AI Project Manager

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here:

At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you’re trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That’s why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry.

Job Description:

About Crowe

At Crowe, we believe the future of human work should be more purposeful. We help make that future real by combining deep industry expertise with state-of-the-art technologies, modern architectures, and AI-powered solutions that transform how organizations operate.

Our AI Transformation practice builds on Crowe’s established Applied AI and Machine Learning foundation. By bringing together Generative AI, Machine Learning, and Software Engineering, we partner with clients at every stage of AI maturity to reimagine business models, unlock new value, and drive meaningful outcomes.

If you’re excited about shaping the future with AI—and doing it alongside people who care deeply about quality, impact, and balance—we’d love to build it with you.

About the Team

The AI Transformation team is a growing, multidisciplinary group of technologists, consultants, and leaders focused on delivering high-impact AI-enabled solutions.

• We invest in expertise. You’ll have the time, space, and support to go deep—building technical mastery and strategic leadership while working closely with developers, product stakeholders, and project managers.

• We believe in continuous growth. Knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and professional development are core to how we operate.

• We protect balance. Our distributed team culture is built on trust and flexibility, with unlimited PTO, a flexible remote work policy, and a focus on sustainable, long-term performance.

About the Role

As a Manager within AI Transformation, you will lead complex client engagements end to end—owning delivery excellence, financial performance, and team development. You’ll serve as a trusted client partner, a people leader, and a driver of continuous improvement within the practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead full project lifecycles from initiation through closeout, with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, and outcomes

• Own project financials, including forecasting, budget tracking, profitability management, and escalation of risks as needed

• Partner with sales teams on project scoping, sizing, and proposal development to support new opportunities

• Manage and develop a team of 4–5 direct reports through formal performance management, coaching, and career development

• Serve as the primary client contact, independently managing stakeholder expectations, communications, and escalations

• Proactively identify and manage project risks and issues, ensuring timely resolution

• Drive practice improvement initiatives such as methodology enhancements, tool adoption, and process optimization

• Ensure compliance with firm standards, quality controls, and client requirements across all engagements

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience demonstrating progressive project leadership and team mentoring

• Proven experience leading end-to-end projects with full accountability for budget, timeline, scope, and deliverable quality

• Strong background in client relationship management, including navigating complex stakeholder environments

• Experience managing project financials, including forecasting, tracking, and optimization

• Demonstrated people management experience, including performance reviews, coaching, and development planning

• Track record of successfully delivering projects on time and within budget

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting business development efforts, including proposal development and opportunity identification

• Background leading or contributing to practice or methodology improvement initiatives

• PMP certification (active and maintained through PDUs)

• Experience working in AI, analytics, technology transformation, or related consulting environments

  <