AI Program Manager at Columbia Construction Company
North Reading, MA
$110,000–$200,000from the description
Jun 30, 2026
North Reading, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A newly created, standalone role responsible for building and running an AI program at a large general contractor — covering strategy, governance, training, and hands-on prototype development. The position partners with leaders across operations, estimating, finance, and the field to identify where AI can improve day-to-day workflows, then pilots, scales, or retires those initiatives accordingly. It suits someone with a track record of launching AI or technology programs in unfamiliar industries who is equally comfortable setting direction and building solutions directly.
Senior level · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $219,687 (middle half $178,102–$275,447). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (7)
This role is a hybrid player-coach: it requires personally building AI prototypes (custom GPTs, automations, light integrations) while also owning strategy, governance, and roadmap — placing it between an individual-contributor technical role and a program/people-management role. 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) was chosen as primary because the dominant framing is program ownership, executive partnership, and org-wide governance; 15-1299 is the runner-up given the hands-on prototyping and technical evaluation duties.
No minimum years of experience is stated numerically; the JD uses qualitative language ('demonstrated success', 'significant familiarity', 'track record') without attaching a year count.
Degree requirement is None — the JD says a strong foundation 'built through formal education, professional experience, or both,' explicitly accepting equivalent experience.
'Enterprise AI platforms' and 'automation tools' are named as required in the Required Qualifications section but without specific product names; they are retained as skills because the JD treats them as concrete capability gates rather than generic concepts.
Procore, Sage Intacct, and Salesforce appear only under Preferred Qualifications as examples of enterprise systems ('familiarity with … or comparable systems is a plus'), so they are marked preferred. ERP and CRM are also listed there as category-level preferred experience.
The role is office-based at North Reading, MA HQ (Greater Boston metro), with site travel; not remote.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): data governance.
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