At a glance
- Experience
- 8-11 years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- India - Pune
About Nice
- NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) software products are used by 25,000+ global businesses, including 85 of the Fortune 100 corporations, to deliver extraordinary customer experiences, fight financial crime and ensure public safety. Every day, NiCE software manages more than 120 million customer interactions and monitors 3+ billion financial transactions.
- Known as an innovation powerhouse that excels in AI, cloud and digital, NiCE is consistently recognized as the market leader in its domains, with over 8,500 employees across 30+ countries.
- NiCE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, neurotype, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.
About the role
- NiCE is looking for an experienced Project Manager to drive end-to-end delivery of technology and AI initiatives within SPARK, an internal incubation team that transforms AI ideas into enterprise-ready tools.
- The role involves managing multiple projects across the Software Development Life Cycle and coordinating global teams to turn innovative ideas into scalable solutions.
Responsibilities
- Own the SPARK delivery engine, ensuring ideas move from concept to adoption through strong governance, clear plans, and proactive stakeholder management.
- Manage the incubation portfolio from intake through prototype, pilot, and enterprise rollout using Agile methodologies, stage gates, and structured delivery practices.
- Lead sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and delivery tracking through Monday.com, ensuring transparency and execution excellence.
- Oversee scope, timelines, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and governance, maintaining RAID logs and proactively resolving blockers and escalations.
- Partner with Business Analysts, AI Architects, and Builders to define initiative charters and deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Drive stakeholder communication, providing clear updates on progress, risks, decisions, and value realization.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across global regions, ensuring collaboration, accountability, and seamless transition from build to operations.
- Apply an AI-aware delivery approach, managing the lifecycle from experimentation and deployment to monitoring, adoption, and continuous improvement.
- Track delivery and value metrics, capture lessons learned, and evolve a repeatable SPARK delivery playbook.
- Ensure successful deployment and handover through UAT, training, support readiness, ServiceNow processes, and SLA-aligned operational support.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
- 8-11 years of project/program management in software or technology delivery across the full SDLC
- Experience delivering AI/ML/Generative AI solutions, including at least one production deployment
- Strong Agile and hybrid delivery expertise with tools like Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects, stakeholders, budgets, timelines, and risks
- Experience leading global, cross-functional teams without direct authority
- Strong executive-facing communication and presentation skills
- Practical understanding of AI model evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
- Fluent in English
Workplace
- NiCE-FLEX offers a hybrid working model with 2 days in the office and 3 days working remotely each week.
Skills
- Agile
- Monday.com
- Jira
- Confluence
- Azure DevOps
- ServiceNow
- Generative AI
- AI/ML
