AI is transforming how organizations plan, prioritize, and deliver complex work. The projects driving this transformation need a new kind of project manager—one who understands AI capabilities, can navigate technical ambiguity, and keeps cross-functional teams aligned around outcomes rather than outputs.
At Hearst, we are hiring an AI Project Manager to drive the delivery of AI-powered systems across our business units. You will work alongside AI Systems Builders, product leaders, and business stakeholders to scope projects, manage delivery, remove blockers, and ensure that AI initiatives translate into measurable business impact.
This is not a traditional project management role centered on waterfall timelines and status reports. You will operate in fast-moving, prototype-driven environments where priorities shift, requirements emerge through experimentation, and success is measured by adoption and outcomes—not task completion.
If you thrive in ambiguity, love keeping builders unblocked, and care more about impact than process, this role may be a great fit.
What You’ll Drive
AI Project Managers oversee a portfolio of AI initiatives across Hearst businesses. Examples of projects you might manage include:
AI-powered research and knowledge workflow deployments
Automation systems that streamline operational processes across business units
Cross-functional AI tool rollouts requiring stakeholder alignment and coordination
Internal AI assistant integrations with enterprise systems
Evaluation and quality frameworks for AI system reliability
Multi-team initiatives combining AI builders, product managers, and business stakeholders
Many projects begin as rapid prototypes and evolve into durable internal products—your job is to shepherd that journey.
How You’ll Work
AI Project Managers operate differently from traditional PMs. You will:
Partner with AI Systems Builders to scope, plan, and deliver AI-powered systems
Manage project portfolios using lightweight, iterative processes suited to AI development
Translate business needs into clear project briefs, success criteria, and delivery milestones
Facilitate rapid feedback loops between builders, stakeholders, and end users
Identify and remove blockers that slow delivery or adoption
Your job is to ensure the team moves efficiently from: problem → scoping → prototype → validated system → real business impact
Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end delivery of AI projects from scoping through deployment and adoption.
Build and maintain project roadmaps, timelines, and dependency maps for AI initiatives.
Coordinate across AI builders, product teams, and business stakeholders to align priorities.
Facilitate stakeholder discovery sessions to define problems, requirements, and success criteria.
Run lightweight delivery cadences adapted to AI development workflows.
Track and communicate project status, risks, and outcomes to leadership.
Maintain project documentation and work with knowledge architects on knowledge sharing practices.
Who We’re Looking For
We are looking for experienced project managers with strong technical fluency and the ability to drive outcomes in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
Strong Candidate Backgrounds
Technical project or program managers in software or technology teams
Product managers with delivery-heavy experience
Startup operators or chiefs of staff with technical project oversight
Delivery leads in engineering or technology organizations
You Likely Have
5+ years managing technical projects or programs in software, AI, or product environments
Strong understanding of AI development workflows, prototyping cycles, and iterative delivery
Experience working directly with engineers or AI builders in generative AI environments
The ability to translate ambiguous business problems into structured project plans
Comfort operating in fast-moving environments where requirements evolve through experimentation
What Makes Someone Successful
The strongest AI Project Managers:
Focus on outcomes and adoption, not just on-time delivery
Keep builders unblocked and stakeholders aligned without introducing unnecessary process
Understand enough about AI systems to ask the right questions and spot risks early
Communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences
Care about measurable business impact, not just project milestones
They enjoy making teams more effective and ensuring great work actually ships.
Why This Role Is Different
AI changes the nature of project management.
Traditional PM roles focus on predictable timelines, fixed requirements, and linear delivery. AI projects are different—they involve rapid prototyping, emergent requirements, and outcomes that depend on adoption, not just deployment.
At Hearst, the AI Project Manager operates as a high-leverage delivery leader who combines project management discipline, technical fluency, and stakeholder engagement to ensure that AI initiatives create real transformation across the company.
In accordance with applicable law, Hearst is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role if hired in New York City. The reasonable estimate, if hired in New York City, is $160,000 - $175,000. Please note this information is specific to those hired in New York City. If this role is open to candidates outside of New York City, the salary range would be aligned to that specific location. A final decision on the successful candidate’s starting salary will be based on a number of permissible, non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to skills and experience, training, certifications, and education. Hearst provides a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401(k), paid holidays and paid time off, employee assistance programs, and more.Strong Candidate Backgrounds
About UsOur portfolio includes more than 360 businesses worldwide. On the consumer side, we operate 35 television stations, 28 daily newspapers and publish more than 200 magazine editions featuring many of the most iconic brands in media. We also hold ownership stakes in leading cable networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN. On the business-to-business side, our companies include Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information and analytics; Hearst Health, which provides intelligence and software that improve care outcomes; and Hearst Transportation, which delivers data and software for aviation, automotive and trucking.
Our strength lies in our people. We value the diverse perspectives that move us forward. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, military or veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. We also provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees consistent with applicable law.
Skills Required
- 5+ years managing technical projects or programs in software, AI, or product environments
- Strong understanding of AI development workflows, prototyping cycles, and iterative delivery
- Experience working directly with engineers or AI builders in generative AI environments
- Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into structured project plans and success criteria
- Experience running lightweight, iterative delivery cadences and managing project portfolios
- Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences and stakeholder facilitation
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
Hearst Insights
What We Do
Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.
