Bentley Systems

Senior Program Manager, AI Adoption Strategy & Delivery

Bentley Systems • $120K — $150K *
Exton, PA 19341In-Person
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in change or program management in a complex organization
  • Proven track record in executing large, cross-functional programs with a focus on communication and stakeholder management
  • Experience in driving technology adoption, preferably with AI, using established change management frameworks
  • Strong communication skills to simplify complex ideas for diverse audiences
  • Demonstrated ability to build trust and operate effectively through influence rather than direct authority

Responsibilities

  • Design and manage a program to drive the adoption of AI tools and meet corporate AI adoption goals
  • Deliver training and workshops to upskill teams in AI-first practices
  • Build and maintain community networks to foster grassroots adoption of AI tools
  • Translate organizational needs into insights that shape AI strategy and tool selection
  • Collaborate with digital workplace functions to ensure tool capability aligns with business needs
  • Contribute to evaluation of AI vendors and consultancies for Bentley
  • Cultivate relationships across business units to understand operational needs for AI integration
  • Work with cross-functional teams to achieve shared objectives including the CIO and AI Engineering teams

Benefits

  • A great team and corporate culture
  • Career opportunities in a leading software company for architecture, engineering, and construction
  • Comprehensive salary and benefits package
  • Commitment to inclusion and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives
  • Opportunities to contribute to sustainable infrastructure projects that enhance quality of life
Full Job Description
Location: US (Homebased/ Hybrid)

Position Summary

Bentley Systems is seeking a Senior Program Manager to play a key role in shaping Bentley's global AI adoption & strategy. This position is a critical driver in our mission to embed AI into our core operations. The Senior Program Manager will help execute the company-wide strategy to accelerate AI adoption, which will involve enabling colleagues and teams across the business to see and realize the potential of AI in their daily work, acting as a liaison to understand the unique work and culture of each business unit and bringing those insights back to the AI team.

Responsibilities

  • Design and run a multi-faceted program to drive the adoption of Bentley's selected AI tools with direct accountability for the fulfilment of key corporate AI adoption OKRs

  • Deliver upskilling programs within business functions to accelerate the company's transformation to AI-first practices through training, workshops, and showcases

  • Build and sustain community and champion networks that prompt the grass-roots adoption of Bentley's selected AI toolset and create a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and support

  • Act as the voice of the business by translating organizational needs, workflows, and cultural realities into insights that shape the AI roadmap and tool selection

  • Partner with the digital workplace function on enablement that reflects current tool capability and feeds tool decisions back from the field

  • Contribute to vendor strategy and tool evaluation, including how external AI partners and consultancies are leveraged at Bentley

  • Build deep, trust-based relationships across business units to understand how teams operate and where AI fits naturally

  • Operate as part of a cross-functional team co-accountable to shared OKRs, including the CIO, CHRO, Digital Workplace Tool leads, Enterprise Architecture, and AI Engineering teams


Qualifications

  • 10+ years of proven experience in a role focused on change or program management within a large, complex organization

  • A strong track record of executing large-scale, cross-functional programs, with a focus on communication and stakeholder management
  • Experience driving the adoption of new, transformative technology (AI experience is a plus) using established change management frameworks

  • Excellent ability to communicate complex ideas simply and persuasively to a diverse audience

  • A genuine desire to learn about the different ways people work across the company and experience leading with listening to understand the unique needs of different global teams

  • Proven ability to build trust and credibility with a wide range of stakeholders, operating effectively through influence rather than direct authority


What We Offer

  • A great Team and culture - please see our colleague video.

  • An exciting career as an integral part of a world-leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction - watch this short documentary about how we got our start.

  • An attractive salary and benefits package.

  • A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.

  • A company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world's infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world. Discover our latest user success stories for an insight into our global impact.


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About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems, Incorporated is an American-based software development company that develops, manufactures, licenses, sells and supports computer software and services for the design, construction, and operation of infrastructure. The company's software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. Their software products are used to design, engineer, build, and operate large constructed assets such as roadways, railways, bridges, buildings, industrial and power plants and utility networks. The company's software products are used by professionals such as engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators. Bentley Systems employs more than 4,000 people, generates annual revenues of more than $700 million in 170 countries, and has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions since 2014.
Learn more about Bentley Systems
Size
4,000 employees
Market Cap
$10.5 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$126.5 million
Founded
1984
5 Year Trend
+36.6%
Revenue
$801.5 million
NASDAQ
BSY
* Ladders Estimates

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