ years of experience prioritizing/managing a Portfolio of related projects
- Ability to travel 0-25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
- Limited immigration sponsorship may be available
Nice-to-haves
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills
- Understanding of AI product management methodologies
- Agile Certifications (CSM; ACP; CSPO; SAFe; LeSS)
- Excellent organizational skills
- Attention to detail and follow up
- Past development experience
- DevOps awareness
- Experience with HRM Systems - SAP, Oracle, SuccessFactors, Workday
Benefits
- Broad range of benefits offered by Deloitte
- Opportunities for professional development and mentorship
- Inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives
- Participation in a discretionary annual incentive program
