Project Manager - AI Center of Excellence

Are you an experienced technical Project Manager with a passion for managing complex, cross collaborative projects? Join the IDEXX AI Center of Excellence!  

We have a preference for this role to be hybrid in our Westbrook, ME office, onsite 8 days per month. But we will also consider remote for the right candidate.

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide relocation assistance or sponsorship for this role. 

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to join the AI Center of Excellence at IDEXX to manage projects for Machine Learning and Data Science related initiatives. In this role, you will initiate, plan and ensure delivery of AI operations projects. The team builds and maintains the machine learning algorithms, infrastructure and tooling used throughout the AI lifecycle, from concept development through in-field monitoring of solutions. You will contribute to the delivery a diagnostic platform, utilizing AI applications, that will have an ever-expanding menu.. If you have experience managing projects across the AI lifecycle and excel at coordinating multiple stakeholders and finding common solutions, this role is for you!  

IDEXX Data and AI Centre of Excellence develops and delivers data and AI assets and solutions to enhance IDEXX R&D, products, software, services, internal operations, and business practices. You can find out more about the latest product developed in collaboration with AI/ML CoE here - https://www.idexx.com/en/veterinary/analyzers/invue-dx-analyzer/ 

In this role you will:  

• Define and execute plan(s) for AI project(s) and team needs  

• Manage milestones, timelines and risks; provide DAICOE-related inputs into integrated master schedule and drive tasks to completion 

• Partner with stakeholder groups across IDEXX to identify requirements and cross-team dependencies; and remove blockers. 

• Manage project priorities across multiple stakeholder groups  

• Identify and manage project risks, and develop mitigation plans to ensure project success  

• Coordinate implementation and post-implement plans. 

• Leverage agile practices to ensure transparency and visibility into project progress  

• Use facilitation skills to drive the team towards decisions that benefit all stakeholder groups  

• Define, recommend, and secure contractual agreements  

What you need to succeed:  

• Strong project management skills, including experience developing and managing project plans, budgets and schedules  

• Experience managing projects across the full AI lifecycle from project inception to monitoring solutions in the field OR experience managing large scale projects in the software space  

• Skills in driving multiple stakeholder groups towards common, shared solutions and helping teams navigate challenging conversations to reach alignment  

• Excellent skills at driving teams to quickly make decisions  

• Experience managing projects in an agile environment  

• Experience tracking project metrics in an agile flow-based environment with a focus on cycle time and minimizing work in queueing states is