Digital Business Senior AI Program Manager

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

In the role of Digital Business Senior AI Program Manager working onsite in Waukesha, Wisconsin you will be part of the Digital Business Office team.

The Senior AI Program Manager manages medium-to-large-scale cross-functional technology programs enabling business transformation and value realization. This individual works with the business and technology leaders to develop outcomes based program roadmaps and manages the delivery.

Major Responsibilities

• Works with various project stakeholders to define program and project(s) scope, requirements and outcomes

• Partners with the business stakeholders as needed to shape business cases with clear value metrics

• Manages the relationship with project team and stakeholders

• Coordinates with cross functional teams – including software development teams, business owners, security experts, and external partners to deliver on program goals

• Assists or leads planning and execution of testing sessions as needed

• Ensures successful completion of assigned programs within the budgeted time and cost constraints

• Drives timely delivery by setting and communicating milestones, and by ensuring adequate resource availability and effective allocation throughout the project lifecycle

• Measures project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques

• Uses appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs

• Creates and maintains comprehensive project documentation

• Creates and maintains comprehensive plans, ensuring clear communication and regular status updates to stakeholders

• Contributes to the maturity of Program Management discipline

Minimum Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems or related field, or equivalent work experience

Certification / License

• PMP

• AI certifications

Work Experience

• 8 years of large-scale project and program management and a background in implementing AI & Agentic AI based solutions

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Owns multiple interconnected programs simultaneously, spanning org-wide AI strategies with higher ambiguity and broader business impact

• Proven track record of successful planning and leading large technology initiatives with ownership across Scope-Schedule-Budget & Quality of outcomes

• Experience with implementing multi-year, large and complex technology initiatives in manufacturing industry

• Working knowledge of IOT based data capture and leveraging data to drive insights, decisions and transformative customer experiences

• Experience and expertise with leveraging AI, Gen-AI and Agentic AI in delivering transformative end2end scalable experiences

• Demonstrated ability to deliver results while working on multiple projects simultaneously, balancing priorities, timing and quality of outcomes

• Demonstrated success in influencing people and teams who are not all direct reports

• Strong verbal/written communication skills

• Confident and self-motivated individual, with a dedicated approach

• Strong ability to prioritize focus on initiatives by negotiating priorities based on business value and deliver in a high-paced environment

• Ability to learn new technology applications and process techniques quickly

• Working Knowledge of Waterfall and Agile Life Cycles methodologies

• Experience leverage JIRA to plan and manage work

Preferred Job Requirements

Education

•  Program Management & Change Management

Certification / License

•  Agile Program Management certification preferred but not required

Work Experience

• Experience with managing large transformations with AI infused transformative customer journeys and solutions

• Experience in building and managing Roadmaps and Program Schedule in Jira or similar project management tools

• Experience with leading Customer Experience End to End Journey Mapping