AI Project Manager (R-19384)

The Project Manager is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of IT initiatives across multiple teams, disciplines, and time zones.

This role independently owns delivery execution, drives alignment across stakeholders, and proactively manages risks, dependencies, and delivery trade-offs. This role will deliver several key projects across business and other transformational areas, mostly within AI engineering, AI platform and agentic systems domain. Prior experience delivering AI or data-driven initiatives is strongly beneficial.

What’s on Offer at D&B Ireland

• 25 days annual leave (plus 2 paid volunteer days & 1 paid un-sick day)
• Holiday buy & sell (the option to buy or sell up to 5 additional days per year)
• Flexible working - hybrid model
• Employee Health Insurance
• Mental Health Support program
• Pension Contribution
• Family Friendly Leave (Maternity, Paternity, Parental, Marriage and Bereavement)
• Life Assurance
• Educational Assistance Program
• Life-Style Account (D&B will match your contributions up to €40 per month and can be used to claim for a range of health-related, leisure or lifestyle activities)

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Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end delivery of medium-to-large, complex IT projects from initiation through execution to closure.
• Translate high-level objectives into clear delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, and risk profiles.
• Actively manage scope, schedule, quality, and delivery risks, initiating corrective actions when required.
• Drive delivery across multiple workstreams throughout the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Lead cross-functional delivery teams spanning Engineering, Data Science, Product, and Platform.
• Build trusted relationships with team members and stakeholders, fostering collaboration and accountability.
• Operate effectively in a matrixed environment, influencing without direct authority.
• Address delivery friction, stakeholder tension, and competing priorities constructively and professionally.
• Deliver projects involving teams and stakeholders distributed across multiple time zones, ensuring effective communication, hand-offs, and decision-making.
• Serve as a primary point of coordination between delivery teams and senior stakeholders.
• Provide concise, outcome-focused status updates highlighting risks, dependencies, and decisions required.
• Establish and maintain delivery governance, including RAID management, project health metrics, and decision tracking.
• Ensure alignment with D&B standards for security, compliance, and delivery governance.
• Apply Agile, hybrid, or structured delivery approaches pragmatically based on context and team maturity.
• Continuously identify opportunities for delivery improvement to increase predictability and efficiency.
• Participate in and drive all existing project review meetings and help with the definition of new and streamlined process.
• Drive creation of training material and associated rollout program.
• Available to work onsite two to three days per week as part of a hybrid work arrangement.

Essential Skills and/or Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or Business Management with comparable technical experience.
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience in technology industry, delivering IT or software-centric projects in complex enterprise environments.
• Proven experience managing medium to large-scale initiatives involving multiple teams, dependencies, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong background working with technical teams such as software engineering, data, platform, or AI engineering.
• Experience leading delivery in Agile or hybrid environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with globally distributed teams across time zones.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in delivering AI, GenAI, or data-driven initiatives
• Exposure to cloud-based delivery (AWS, Azure, or GCP) is a plus
• Familiarity with Jira is required
• Familiarity with Workday Projects, and Power BI is desirable
• Project management certifications (PRINCE2, PMP, Agile/Scrum) are advantageous
• Experience in building and managing project budgets
• Excellent problem solving skills with the ability resolve issues that may arise to ensure project progress
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite skills
• Show an ownership mindset in everything you do. Be a problem solver, be curious and be inspired to take action. Be proactive, seek ways to collaborate and connect with people and teams in support of driving success.
• Continuous growth mindset, keep learning through social experiences and relationships with stakeholders, experts, colleagues and mentors as well as widen and broaden your competencies through structural courses and programs.