Cleared AI Project Manager
In This Position You Will:
- Own the Project Lifecycle: Provide comprehensive project management for artificial intelligence and computer vision projects tailored for U.S. government and defense customers.
- Partner with Research Pioneers: Work hand-in-hand with a Principal Investigator (PI) to translate cutting-edge AI research into executable project roadmaps that meet and exceed customer expectations.
- Lead Cross-Functional Teams: Guide a talented team of researchers and developers to deliver complex technical milestones on time, within scope, and on budget.
- Drive Customer Engagement: Manage technical communication with government stakeholders, steering the preparation of high-impact status reports, technical briefings, and progress reviews.
- Fuel Growth: Participate actively in business development, contributing technical execution strategies to proposal writing, pitch presentations, and new customer capture.
Required Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in a STEM field (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math, or a related technical discipline preferred).
- Project Management Experience: 5+ years of technical project management experience, with a proven track record of managing U.S. Government contracts (DARPA, IARPA, DoD, or IC preferred).
- Technical Literacy: A strong understanding of machine learning concepts (model selection, training, validation, testing, and deployment) and hands-on programming experience in Python or C++ to effectively interface with engineering teams.
- Proposal Crafting: Direct experience writing and contributing to successful government technical proposals.
- Clearance & Citizenship: Active TS or TS/SCI security clearance (or a recent TS eligible for immediate reactivation). Due to contractual requirements, only U.S. citizens will be considered for this position.
- Location: Full-time, on-site work at Kitware’s Clifton Park, NY, headquarters.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience specifically managing computer vision or advanced deep learning projects.
- Hands-on experience training, fine-tuning, or deploying AI models.
- Familiarity with open-source software development practices and communities.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
About Clifton Park, NY:
Located just north of New York’s capital city, in one of the fastest growing counties in the state, Clifton Park is a vibrant suburban community. Known for its parks and recreational facilities, Clifton Park is close to Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga, and Troy, and within about 3 hours of NYC, Boston, and Montreal. Kitware maintains a beautiful 42,000 sq. ft. office space in the heart of Clifton Park, with conference facilities, large gathering areas, and an expansive third-floor outdoor patio. Click HERE for a brief video about what it’s like to live and work in New York’s Capital Region.
Additional Information:
Our team members enjoy a small company environment, flexibility in work assignments, and high levels of independence and responsibility. Besides a great work environment, our comprehensive benefits package includes a competitive compensation plan, tuition reimbursement program, flexible working hours, six weeks paid time off, 401(k), health insurance, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, bonus plan, and free coffee, drinks, and snacks.
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Kitware actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, protected veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Any unsolicited resume sent to Kitware, including to Kitware's mailing addresses, fax machines or email addresses, whether directly to Kitware employees or to Kitware's applicant tracking system, will be considered Kitware property. Kitware will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume, and will consider any candidate submitted by a recruitment agency without a fully executed contract with Kitware to have been referred free of any charges or fees.
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- Do you now or will you in the future, require Kitware to sponsor an immigration case in order to employ you?
- I acknowledge that I've read the required qualifications of this position.
- Due to contractual restrictions, only US Citizens will be considered for this position.
- I am willing and able to apply for and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.
- This position is on-site at Kitware’s Clifton Park, NY, headquarters.
Written answers (2)
- In AI, research often hits roadblocks (e.g., a model isn't generalizing well to edge cases or novel environments). How do you manage a project's timeline when the core technical solution is experimental and inherently unpredictable?
- The relationship between a Principal Investigator (scientific lead) and a Project Manager can sometimes have natural friction - the PI wants to chase scientific advancement, while the PM needs to hit a budget and deadline. How do you build a successful partnership with a PI to keep a project on track without stifling innovation?