Position Objective:
The Product Manager is responsible for defining the strategy, roadmap, and success metrics for AI-powered products built and maintained by the Technology team. This role partners closely with business Product Owners, data scientists, and engineering teams to translate organizational goals into well-structured requirements and delivery plans. The Product Manager drives alignment across stakeholders, facilitates Agile ceremonies, and ensures that AI product development remains grounded in measurable business outcomes and user needs. This role requires a blend of product strategy, AI literacy, and Agile expertise to drive continuous value delivery in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Critical Duties:
Define and champion the product strategy, vision, and roadmap for AI-powered products, aligning development priorities to enterprise goals and measurable business outcomes.
Partner with business Product Owners to shape and refine the product backlog, ensuring items are clearly defined, properly prioritized, and sprint-ready.
Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, business Product Owners, and the development team, translating requirements into actionable backlog items in Jira.
Lead and facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint review, and retrospectives in partnership with the Scrum Master and business Product Owners.
Drive prioritization decisions that balance urgency, business value, technical feasibility, and AI model performance considerations across the product portfolio.
Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and architects to ensure AI model behavior and outputs align with product requirements and business KPIs.
Define success metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) for AI products, and track delivery against those measures on an ongoing basis.
Engage stakeholders at all levels to gather, validate, and communicate product requirements, roadmap status, and delivery progress.
Evaluate and accept or reject sprint deliverables in collaboration with business Product Owners based on defined acceptance criteria and Definition of Done.
Identify and manage AI-specific product risks — including model drift, bias, data quality gaps, and ethical considerations — as first-class product concerns.
Essential Duties:
(OTHER DUTIES MAY BE ASSIGNED)
Maintain a well-groomed product backlog in Jira in partnership with business Product Owners, including epics, user stories, subtasks, and bug reports with sufficient detail for development execution.
Develop and manage product roadmaps that reflect business priorities, stakeholder input, AI model capabilities, and technical constraints.
Collaborate with UX designers and business analysts to ensure user stories reflect validated user needs, personas, and workflows.
Contribute to test strategy by reviewing acceptance criteria and participating in user acceptance testing (UAT) alongside business Product Owners.
Monitor and report on sprint velocity, backlog health, and product delivery metrics to IT leadership and the Project Management Office (PMO).
Support release planning and coordinate cross-team dependencies with business Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and the PMO.
Evaluate emerging AI tools, frameworks, and industry best practices to inform product decisions and roadmap strategy.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Company's Collaboration Framework and Agile practice maturity.
Define non-functional requirements related to AI products, including performance, reliability, security, compliance, and responsible AI standards.
Manage and synthesize feedback from end users, business Product Owners, and development teams to continuously refine the product.
Create appropriate product artifacts including product descriptions, feature definitions, and user requirements in standard toolsets.
Support vendor evaluation and SOW review for AI-related tools or platforms as needed.
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