Senior Program Manager, AI Enablement

EchoStar

$83K — $119K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Project Management, or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in project management, program management, or scrum mastering
  • Proficiency with project management tools like Jira and Confluence
  • Experience with dashboard software like Power BI and Tableau
  • Critical experience navigating regulatory, InfoSec, or data privacy reviews
  • Expertise in cross-functional leadership and consensus building

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate agile teams to achieve AI project milestones
  • Optimize AI playbook to enhance organizational workflows
  • Manage project proposal intake queue aligned with business goals
  • Drive new AI pilot projects through compliance review processes
  • Maintain executive dashboards for project metrics and timelines

Benefits

  • Versatile health perks including flexible spending accounts and HSA
  • 401(k) Plan with company match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Flexible time away plan
Full Job Description
Job Duties and Responsibilities

Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person interview.

The Senior Program Manager, AI Enablement solves operational bottlenecks in scaling artificial intelligence adoption across enterprise business units. This role addresses the challenge of aligning cross-functional teams-engineering, legal, product, and business-to accelerate pilot deployment while maintaining security standards. By establishing structured intake workflows, optimizing playbook governance, and guiding compliance reviews, the position eliminates friction in enterprise AI integration. Additionally, this role converts complex operational metrics into actionable executive reporting to drive strategic decision-making.

What Success Looks Like (Objectives)
  • Facilitate agile action teams of engineers, product managers, legal experts, and business stakeholders to execute defined AI milestones
  • Optimize and scale the enterprise AI implementation playbook to refine organizational workflows as the AI Office expands
  • Manage the AI initiative intake queue to evaluate and prioritize project proposals against business goals and technical readiness
  • Drive new AI pilot projects through InfoSec and Data Privacy review pipelines prior to deployment
  • Maintain executive-level dashboards that deliver clear status metrics, project timelines, and risk mitigation strategies to senior leadership

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Core Skills and Competencies (What You'll Bring)
  • AI literacy and practical understanding of how to evaluate, deploy, and scale enterprise AI solutions
  • Demonstrated expertise in cross-functional leadership, meeting facilitation, and consensus building among diverse technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Mastery of modern project management methodologies and workflow tracking systems
  • Strong data interpretation and executive presentation capabilities using data visualization tools
  • Critical experience steering complex projects through regulatory, information security, or data privacy review processes
  • Proven ability to track multi-faceted workflows, manage competing priorities, and maintain accountability under tight schedules

Additional Qualifications
  • Experience working directly within corporate IT, software development, or fast-paced technology operations

Minimum Requirements
  • Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Project Management, or a related field
  • Minimum Experience: 5+ years of experience in project management, program management, or scrum mastering
  • Required Technical Skills:
    • Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet)
    • Experience with dashboard and reporting software (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)


Visa sponsorship not available for this role

Salary Ranges

Compensation: $83,950.00/Year - $119,900.00/Year
Benefits

We offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: EchoStar Benefits.

The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies; compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change based on work location.

The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.

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