AI Innovations Project Specialist

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. • Lowell, MA

4d • $85,000 - $95,000

About The Position

The AI Innovations Project Specialist plans, drives, and delivers AI initiatives across engineering, enterprise platforms, and business functions. The role connects the AI Innovations Office with functional stakeholders, translating between technical capabilities and business needs, keeping projects on schedule, and helping employees adopt AI tools and new ways of working. It also coordinates governance, security, vendor evaluation, training, and change management activities for business-function AI projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, information systems, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in project management, program coordination, or a related role.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities and deadlines.
• Experience designing or delivering training, or supporting change management efforts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI, automation, or enterprise technology implementations.
• Familiarity with vendor evaluation, proofs of concept, or procurement processes.
• Exposure to regulated environments, such as export controls, data privacy, or financial controls.
• PMP, CAPM, Agile, or change management certification.

Responsibilities

• Own timelines, milestones, dependencies, and status reporting for assigned AI initiatives.
• Run project governance cadences, including status meetings, steering updates, and risk and issue reviews.
• Serve as the day-to-day liaison between the AI Innovations Office and business function leaders.
• Translate technical capabilities into business outcomes and business needs into technical requirements.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify and document AI use cases.
• Prioritize use cases by expected ROI and define clear success metrics.
• Coordinate proofs of concept, vendor demos, and build-versus-buy analyses for business-function AI tools.
• Work with Procurement, Legal, IT, and Information Security on vendor selection and onboarding.
• Design and deliver AI literacy programs and tool-specific training.
• Build and execute change management plans that drive sustained adoption.
• Track interdependencies across projects, including infrastructure readiness that gates downstream work.
• Identify blockers early and escalate them with proposed solutions.
• Coordinate with the AI Governance and Security workstreams.
• Ensure business-function AI projects meet applicable policy, compliance, and security requirements, including ITAR, NISP, GDPR, and SOX.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan.
• Paid time off.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Eligibility for restricted stock unit awards and cash bonuses, solely at MACOM’s discretion and subject to individual and company performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level