Product Lead

About the role

The Product Lead is a strategic, data-driven, and customer-centric role responsible for supporting product vision and strategy, maintaining and executing roadmaps, and delivering features that solve customer problems and align with business goals.

Responsibilities

• Support product vision and strategy, maintain and execute roadmaps, deliver features solving customer problems and aligning with business goals.
• Stakeholder engagement and backlog refinement in coordination with senior team members.
• Maintain, communicate, and provide feedback on the roadmap for assigned products, balancing near-term customer needs with established long-term team and department vision.
• Monitor customer feedback and AI trends to inform backlog priorities and suggest incremental improvements.
• Coordinate with cross-departmental teams to ensure seamless delivery of AI projects.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand their AI workloads, pain points, and future requirements.
• Engage with stakeholders to gather insights and feedback on AI solutions.
• Ensure that AI-driven products address real-world problems and provide measurable value.
• Develop creative solutions and make improvements to processes, programs, and policies to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of AI-driven products.
• Follow and reinforce responsible AI development practices to ensure ethical, transparent, and fair usage of AI technologies.

Requirements

• Required Education and/or Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science or related field
• A minimum of 5 years product management or product development experience
• Experience with agile methodologies and product management tools
• Demonstrated ability to make data-driven decisions
• Demonstrated track record of identifying process improvement opportunities and implementing innovative solutions that improve efficiency, quality, or stakeholder experience
• Preferred Experience:
• Coming from or building a strong product culture within an organization
• Demonstrated ability to transition organizations into product-oriented cultures, shifting mindsets from project delivery to sustainable product thinking
• AI literacy and direct experience launching AI-enabled products or features

Skills and Abilities

• Strong organizational skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Good judgment
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to work harmoniously and effectively with others
• Able to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities

Pay

The target salary range for this role is $135,000 – $150,000 if located in Illinois. Salaries vary by location and are based on numerous factors, including, but not limited to, the relevant market, skills, experience, and education of the selected candidate. Our compensation package also includes bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits program. Benefits information can be found at Sidley.com/Benefits.