AI & AGENT PRODUCT MANAGER, RDQR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

About the role

McCormick & Company, Inc., a global leader in the spice, flavor, and seasonings industry, is seeking an AI & Agent Product Manager to support digital transformation initiatives within the R&D, Quality and Regulatory (RDQR) function. This role is based at the Technical Innovation Center in Hunt Valley, MD. McCormick is a global leader in flavor with approximately 14,000 employees worldwide and over $6 billion in annual sales across 160 countries and territories, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and other flavorful products under brands including McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane, and Gourmet Garden.

The AI and Agent Product Manager supports defined RDQR digital products and workstreams, contributing to discovery, requirements, roadmap materials, prioritization inputs, business cases, testing, adoption, and value tracking. The role partners closely with RDQR stakeholders and technical delivery teams, with material prioritization decisions, scope trade-offs, and stage-gate approvals escalated to the appropriate Director or Product Lead.

Why McCormick?

• Help shape AI-enabled innovation at a global flavor leader
• Shape practical AI-enabled business solutions
• Collaborate across business and technology
• Build experience across RDQR functions
• Support products from discovery to adoption
• Grow product, analytics, and AI skills

Responsibilities

• Support assigned AI and digital workstreams
• Gather and document business and technical requirements
• Prepare roadmap and prioritization materials
• Support business-case and value-tracking activities
• Develop user stories and acceptance criteria
• Coordinate testing, feedback, and adoption activities
• Prepare project updates and stage-gate materials
• Partner with business and technical teams

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Food Science, or related field
• Approximately 4 to 6 years of experience in analytics, automation, digital transformation, product management, business analysis, or related work
• Experience supporting digital, analytics, automation, or AI-enabled products or workstreams
• Experience gathering business requirements and developing user stories, acceptance criteria, or delivery documentation
• Experience supporting testing, adoption, stakeholder communications, or value-tracking activities
• Strong communication, organization, facilitation, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively across business and technical teams
• Familiarity with analytics, automation, data, or AI technologies

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a technical, scientific, quantitative, or business discipline
• Scrum, Agile, product management, or PMP certification
• Experience in R&D, Quality, Regulatory, product development, consumer science, manufacturing, or consumer packaged goods
• Familiarity