Technical AI Program Manager

About the Role

The Technical AI Program Manager connects the enterprises growing demand for AI solutions with the technical and functional teams who deliver them. Youll field new AI requests analyze them and shape directional solutions before handing them to delivery teams. Youll also track AI spending and value delivered giving the organization a clear basis for investment decisions. This role combines leadership technical expertise program management excellence and organizational change management to accelerate AI adoption across the enterprise.

You bring real world computer science and engineering fundamentals and have shipped things but youve grown into a well-rounded professional who holds your own with executives as easily as with architects. You pressure-test every request against what matters not whats most interesting to build.

Innovation Strategy. We drive measurable value across our real estate portfolio by improving the resident experience elevating team performance and delivering superior financial outcomes. Youll make every request to that bar:

• Does this improve the residents experience
• Does this improve team experience
• Does this drive measurable financial results

AI Strategy. We accelerate business value by combining best-in-class external solutions scalable approved platforms and proprietary capabilities. Youll guide stakeholders through:

• When to use an external AI solution
• When to use an approved internal platform
• When to build customs

Youll apply the same discipline to AI initiatives themselves: if it doesnt create value improve efficiency or strengthen competitive advantage it doesnt move forward.

What Youll Do

Intake & Triage

• Field incoming AI requests from across the enterprise.
• Assess each one fast: whats the real problem whos affected how urgent whats the rough shape of a solution.
• Route requests a quick answer a scoped pilot or a full program.
• Maintain a transparent pipeline of AI requests decisions priorities and next steps.

Solution Shaping

• Partners with functional and technical stakeholders data science platform engineering security legal/compliance business leaders to sketch directional solutions delivery teams can pick up with confidence.
• Decide between external approved platform and custom-build paths based on the AI strategy and the problems fit.
• Translate business asks into technical requirements and technical constraints into business terms.
• Lead planning execution and governance of AI initiatives from concept through production deployment.

Program & Portfolio Management

• Track the AI portfolio: status owners blockers outcomes.
• Keep initiatives scoped to the value they deliver; push back on scope creep and over-engineering.
• Align stakeholder groups when priorities or dependencies collide.
• Flag initiatives that drift from resident experience team experience or financial return.

Accountability and Tracking

• AI Governance and Adherence
• Own visibility into AI spends across tools platforms compute and vendors.
• Build and maintain ROI adoption and value reporting for each initiative.
• Report leadership on whats working whats not and where to invest.

Synthesis & Communication

• Turn technical and business input into decision-ready narratives for engineers functional leads and executives.
• Keep documentation and status updates simple and current.

Qualifications :

What You Bring

8 years of experience spanning software engineering and technical program/product delivery ideally including direct work with AI/ML systems.

Technical Background

• CS/engineering foundation and hands-on delivery experience ideally including AI/ML systems in production.
• Enough AI/ML fluency model types data pipelines integration patterns failure modes to hold credible technical conversations.
• Comfort evaluating technical tradeoffs and risk at a directional level.
• Collaborate with architects and engineering teams on solution design and technical architecture.
• Ensure delivery follows established engineering security and operational standards.
• Oversee AI platform scalability reliability and operational readiness.

Program & Business Acumen

• Track record managing cross-functional programs with competing priorities.
• Experience owning spend tracking and turning it into ROI narratives leadership can act on.
• Comfort moving forward on incomplete information.
• Drive alignment among business leaders and technology teams.
• Provide executive-ready updates on program health risks opportunities decisions needed and investment recommendations.

Executive Presence & Stakeholder Leadership

• Synthesize messy input into clear actionable narratives fast.
• Building trust across engineers functional leaders and executives; adapt your style without losing substance.
• Judge every option by relevance and outcomes not technical sophistication.
• Make reasonable calls under uncertainty and adjust as you learn more.
• Communicate with confidence in writing and in the room.
• Bring people along; say not ready as readily as lets move.

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI governance or responsible AI frameworks.
• FinOps or cloud cost management experience applied to AI/ML.
• Background blending technical PM solutions architecture or technical product management.

Success Looks Like

• New requests get a credible response and a clear path within days not weeks without sacrificing rigor.
• Every active initiative traces back to resident experience team experience or financial outcome.
• Stakeholders trust you as an honest broker on technical reality and on when to buy use a platform or build.
• Leadership has a current trustworthy view of AI spend and ROI.
• Initiatives are sized to the value they create no under-investment no over-engineering.

Additional Information :

Benefits

• An anticipated base salary between $170000-$190000 plus annual bonus. Salary will be offered depending on skills and experience.
• Paid time off including vacation sick time and 14 holidays.
• Medical dental vision and life insurance options HSA/FSA plans short and long-term disability paid by the company.
• An Apartment Benefit option is available to live on-site at the community you are working
• 401(k) plan with up to 6% employer match.
• Paid parental leave of up to 16 weeks.
• Tuition assistance program and up to 100% reimbursement for job-related certifications and licenses.
• 15 hours of paid time annually for community service.
• Commuter benefits and pet insurance.
• Consumer discounts on various products and services.
• Opportunities for ongoing professional development leadership training and career growth.

Application Deadline: The initial deadline for applications is 9/28/2026. Applications submitted after this date may still be considered on a rolling basis until the position/program is filled. We encourage all interested candidates to apply as early as possible. If a final decision has not been made by the initial deadline subsequent applications will be reviewed as they are received.

Candidates extended an offer will be required to undergo pre-employment screening that includes checking references a four-panel drug screening that excludes marijuana testing employment verification & criminal background check.

AIR values diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. AIR prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time