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Hearst Magazines · 4 months ago

Senior Program Manager, Generative AI

300 West 57th Street, New York, NY, 10019, US

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$170K/yr - $210K/yr

8+ years exp

Hearst Magazines is seeking a seasoned Senior Program Manager to orchestrate the planning, delivery, and continuous improvement of next-generation AI capabilities. The role involves managing cross-divisional initiatives, driving alignment among various stakeholders, and translating AI concepts into scalable solutions.

Media and EntertainmentPublishing

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Own the end‑to‑end program lifecycle for a portfolio of cross-divisional Generative AI initiatives—from discovery through GA launch and post‑release optimization

Build and manage integrated schedules and resource plans, proactively surfacing risks and driving mitigation

Coordinate on-shore and off-shore engineering, design, and PM resources, ensuring consistent velocity and quality across time zones

Participate in defining product vision and detailed roadmaps for AI products including multi‑agent process automation, secure RAG features, voice & vision interfaces, evaluation tooling, and personalization initiatives

Lead requirement elicitation with business units; craft product requirement documentation that balances technical feasibility and business impact

Own processes for day-to-day updates and stakeholder communication in partnership with product & engineering leads

Conduct competitive and market analysis to inform build‑vs‑buy decisions and upcoming feature bets

Steer internal benchmark & proof‑of‑concept tracks to validate new capabilities and tactics

Qualification

Generative AIProgram ManagementProject Management ToolsCross-disciplinary CollaborationMarket AnalysisCuriosityCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Required

8+ years managing large-scale software programs and products

Proven ability to partner deeply with senior engineers and autonomously move projects from inception through delivery and maintenance

Comfortable discussing generative AI capabilities—including multimodal inputs/outputs, RAG architectures, multi-agent orchestration, prompt optimization, and evaluation metrics—and turning them into actionable plans

Naturally inquisitive with a bias for action, able to channel curiosity and practical experimentation into transformative process changes given rapidly evolving SoTA technology and best practices

Hands-on experience with project management workflows and tooling such as Jira, Confluence, Notion, etc. for orchestrating multi-team backlogs

Exceptional written and verbal communication, able to distill complex AI trade-offs for both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred

Prior responsibility for developer platforms or customer features serving broad and diverse audiences (e.g. 250+ internal / 250,000+ external)

Familiarity with autonomous agent systems (e.g. Computer Use, Operator, OpenAI Agents, multi-agent frameworks like LangGraph/Pydantic AI Agents)

Experience deploying products in corporate, media, healthcare, transportation, or financial-services environments with stringent compliance obligations

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Disability and life insurance

401(k)

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Employee assistance programs

And more.

Company

Hearst Magazines

Glassdoor3.6

Hearst Magazines is a Media Production house.

Founded in 2006

West New York, New Jersey, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.hearst.com/magazines

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