Program Manager, Principal

This role will own strategy, execution support, and day‑to‑day program management for Enterprise AI initiatives, including the AI Accelerator, AI Factory, and related GenAI efforts. The Program Manager will serve as a stable internal owner responsible for collaborating with leadership to build strategy, translating strategy into executable plans, driving cross‑functional alignment, and ensuring consistent delivery as the Accelerator evolves from initial stand‑up into sustained operation and scale. 

The role balances execution and planning: overseeing active AI programs while also helping leadership define next steps, sequence priorities, and align stakeholders as the enterprise AI operating model continues to mature. 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland, CA based on business needs or company requirements.

Strategy, forward planning, and leadership alignment 

• Partner with Enterprise AI leadership to help define strategic direction as the AI Accelerator transitions from stand‑up to steady‑state execution and scale
• Translate leadership priorities, guidance, and decisions into concrete program plans, sequencing, and operating changes
• Help frame and drive “what’s next” for the Accelerator and AI Factory, including future intake cycles, execution capacity, operating model refinements, and transition points
• Prepare decision‑oriented materials for senior leaders that clearly articulate current state, options, tradeoffs, risks, and recommended paths forward
• Coordinate alignment across key stakeholders (Enterprise AI, GRiD Innovation, and other functional leaders and governance bodies) to ensure shared understanding and buy‑in
• Act as the connective layer between leadership intent and day‑to‑day execution, ensuring strategy is reflected in priorities, cadence, and delivery focus 

AI Accelerator program management and execution 

• Own the operating cadence (DOR/WOR/MOR), agendas, materials, notes, action tracking, and follow‑ups
• Maintain the Accelerator program plan, schedule, dependencies, risks, and decision log
• Coordinate Product Managers, delivery teams, and business SMEs across active Accelerator use cases
• Ensure consistent use of Accelerator templates, artifacts, and operating norms
• Track discovery, incubation, and execution milestones across use cases and surface risks, gaps, and escalation needs early 

AI Factory and delivery process execution 

• Own people and process artifacts for the AI Factory, including lifecycle deliverables and templates
• Coordinate delivery expectations between delivery teams and IT leadership
• Maintain execution tracking for AI Factory workstreams and ensure alignment with Accelerator priorities
• Support rollout, adoption, and refinement of standardized delivery artifacts and templates 

Program reporting, value tracking, and communications 

• Produce and maintain executive‑level status updates, dashboards, and readouts
• Track program‑level progress, capacity, and value realization assumptions
• Support financial tracking inputs needed for leadership, sourcing, and budget reviews
• Maintain a single source of truth for program documentation, plans, and materials 

Key Deliverables 

• AI Accelerator operating cadence and materials (DOR/WOR/MOR)
• Integrated program plans, schedules, risk and issue logs, and decision tracking
• Standardized templates for intake, discovery, incubation, execution, and reporting
• AI Factory lifecycle artifacts and execution tracking
• Executive updates, decision materials, and program readouts 
  Centralized program documentation and repository