Senior IT Project Manager - AI
Job description
StraitSys, part of Yulista, seeks a Senior IT Project Manager - AI to support the FBI in Quantico, Virginia. Lead secure enterprise AI and Generative AI delivery, turning mission needs into reliable production solutions.
Responsibilities
• Define project scope, milestones, budgets, dependencies and delivery plans with government stakeholders.
• Lead AI architecture, implementation, integration and production deployment across cloud platforms and enterprise applications.
• Guide teams building LLM applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, semantic search, workflow automation and model evaluation.
• Manage project risk, change, performance and customer expectations; communicate decisions and progress clearly.
• Coordinate developers, data engineers, cybersecurity specialists, data scientists and vendors; mentor technical staff.
• Support Agile/Scrum delivery and responsible AI, security, privacy and governance practices.
Formal applications and the employment process are managed through Yulista’s Workday requisition JR109730.
Requirements
• Active Top Secret clearance; SCI access may be required. Do not disclose classified information or sensitive clearance documentation in application responses.
• U.S. citizenship as required by the official requisition.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant business or technical field, or significant related experience in lieu of a degree.
• Hands-on enterprise AI platform experience such as Azure AI/Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock/AWS AI Services, Google Vertex AI or equivalent.
• Experience integrating LLMs with enterprise applications via APIs and cloud services.
• Demonstrated GenAI, prompt engineering, RAG, AI agents, NLP/ML, vector search and model evaluation experience.
• Secure, scalable cloud AI delivery; strong leadership, stakeholder communication and problem-solving.
Preferred: advanced degree, Claude/OpenAI/Copilot experience, PMP or FAC P/PM, relevant cloud/AI or IT service management certifications, and Jira/Confluence/TFS experience.
Benefits
Target annual compensation discussed with Yulista: $180,000–$200,000 USD. Final compensation and benefits are confirmed by Yulista during the formal Workday hiring process.
Formal requisition JR109730: [external link]
Yulista provides equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law. For the full job description, accommodation information, and Calista shareholder preference statement, please review the official Workday requisition.
Skills mentioned
At Yulista, we believe that real leadership is serving others. Leaders require confidence to be humble and put other people's needs before their own. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Calista Corporation and an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), we proudly honor our Alaskan values in everything we do. Our work directly benefits over 39,100 Alaska Native Shareholders from the Calista Region, and our profits help sustain a way of life for the Central Yup'ik and Athabascan communities. Since 2002, we've grown from a single contract with one employee in Huntsville, Alabama to over 2,900 team members across 26 states. We back our nation by supporting the Department of Defense, U.S. Armed Forces, and NASA with comprehensive solutions for system modernization, sustainment, and mission support. Our subsidiary companies deliver fully integrated capabilities in manufacturing, integration, modification, maintenance, logistics, technical services, and base operations across aviation, aerospace, maritime, ground systems, and cyber/IT domains. We value the journey our team members have been on and want to be part of their next step.
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