AI Manager
Kforce Inc · Katy, TX
$170,000–$190,000
Jun 29, 2026
Katy, TX
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Senior level · 5+ years · Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 20 people in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 6–30
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $175,946 (middle half $139,430–$217,388).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The title 'AI Manager' implies people/program management, but the JD is heavily hands-on (building agents, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering) with governance and advisory responsibilities — a genuine hybrid. 11-3021 is chosen as primary because the role explicitly owns enterprise AI governance, roadmap authority, and acts as an intake/CoE lead; 15-1299 is the runner-up for the strong individual-contributor technical build work.
No compensation figures were disclosed despite the posting referencing a pay range; the range itself was omitted from the text.
Retail or multi-site enterprise experience is listed as 'preferred' at the end of the requirements section — treated as preferred accordingly.
Google Gemini and Anthropic Claude are listed together as examples of non-Microsoft platforms the candidate should have familiarity with; emitted as a single preferred skill with alternatives.
The posting is placed by Kforce (a staffing firm) on behalf of a client in Katy, TX; employment type is not specified in the text.
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