Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a leading humanitarian organization that responds to crises worldwide. They are seeking an AI Program Manager to oversee the implementation of AI initiatives aimed at improving outcomes for vulnerable populations, ensuring responsible AI adoption, and managing cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
Responsibilities
- Manage the intake and documentation of AI use cases and tools flagged for high-risk review
- Assign cases to appropriate domain reviewers (e.g., legal, security, data protection, ethics) and coordinate their timely completion
- Maintain templates, trackers, and a full audit trail of all reviewed use cases and decisions
- Communicate clearly with requestors on process, status, and outcomes
- Draft and maintain guidance documentation, publishing decisions and resources to the IRC's internal staff portal
- Prepare agendas, materials, and logistics for review panel meetings
- Support the implementation of IRC’s enterprise AI policy, building out the necessary tools and processes in close collaboration with others
- Developing and maintaining detailed project plans, work breakdown structures, risk registers, and terms of reference
- Facilitating scrum, sprint planning, and retrospective meetings; driving delivery against milestones
- Designing and executing testing, rollout, and change management plans in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders
- Producing regular status reports for senior leadership, clearly communicating scope, progress, risks, and decisions
- Proactively surfacing and resolving blockers, issues, and risks before they become critical
Skills
- 6+ years of project management experience in IT or technology-driven environments
- Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-stakeholder programs with significant technology components
- Bachelor's degree required
- Agile methodologies — including Scrum, sprint planning, backlog management, and retrospectives — is required
- Proficiency with project management tools such as Jira, Monday.com, or equivalents
- Familiarity with AI concepts, use cases, and the compliance, security, data privacy, and ethical considerations that responsible AI adoption requires
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging from technical working teams through to senior executive leadership
- Demonstrated ability to influence without authority — including managing up, keeping senior stakeholders aligned and accountable, and driving decisions in complex organizational environments
- A self-starter who moves fast, takes initiative, and creates structure in ambiguous environments
- Ability to build trusted, productive relationships across technical and non-technical teams, across functions, and across geographies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proactively identifies risks and blockers and develops mitigation strategies before issues escalate
- Experience with AI projects — whether in a project management, product, or operational capacity — strongly preferred
- Experience in international NGO or global humanitarian organizations preferred
- PMP, CSM, or equivalent project/program management certification preferred
Benefits
- 10 sick days
- 10 US holidays
- 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure
- Medical insurance starting at $163 per month
- Dental starting at $6.50 per month
- Vision starting at $5 per month
- FSA for healthcare and commuter costs
- A 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching
- Disability & life insurance
- An Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles
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