Senior Program Manager - AI and Data

Summary

Join Samsara's AI team as a Senior Program Manager and drive the delivery of critical AI initiatives, from internal tools to customer-facing applications. Partner with the Principal AI Architect and cross-functional stakeholders in Sales, Revenue Operations, and Go-to-Market teams. This role demands strong program management skills, the ability to navigate technical and business domains, and a passion for AI technologies. The ideal candidate is organized, curious, and action-oriented. This remote position is open to US-based candidates outside of the San Francisco Bay Area, NYC Metro Area, and Washington, D.C. Metro Area. You will make a real-world impact by improving safety and efficiency in various industries. Samsara offers a high-performance culture and a team-oriented environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a 4-year institution
• 6–8 years of program management or business operations experience, preferably in a SaaS or data-driven tech company
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional programs with technical and business teams
• Strong organizational and communication skills; able to influence without authority
• Familiarity with AI-related technologies and workflows, including basic exposure to Python, Databricks, or ML models
• Comfort working in remote and distributed team environments

Responsibilities

• Drive execution of AI programs across internal and customer-facing domains (e.g., LLM copilots, AI knowledge assistants, etc)
• Partner with the AI Engineering team to operationalize prototypes into scalable programs
• Define program charters, project plans, stakeholder maps, and milestone schedules
• Facilitate alignment across AI Product, AI Engineering, GTM, and Legal/Data Governance teams
• Track and report KPIs around adoption, performance, and business impact
• Lead change management efforts: enablement, communications, and rollout plans
• Stay connected to developments in GenAI, LLMs, and related AI tooling to inform roadmap planning
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s values and operating principles as we scale globally and across new offices

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification, Agile/Scrum Certification
• Hands-on experience supporting AI product rollouts or data science workflows
• Experience partnering with technical leads, data teams, or MLOps functions
• Familiarity with Salesforce, NetSuite, Gong and/or other sales systems
• Passion for building AI solutions (e.g. custom GPTs, custom Gems, etc)

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Employee-led remote and flexible working
• Samsara for Good charity fund