Lockheed MartinRemote
AI Project Manager (IT Deployment)
United States of America
Full Time
1 week ago
$141,000 - $245,000 USD
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
AIMLNLPData EngineeringAnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceSAPJiraConfluenceAgileLeadershipProject ManagementDecision Making
About this role
Lockheed Martin is a leader in aerospace and defense, and they are seeking an AI Project Manager to lead high-visibility data-analytics and AI projects. The role involves managing cross-functional teams, overseeing AI model integration, and ensuring compliance with data governance standards.
Responsibilities:
- Define and own the roadmap for data‑analytics, AI model integration, and ontology development that supports business intelligence and advanced analytics
- Manage Agile teams (data engineers, AI/ML engineers, software engineers, DBA, etc.) to deliver end‑to‑end solutions on schedule
- Oversee the ingestion, versioning, deployment, and monitoring of AI/ML models (e.g., predictive scoring, NLP) within the data platform using NiFi, SAP HANA, or cloud‑based model serving frameworks
- Guide the creation and maintenance of domain ontologies (taxonomy, semantic relationships) to enable semantic querying and data federation
- Identify, assess, and mitigate technical and schedule risks; maintain a risk register and communicate mitigation plans
- Provide regular status, risk, and opportunity updates to steering committees, PMO, and executive sponsors through dashboards, executive summaries, and presentations
- Refine processes, tooling, and delivery efficiency; champion automation and best practices for AI/ML lifecycle management
- Ensure all solutions meet data‑governance, security, and regulatory standards
Requirements:
- Experience in project ownership / project‑management on data‑centric, software or AI projects
- Previous experience in Data engineering, software engineering or AI engineering
- Proven ability to manage multiple development teams simultaneously
- Proficient with JIRA, Confluence, or similar tools
- Strong schedule‑management and critical‑path tracking
- Proven project management skills
- Clear, concise written and verbal reporting to senior leadership
- Stakeholder‑management across technical and business domains
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Certifications: PMP, Program Mangt
- Prior work on regulated‑industry projects (defense, aerospace, finance)
- Proactive problem‑solver
- Ability to influence without direct authority
- Analytical mindset; data‑driven decision making
- Comfortable handling ambiguous requirements and rapidly changing priorities