SB-1470 - Project Manager — AI Workforce Transformation

softobiz· Project Management
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📍 Kochi, KL, IndiaFULL TIME💰 INR 20–25
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About this role

Role Summary

We are looking for a dedicated Project Manager to drive an AI workforce transformation programme in a time-bound manner. The programme introduces AI tools and workflow transformations across teams in the software development lifecycle, using a phased, evidence-gated methodology: mobilise, discovery, baseline, solution design, implementation, and measurement — with repeating design–implement–measure cycles per intervention.
This is a governance-heavy, metrics-driven delivery role. You will convert the methodology into a dated, committed programme schedule and hold owners to it; run the weekly and steering cadence; enforce exit-gate discipline (no phase closes without signed-off deliverables, no intervention starts without a frozen, evidence-backed baseline); and give leadership a single, reliable window into progress, risks, and decisions needed. You will work hand-in-hand with the architecture and engineering teams, team leads, tool admins, security/compliance, and finance.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Planning & Schedule

  • Build and own the programme schedule: phase-wise, per-team and per-intervention milestones, starting from preliminary discovery data.
  • Produce the indicative programme timeline within the first 30 days and keep it continuously current.
  • Surface variances early — no silent slippage; escalate ahead of time with options.

Governance & Cadence

  • Run the operating cadence: weekly written status to sponsors, steering committee sessions, phase-exit playbacks with team leads.
  • Enforce exit-gate discipline: phases close only on filled, reviewed, signed-off programme templates; interventions start only against a frozen baseline.
  • Bring scale / iterate / retire decisions to steering on schedule for every intervention.

Dependencies, Risks & Pipeline

  • Track and clear cross-team dependencies and blockers — team leads, tool admins, security/compliance, finance.
  • Maintain the risk and dependency register with weekly refresh.
  • Manage the intervention pipeline: prioritised backlog, pilot schedules, rollout waves.

Adoption & Programme Record

  • Coordinate enablement logistics during pilots and rollouts: training sessions, champions, office hours.
  • Maintain the single source of truth: versioned template repository, immutable baseline snapshots, decision log.
  • Report programme economics with the AI & Architecture team: tool spend, licence utilisation, measured return per intervention.

Required Technical Skills

DomainSkills & ExperienceMust / Preferred

Programme Management8+ years managing software delivery programmes; multi-team initiatives with formal governance, gates and steering committeesMust
Metrics-Driven DeliveryComfort with DORA/flow metrics (lead time, cycle time, deployment frequency, MTTR); evidence-gated reporting; baseline vs target trackingMust
Change & AdoptionRunning change/adoption programmes — training plans, champions networks, usage instrumentation and trackingMust
Stakeholder ManagementClient leadership and delivery teams; crisp written reporting; steering-level communicationMust
Delivery ToolchainsJira/ADO, Git platforms, CI/CD — sufficient fluency to interrogate extracted delivery dataMust
Risk & Dependency MgmtCross-team dependency tracking, risk registers, escalation managementMust
AI-Assisted EngineeringExposure to AI coding assistants, test generation, CI/CD analytics and their rollout dynamicsPreferred
Distributed DeliveryExperience operating in or with offshore / captive-centre delivery modelsPreferred
Agile at ScaleScrum/SAFe / LeSS / multi-squad agile coordinationPreferred

Qualifications & Certifications

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent); MBA a plus.
  • Experience: 8+ years in software delivery / programme management, with at least 3 years running multi-team programmes.
  • Track Record: Demonstrated track record of time-bound delivery against formal governance — verifiable through references.

Preferred Certifications

  • PMP / PRINCE2 Practitioner
  • PMI-ACP, SAFe Program Consultant, or equivalent agile-at-scale certification

Soft Skills & Cultural Fit

  • Evidence-First Mindset: Insists on data over anecdote, and comfortable telling leadership what the numbers actually say.
  • Firm on Process, Collaborative in Style: Can enforce gates without alienating delivery teams.
  • Calm, Structured Operator: Manages concurrent workstreams with strong prioritisation under pressure.
  • Excellent Written Communication: Weekly status and steering packs are core deliverables of this role.
  • Change-Management Sensitivity: Teams must experience the programme as enablement, not surveillance.

What We Offer

  • Ownership of a high-visibility, leadership-sponsored transformation programme from its foundation.
  • Direct exposure to AI-in-SDLC adoption at enterprise scale — one of the most in-demand delivery specialisations.
  • Work alongside a dedicated AI and architecture practice with a defined, evidence-gated methodology.
  • Competitive compensation with a structured performance review process.
  • Professional development support — certifications, conferences, and emerging tooling.

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The listed salary for this SB-1470 - Project Manager — AI Workforce Transformation position at softobiz is INR 20–25. This is an FULL TIME role.
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SB-1470 - Project Manager — AI Workforce Transformation
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