Senior AI Program Manager – Strategic Initiatives, Extendable CONTRACT

VTRAC Consulting Corporation Intelligent Solutions

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Position: Senior AI Program Manager – Strategic Initiatives

Position Type: Contract (Extendable)

No. of Positions: 2

Location: Ottawa, ON (Required)

Position Summary:

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior AI Program Manager – Strategic Initiatives to join our internal client-facing delivery and advisory practice, focusing on Canadian public sector, defence, and heavily regulated accounts.

This specialized role serves as the critical bridge between VTRAC’s advanced AI advisory frameworks and the unique operational, technical, and security demands of government agencies, Crown corporations, and defence institutions. You will guide complex technical delivery cycles, manage stringent data sovereignty and compliance requirements, and ensure our strategic clients successfully deploy, integrate, and scale advanced AI capabilities. Operating as a trusted advisor, you will coordinate across internal engineering teams, client stakeholders, and executive leadership.

• Location: Ottawa, ON (Required)
• Security Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance strongly preferred; qualified candidates who are eligible and willing to obtain clearance will also be considered.

Key Responsibilities:

• Program Leadership & Client Delivery: Oversee end-to-end technical delivery for public sector and defence accounts from initial rollout through production scaling. Serve as the primary technical liaison for departmental leadership, translating complex security, accessibility, and compliance mandates into actionable execution strategies.
• Strategic Communication: Maintain transparent, high-level communication across internal delivery groups and external client leadership, bridging the gap between advanced machine learning paradigms and executive decision-making.
• Complex Program Execution: Develop and manage project schedules aligned with public sector timelines, security review milestones, and governance approval cycles, while actively mitigating risks related to privacy compliance, data sovereignty, and operational authorizations.
• Technical Governance & Standards: Guarantee on-time delivery adhering to rigorous government-grade security, privacy, and performance benchmarks across air-gapped, on-premises, hybrid, or cloud-based architectures.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Professional Background: Minimum of 6 years of experience as a customer-facing Technical or Engineering Program Manager within AI/ML consulting, enterprise technology transformation, or complex software delivery environments.
• Technical Fluency: Comprehensive grasp of enterprise software deployment topologies alongside working familiarity with modern AI paradigms, including Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic workflows, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), fine-tuning, and responsible AI guardrails.
• Public Sector & Defence Acumen: Deep understanding of public sector procurement processes, data sovereignty regulations, the Privacy Act, official language obligations, and national security classifications.

Security Clearance Requirements:

Candidates must be eligible to obtain Canadian government security clearance.

• Active Top Secret (TS) Clearance: Strongly preferred to enable immediate engagement on sensitive national security accounts.
• Alternative Eligibility: Exceptional applicants who currently hold Secret clearance (with TS upgrade eligibility) or those who are fully eligible and willing to undergo the Canadian government vetting process will also be evaluated.

Compensation & Total Rewards:

• Salary Range: CA$160,000 – $245,000 (commensurate with experience)

We thank all candidates in advance. Only selected candidates for interviews will be contacted. For other exciting opportunities, please visit us at www.vtrac.com . VTRAC is an equal-opportunity employer.

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