Project Manager (Hybrid)

Overview

BRMi is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to support a large financial services client in the planning, execution, and delivery of a large, technically complex Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiative.

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for driving the project from planning through execution and delivery, coordinating work across business, technology, product, data, risk, and operations teams. This role requires a strong project delivery background, experience working with technical teams, and the ability to manage complex initiatives using Agile and/or hybrid delivery methodologies.

The ideal candidate will be highly organized, relationship-oriented, and comfortable operating in a complex enterprise environment with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, and competing priorities. The successful candidate will bring structure and visibility to the initiative, proactively manage risks and delivery barriers, and ensure teams remain aligned on priorities, timelines, decisions, and measurable outcomes.

Benefits:• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance• Employer-Paid Life Insurance• Employer-Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance• 401(k) • Paid Time Off (PTO) that includes Vacation Leave, Sick Leave, and 11 Paid Holidays• Educational Assistance

Salary: 130k-152k

**Hybrid in Vienna, VA**

**An In Person interview will be required for this role**

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Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of a large, technically complex AI initiative from initial planning through implementation.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, roadmaps, milestones, and delivery objectives.
• Manage project scope, schedule, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and overall delivery performance.
• Partner closely with AI, data, engineering, product, risk, operations, and business stakeholders to establish priorities and maintain alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate activities across multiple technical and business workstreams to ensure dependencies are identified, understood, and actively managed.
• Identify delivery risks, issues, and blockers and work with appropriate stakeholders to develop mitigation and resolution strategies.
• Manage projects using Agile and/or hybrid project delivery methodologies, adapting project management practices to the needs of the initiative and organization.
• Facilitate project planning sessions, status meetings, working sessions, stakeholder discussions, and other project ceremonies as required.
• Develop and maintain project documentation, including project plans, roadmaps, status reports, decision logs, risk and issue logs, action items, and dependency trackers.
• Establish clear project governance, communication channels, escalation paths, and decision-making processes.
• Track project milestones, deliverables, commitments, and measurable outcomes and proactively address potential schedule or delivery impacts.
• Provide clear and concise project status reporting to project teams, stakeholders, and leadership.
• Communicate project progress, risks, dependencies, decisions, and areas requiring leadership attention or escalation.
• Build strong working relationships across business and technology teams and facilitate collaboration among stakeholders with different priorities and objectives.
• Partner with technical teams to understand project requirements, architecture, integrations, dependencies, and implementation considerations sufficiently to manage project delivery effectively.
• Coordinate with risk, compliance, security, governance, and other control functions as appropriate to support responsible implementation of AI capabilities.
• Support resource planning, capacity management, prioritization, and sequencing of project activities.
• Drive accountability for project commitments, action items, decisions, and deliverables across participating teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery processes, communication, governance, and overall execution.
• Ensure project documentation is complete, accurate, current, and appropriate for leadership, governance, risk, and audit purposes.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.
• Significant experience managing large, complex technical projects or programs within an enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading projects from planning and initiation through execution, implementation, and delivery.
• Experience managing projects involving multiple technical and business workstreams, stakeholders, dependencies, and competing priorities.
• Strong experience working directly with technical teams, including engineering, data, architecture, product, or technology operations teams.
• Experience managing projects using Agile and/or hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing integrated project plans, schedules, roadmaps, milestones, risk and issue logs, decision logs, and dependency trackers.
• Strong understanding of project management principles, methodologies, governance, risk management, and delivery practices.
• Demonstrated ability to identify project risks, issues, dependencies, and blockers and drive them toward resolution.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience communicating project status, risks, and decisions to senior stakeholders and leadership.
• Strong organizational, planning, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams simultaneously in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and drive project activities with minimal supervision.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Experience managing projects involving Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI, machine learning, intelligent automation, data, analytics, or other emerging technologies.
• Experience supporting enterprise AI implementation or adoption initiatives.
• Experience managing data-intensive or technically complex transformation initiatives.
• Experience within financial services, banking, or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience working with risk, compliance, cybersecurity, privacy, legal, or AI governance stakeholders.
• Familiarity with AI governance, responsible AI, model risk, data governance, or related enterprise control considerations.
• Experience working in large, matrixed organizations with multiple business and technology stakeholders.
• Experience supporting executive-level project governance and reporting.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Strong project leadership and delivery management skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical project activities into clear plans, milestones, risks, dependencies, and business outcomes.
• Ability to establish structure and accountability across complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong facilitation, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong attention to detail while maintaining focus on overall project objectives and strategic outcomes.
• Ability to anticipate delivery challenges and proactively develop solutions.
• Ability to operate effectively in environments with changing requirements, priorities, and emerging technologies.

** BRMi will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.**

**This is a W2 opportunity only**

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