AI Project Manager (R-19384)

What’s on Offer at D&B Ireland

• 25 days annual leave (plus 2 paid volunteer days & 1 paid un-sick day)
• Holiday buy & sell (the option to buy or sell up to 5 additional days per year)
• Flexible working - hybrid model
• Employee Health Insurance
• Mental Health Support program
• Pension Contribution
• Family Friendly Leave (Maternity, Paternity, Parental, Marriage and Bereavement)
• Life Assurance
• Educational Assistance Program
• Life-Style Account (D&B will match your contributions up to €40 per month and can be used to claim for a range of health-related, leisure or lifestyle activities)
 
At Dun & Bradstreet, we are 6,000 friendly colleagues around the world waiting to meet you and give you the opportunity to grow your career.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end delivery of medium-to-large, complex IT projects from initiation through execution to closure.
• Translate high-level objectives into clear delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, and risk profiles.
• Actively manage scope, schedule, quality, and delivery risks, initiating corrective actions when required.
• Drive delivery across multiple workstreams throughout the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Lead cross-functional delivery teams spanning Engineering, Data Science, Product, and Platform.
• Build trusted relationships with team members and stakeholders, fostering collaboration and accountability.
• Operate effectively in a matrixed environment, influencing without direct authority.
• Address delivery friction, stakeholder tension, and competing priorities constructively and professionally.
• Deliver projects involving teams and stakeholders distributed across multiple time zones, ensuring effective communication, hand-offs, and decision-making.
• Serve as a primary point of coordination between delivery teams and senior stakeholders.
• Provide concise, outcome-focused status updates highlighting risks, dependencies, and decisions required.
• Establish and maintain delivery governance, including RAID management, project health metrics, and decision tracking.
• Ensure alignment with D&B standards for security, compliance, and delivery governance.
• Apply Agile, hybrid, or structured delivery approaches pragmatically based on context and team maturity.
• Continuously identify opportunities for delivery improvement to increase predictability and efficiency.
• Participate in and drive all existing project review meetings and help with the definition of new and streamlined process.
• Drive creation of training material and associated rollout program.
• Available to work onsite two to three days per week as part of a hybrid work arrangement.

 

Essential Skills and/or Certifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or Business Management with comparable technical experience.

Minimum 5 years of project management experience in technology industry, delivering IT or software-centric projects in complex enterprise environments. Proven experience managing medium to large-scale initiatives involving multiple teams, dependencies, and senior stakeholders. Strong background working with technical teams such as software engineering, data, platform, or AI engineering. Experience leading delivery in Agile or hybrid environments. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with globally distributed teams across time zones. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Experience in delivering AI, GenAI, or data-driven initiatives Exposure to cloud-based delivery (AWS, Azure, or GCP) is a plus Familiarity with Jira is required Familiarity with Workday Projects, and Power BI is desirable Project management certifications (PRINCE2, PMP, Agile/Scrum) are advantageous

Experience in building and managing project budgets Excellent problem solving skills with the ability resolve issues that may arise to ensure project progress

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite skills Show an ownership mindset in everything you do. Be a problem solver, be curious and be inspired to take action. Be proactive, seek ways to collaborate and connect with people and teams in support of driving success. Continuous growth mindset, keep learning through social experiences and relationships with stakeholders, experts, colleagues and mentors as well as widen and broaden your competencies through structural courses and programs.