Project Manager - AI Initiatives

Commvault is the gold standard in cyber resilience, empowering customers to recover from cyberattacks. The Project Manager - AI Initiatives role is strategic, focusing on managing AI product development and internal engineering programs while collaborating with various teams to deliver AI-powered software solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle of AI product initiatives — from problem definition and business case development through development, QA, launch readiness, and post-release iteration
• Partner with product management and engineering teams to define requirements for AI-powered product features, including model selection criteria, data dependencies, evaluation frameworks, and responsible AI guardrails
• Build and maintain detailed roadmaps that account for the unique constraints of AI development: model training cycles, data availability, evaluation benchmarks, and regulatory considerations
• Coordinate early adopter and general availability releases, including stakeholder alignment, documentation, and launch readiness across sales, marketing, legal, finance, and support
• Manage project scope, timelines, resources, and risks across concurrent AI product workstreams, ensuring milestones are met and changes are clearly communicated
• Drive Agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban) across cross-functional teams — facilitating sprint planning, standups, reviews, and retrospectives adapted for AI development rhythms
• Manage a portfolio of internal AI engineering projects in support of the AI Program Office — including productivity tooling, workflow automation, and AI-assisted developer experience initiatives
• Coordinate across internal functional subject matter experts (engineering, IT, operations, HR) to scope high-value AI productivity use cases, define success metrics, and drive adoption
• Track program health, surface risks, and report progress to AI Program Office leadership with clarity and consistency
• Establish lightweight governance processes to ensure internal AI tools are deployed responsibly and maintained effectively
• Serve as the primary coordination point across product, engineering, design, QA, and go-to-market teams — providing direction, removing blockers, and ensuring alignment
• Communicate project status, risks, and outcomes clearly to diverse audiences, from engineers to executives
• Lead post-project retrospectives to capture lessons learned, evaluate outcomes, and continuously improve AI delivery processes and best practices
• Contribute to the maturation of the AI Program Office's operating model, tooling standards, and delivery methodology

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, or a complementary field — or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years of experience in technical project or program management, preferably in a software product environment
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional product development initiatives from concept through launch
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Familiarity with AI/ML product development concepts — including data pipelines, model evaluation, prompt engineering, and responsible AI practices — sufficient to ask the right questions and identify risks
• Proficiency in project management tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, or Azure DevOps
• Exceptional ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams with competing priorities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to translate technical complexity for non-technical audiences and vice versa
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent helpful but not required