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Digitas North America · 4 days ago

Associate Director, Project Management of AI

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$97K/yr - $149K/yr

6+ years exp

Digitas North America is a Networked Experience Agency focused on creating magnetic experiences for brands. The Associate Director, Project Management of AI will manage complex AI projects, ensuring successful delivery through collaboration with cross-functional teams and driving operational excellence.

Marketing & Advertising

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end management of technical AI projects, overseeing scope, timeline, resources, and budgets to ensure successful delivery

Drive standardization, change, and optimized ways of working across the agency

Partner with product managers, engineers, data scientists, and client teams to translate business needs into actionable project plans and milestones

Serve as the connective tissue between creative, strategy, technical, and client stakeholders—driving alignment, transparency, and collaboration throughout project lifecycles

Identify, assess, and mitigate risks; proactively resolve project roadblocks and issues

Contribute to the development and operationalization of new AI features, products, and solutions in partnership with the Digital Product Management team

Ensure projects follow best practices in both agile and traditional project management methodologies

Document and communicate progress, decisions, and changes to stakeholders at all levels

Support knowledge management efforts by capturing and sharing learnings, process improvements, and best practices across the AI team

Promote a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence

Creating and tracking detailed project plans

Managing team workflows and resources

Streamlining processes to ensure efficient, high-quality delivery across concurrent AI initiatives

Facilitating project meetings, workshops, and cross-team communication

Monitoring technical project deliverables for quality and alignment to business goals

Supporting the integration and adoption of new AI tools, platforms, and processes across teams

Effectively handling risk, escalating when needed and assisting the team in resolution

Qualification

AI project managementDigital marketingProject managementAgile methodologiesRisk managementStakeholder managementClient-facing skillsWorkflow optimizationGenerative AI familiarityCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsTeam collaborationProblem-solving

Required

A four-year degree

6+ years of project management or program management experience in a digital, technology, or agency environment

2+ years managing technical, data-driven, or AI-related projects

A proven ability to manage projects, including creating project plans, tracking and prioritizing tasks, resourcing and balancing team workloads, managing budgets, identifying risks, driving timelines, creating workflows, and ensuring effective communication and collaboration across teams

Demonstrated understanding of digital marketing, AI, software development lifecycle, and agile methodologies

Are comfortable communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Proven ability to manage complex cross-functional projects and lead multidisciplinary teams

Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills

Experience with risk management, resource planning, and workflow optimization

Strong client-facing and stakeholder management abilities

Familiarity with AI prompting and generative AI technologies