Technical Project Manager

Milestone Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project / Program Manager to lead high-visibility AI and cybersecurity initiatives for a pharmaceutical client. The role is responsible for end-to-end delivery, stakeholder coordination, risk and dependency management, executive reporting, governance, and operational readiness across technical and business teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead day-to-day project management activities
• Manage complex initiatives with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
• Drive rapid project startup, planning, issue identification, and resolution
• Coordinate across global teams
• Work closely with project leads as they are identified by the client organization
• Focus on execution, coordination, and delivery rather than program-level oversight
• Lead end-to-end execution of multiple concurrent AI and cybersecurity initiatives
• Quickly assess project status, identify risks, and establish actionable delivery plans
• Drive alignment across Cybersecurity & Digital Trust, Research, Engineering, AI/ML, AWS platform teams, and external partners
• Manage project timelines, dependencies, milestones, deliverables, and stakeholder expectations
• Facilitate decision-making and proactively remove blockers to maintain delivery momentum
• Ensure initiatives remain aligned with strategic business objectives and organizational priorities
• Serve as the primary coordination point between technical teams, business stakeholders, leadership, and external partners
• Translate highly technical concepts into clear business language for executive audiences
• Prepare and deliver executive-level presentations, status updates, and decision-ready materials
• Conduct leadership briefings and governance meetings while driving accountability for commitments and deliverables
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including:
• Project plans
• RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies)
• Executive dashboards
• Status reports
• Meeting notes and action tracking
• Decision logs
• Produce concise, accurate, and timely reporting that enables leadership visibility and informed decision-making
• Establish reporting frameworks and governance processes where needed
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks and dependencies across multiple workstreams
• Drive readiness planning for pilot execution, security reviews, stakeholder approvals, and operational transitions
• Escalate issues appropriately while presenting mitigation strategies and recommended actions
• Ensure governance, compliance, and security requirements are incorporated into delivery plans

Requirements:

• • Strong hands-on project management skills, including the ability to "herd cats," drive actions, manage dependencies, and keep projects moving forward
• • Experience leading complex projects and navigating challenging situations
• • Must demonstrate perseverance, adaptability, and the ability to work effectively with diverse personalities and stakeholder groups
• • Candidates should be receptive to feedback and capable of quickly course-correcting when necessary
• • Comfortable handling frequent "fire drills" and evolving priorities
• • Experience with SAFe Agile, Agile, and Scrum is required
• • US-based (onshore) candidate required
• • Eastern Time Zone Required
• • 10+ years of project and program management experience leading complex enterprise initiatives
• • Proven experience managing large-scale technology, cybersecurity, cloud, or digital transformation programs
• • Demonstrated ability to rapidly come up to speed in unfamiliar environments and deliver results with minimal oversight
• • Strong experience managing cross-functional teams involving engineering, security, infrastructure, and business stakeholders
• • Exceptional organization, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• • Experience developing executive-level reporting, dashboards, presentations, and strategic communications
• • Strong risk management, dependency management, and governance experience
• • Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, evolving, and highly visible environments
• • Experience with Agile, hybrid, and traditional project delivery methodologies
• • Experience supporting AI, machine learning, generative AI, or model governance initiatives
• • Background working with cybersecurity, risk management, digital trust, or security engineering teams
• • Knowledge of cloud platforms, particularly AWS
• • Experience partnering with research organizations, data science teams, or AI platform teams
• • Pharmaceutical/Medical Devices/Life Sciences/Biotech experience is strongly preferred
• • Previous experience in similar enterprise environments is beneficial
• • PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or comparable project management certifications (preferred)