NRG Energy · 2 weeks ago
Sr Program Manager, AI
Utah, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expNRG Energy is committed to creating a smarter, cleaner, and more connected future through intelligent home services. The Sr Program Manager, AI will lead high performing teams to deliver innovative products and services, focusing on unlocking the value of AI and enhancing cross-functional communication to meet project goals on time and within budget.
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Responsibilities
Accountable for the plan, schedule, and budget for your assigned programs and initiatives. Understand priorities and create clear plans to deliver. Communicate with stakeholders and partners. Set and meet commitments. Set specific release dates and milestones with the team and keep them focused on those accountabilities while communicating needs for support or issues that put those at risk
Partner with engineering teams to deliver working solutions in software, products, and systems. Set schedules and create strong execution plans to develop products and features to bring to market. Partner with the Product, Engineering, Supply Chain, QA & Release, external partners and Operations team to drive the program. Work across teams to review proposed scope and provide Level of Effort (LOE) estimates as well as suitable tradeoffs for quality and business risk
Create appropriate communications to update the business regularly on status, risks and support needed to be successful for the portfolio of programs. Provide weekly status updates, communicating progress towards commitment in terms of scope, schedule, and cost
Lead the team to identify risks up front, manage and mitigate them and monitor residual risks and any issues that arise regularly. Track tasks and lead a culture of accountability in the team and across the business. Setup excellent change and risk management practices to keep work on track
Facilitate and chair relevant program meetings, participate in agile activities where appropriate, develop communications and deliver to stakeholders. Hold regular risk reviews and accountability tracking meetings. Work with stakeholders as risks and issues arise. Develop partner relationships and manage performance of partners relating to program delivery. Work with teams to monitor and keep programs on track or escalate risk and support needed as required
Draw on professional experience of scheduling, risk and task tracking platforms (MS PROJECT, SMARTSHEETS, EXCEL, etc) as well as content and engineering tracking systems (e.g. JIRA, CONFLUENCE, SHAREPOINT, etc)
A bias to strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills will exist in assessing success in this role along with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment where change and pivots to priorities occur occasionally
Be a liaison between the AI group and Compliance, Governance, and other Legal teams
Qualification
Required
Experience in software delivery for consumer devices or consumer markets
Team Leadership, ability to establish a leadership identity within the respective groups and overall stakeholder organizations and partners
Demonstrate the ability and track record of leadership in project delivery and excellence in communication
Demonstrate passion to succeed, inspire, and motivate the team
Strong negotiation skills as well as ability to facilitate informed and timely decisions and mediating tradeoffs with various groups to deliver a product on time and ready for market
Deliver clear, concise professional verbal and written communication that is appropriate to the situation and audience
Exceptional collaboration, listening, written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to clearly communicate with both business and technical audiences
Encourage participation & decision-making by all team members and effectively manage group dynamics
Min. 10+ years of professional experience leading large programs, including AI/ML applications, hardware, mobile platforms, embedded systems and cloud-based projects is highly desired
Track record of leading others & positive change in project definition, project delivery, and process improvement
Working experience with project methodologies such as agile, scrum and sprint planning, and related hardware development processes or framework awareness
Past success in creating high performance teams, inspiring and empowering them to achieve results
Owner's attitude, including a willingness to tackle complex problems through solution
Ability to work both independently and cross-function with minimal supervision
Ability to multi-task priorities and initiatives
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering or a related field with formal project management training (PMP, CSM or similar qualifications), SAFe certification, and MBA degree highly preferred
Strong preference for experience with devices, consumer electronics, manufacturing and consumer facing hardware, software and mobile products
Benefits
Daily lunch and drinks on site
Paid holidays and flexible paid time away
Employee/Friends/Family Discounts
Onsite health clinic, gym, gaming tables
Medical/dental/vision/life coverage & 24/7 Medical Hotline
401(k) + Employer Match
Employee Resource Groups
Company
NRG Energy
NRG Energy is an integrated power generation and supply firm that offers offsite solar, wind power, and smart grid retail services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.99BKey Investors
Public Utility Commission of Texas
2025-09-24Post Ipo Debt· $4.9B
2025-08-04Post Ipo Debt· $216M
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Leadership Team
Lawrence S Coben
President, CEO and Chair of the Board
Anne C Schaumburg
Lead Independent Director
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