Senior Program Manager, AI & Data Ecosystems Program

Committed to serving global societal needs. ASTM International positively impacts public health and safety, consumer confidence, and overall quality of life. We integrate consensus standards - developed with our international membership of volunteer technical experts - and innovative services to improve lives... Helping our world work better.

ASTM provides an excellent compensation and benefits package including:

* Undergraduate and Graduate Tuition Reimbursement

* Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

* Paid holidays vacation and sick leave

* 403(b) plan with company match

* 100% company-funded defined benefits pension plan

Summary of Position

ASTM is seeking a highly motivated and technically fluent Program Manager to help build, operate, and scale the ASTM Data Exchange-a global data-sharing ecosystem designed to unlock high-value industrial datasets for AI training and manufacturing productivity. This role will serve as a central coordination point between ASTM, contributor organizations, technical committees, and global partners. The Program Manager will oversee project execution, data contributor onboarding workflows, standards alignment, and operational readiness for a deeply transformative initiative. This position is ideal for a program builder who thrives at the intersection of AI, data governance, digital manufacturing, and large-scale multi-stakeholder initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Program Operations & Delivery

• Manage day-to-day execution of the ASTM Data Exchange program, ensuring alignment with strategic milestones, partner responsibilities, and third-party deliverables.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams (engineers, data scientists, marketing, legal, member companies) to support timely deployment of program components.
• Maintain operational readiness for contributor and requestor portals, UI interfaces, and secure data ingestion workflows.
• Support documentation, planning, and execution of the Data Exchange and its milestones.

Data Contributor & Partner Engagement

• Serve as a primary point of contact for contributors providing data, guiding them through onboarding, governance requirements, and technical support.
• Coordinate "lighthouse" contributor workflows, ensuring data quality, metadata completeness, and compliance with contributor-defined usage controls.
• Facilitate the data request "flywheel" process, working with the Data Exchange team to fulfill high-value data requests and resolve data gaps.

Standards & Governance Alignment

• Engage with ASTM's Technical Committee on AI for Manufacturing.
• Ensure that program operations comply with emerging standards for data sovereignty, permissions, attribution, and model governance.
• Contribute to best practices for data quality scoring, data lineage, and contributor-defined permissions.

Strategic Planning & Reporting

• Develop program dashboards, KPIs, progress reports, and risk assessments to keep senior leadership and partners informed.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and recommend solutions to enhance scalability and reliability.
• Participate in budget planning, forecasting, and resource prioritization.

Communications & Ecosystem Development

• Support marketing and communications specialists on program promotion, events, and workshops.
• Prepare presentations, briefs, and materials for global partners, governmental stakeholders, standards bodies, and internal teams.
• Represent ASTM Data Exchange in cross-industry meetings, technical sessions, and conferences as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5-8 years of experience in program/project management in one or more relevant domains:
  • AI / ML platforms
  • Data governance / data platforms
  • Manufacturing or industrial digitalization
  • Standards development or regulatory coordination
• Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder initiatives or complex technical programs.
• Strong familiarity with data management workflows, data quality, or data architecture (cloud platforms, data ingestion, metadata, data pipelines, etc.).
• Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work with engineering, standards, BD, and executive teams in parallel.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, Agile, or similar certification.
• Experience working with manufacturing data (AM process data, TIC data, CNC/machining data, in-situ sensor data) is a major plus.
• Understanding of AI agent frameworks (e.g., RAG, MoE architectures, fine-tuning workflows) or modern data governance practices.
• Prior experience with standards organizations, industry consortia, or government-funded technology programs.

Why Join Us?

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to work on a program with high impact, helping build the infrastructure that will unlock millions of times more high-quality private data for AI innovation. You will help define how industries share and control data globally, and you will shape a trusted ecosystem that accelerates AI adoption in manufacturing and beyond.

This job description is not intended to provide an all-inclusive listing of related job activities. Associates may be requested by management to perform other related activities in place of or in addition to those representative activities noted in this job description.

ASTM International is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.