About the Company
Sirius AI is a US headquartered AI Consulting services and products company with operations in India. Sirius AI focuses on Financial Services enterprises and solutions / services delivered across multiple geographies. We are an innovation-driven AI and data driven consulting services firm with a high focus on delivering business outcomes for our clients. The Sirius AI team is a mix of talent from a diverse background of Consulting, Industry and Product companies which bring together their Data, Platform, Ecosystem, Technology, Project management and AI skills to develop new solutions and deliver client engagements.
About the Role
We are seeking a seasoned Program Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of AI implementation programs for our global financial services clients. In this role, you will serve as the primary bridge between technical delivery teams, and client business stakeholders - ensuring that AI solutions are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with our commercial objectives.
You shall oversee and manage a portfolio of projects on our client engagements, actively lead delivery teams, manage client stakeholders and develop a pipeline for future engagements.
Key Responsibilities
Program & Project Delivery
- Own the full program lifecycle for AI implementation projects - from scoping and planning through deployment and hypercare.
- Define program governance structures, milestones, and success metrics across multiple concurrent workstreams.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, resource plans, RAID logs, and status dashboards.
- Coordinate cross-functional delivery teams including data scientists, ML engineers, solutions architects, and client-side teams.
Stakeholder & Client Management
- Act as the primary point of contact for client executives and senior stakeholders throughout the program lifecycle.
- Facilitate executive steering committees, program reviews, and governance forums.
- Translate complex AI and technical concepts into clear business narratives for non-technical audiences.
- Manage client expectations proactively, ensuring transparent communication on scope, schedule, and risks.
Risk & Issue Management
- Identify, assess, and mitigate program-level risks including technical, commercial, regulatory, and operational risks.
- Manage escalations and critical issues with structured resolution frameworks; maintain clear audit trails.
Team Leadership
- Lead and mentor a team of project managers and PM analysts.
- Foster a high-performance, collaborative team culture with clear accountability and ownership.
Value Tracking
- Track quantitative and qualitative metrics for capturing value created by projects for the client organization to demonstrate program success and generate business.
AI Program Strategy
- Partner with technical leads to align implementation roadmaps with client business goals.
- Contribute to pre-sales and solution design for new engagements - scoping, estimating, and shaping delivery approaches.
- Establish program delivery best practices, playbooks, and templates for AI implementations at scale.
- Track and report on program-level OKRs, adoption metrics, and value realization.
Business & Client Development
- Identify and pursue upsell and cross-sell opportunities within existing client accounts, working closely with sales and account leaders.
- Support pre-contract activities including client discovery workshops, solution scoping, effort estimation, and proposal development for new engagements.
- Build and nurture long-term relationships with client stakeholders to position the organisation as a trusted AI transformation partner.
- Provide market and competitive intelligence from client engagements to inform product and service development roadmaps.
Skills & Qualifications
- Experience: Minimum 5 years in technology project management or program management roles, with at least 2 years managing AI implementation projects.
- Project Planning: Demonstrated ability to plan and manage complex, multi-workstream programs using structured methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid).
- Stakeholder Management: Proven track record of managing senior client and internal stakeholders; experience running executive-level governance forums.
- Risk Management: Strong capability in identifying and managing program risks, dependencies, and issues; experience with RAID log management.
- Financial Services Domain: Solid understanding of the financial services landscape — banking, payments or lending – preferred experience with global financial services clients.
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to produce high-quality status reports, executive decks, and program documentation.
- Team Management: Experience leading and developing multi-disciplinary delivery teams in a consulting environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Direct exposure to AI, machine learning, or data platform implementation programs (e.g., model deployment pipelines, MLOps, data lakes, LLM integrations).
- Experience working at or with fintech, financial services organizations or financial services technology vendors.
- Certifications such as PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2, SAFe, or equivalent.
- Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar delivery management platforms.
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and understanding of enterprise data architectures.
- Prior consulting or client-facing delivery experience in a technology consultancy or AI solutions firm.
What We Offer
- Continuous learning and opportunity to lead high-visibility AI transformation programs for leading global financial services clients.
- Competitive compensation with performance-linked incentives.
- Collaborative, innovation-driven culture with flat hierarchies and strong leadership mentorship.
