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Senior Manager - Product, AI & Tech Platforms

Bread · Elkhart County, IN · 3 wk ago
Marketing$134k–$278k/yrFull-time

About the role

The Senior Manager, Product will lead a team of technical product owners responsible for bringing product management discipline to technology and platform teams. This role will drive the creation of scalable platform capabilities, cross-functional prioritization frameworks, and roadmap-driven delivery in partnership with technology leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Define capability roadmaps to move from current state to scalable platform services.

  • Build maturity models to identify gaps and guide investment.

  • Shift from point solutions to standardized platforms with structured releases.

  • Embed AI, automation, and agentic workflows across processes and the SDLC.

  • - Ensure initiatives are submitted, prioritized, and visible across intake and planning cycles.

  • - Partner with engineering and DevOps to optimize the SDLC with automation and AI.

  • - Enforce delivery discipline with proactive management of timelines and dependencies.

  • - Drive structured feedback loops for continuous improvement.

  • - Lead and develop technical product owners to translate capabilities into business value.

  • - Build cross-functional prioritization for transparent tradeoffs.

  • - Align backlogs to enterprise goals with clear outcomes.

  • - Manage tech debt as a product with defined roadmaps, visibility, and measurable impact.

  • - Communicate transformation progress, adoption metrics, and SDLC outcomes to leadership.

  • - Champion AI-driven delivery, platform models, and product-led practices.

  • - Act as a change agent for new ways of working.

  • - Connect technology teams to the broader organization to ensure alignment with strategy and planning.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED.

  • 8+ years of experience in product management, or related field such as business analysis or project management.

  • 3+ years leadership experience.

  • 3+ years of experience working directly with or embedded within technology/engineering organizations on platform, tooling, or infrastructure products.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Product Management, Business Analysis, or Information Technology or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience.

  • 10+ years of experience in Product Management, Business Analysis, Information Technology, financial services, payment, or online and mobile platforms.

  • Experience bringing product management discipline to technology or platform teams that historically operated without formal product ownership.

  • Hands-on familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and modern engineering delivery models.

  • Experience with AI/ML technologies, intelligent automation, or generative AI use cases applied to engineering or operational workflows.

Skills

  • Agile Product Development

  • Digital Product Management

  • Product Roadmapping

  • Financial Acumen

  • People Leadership

  • Strategy Execution

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • Change Management Strategies

  • Managing Stakeholder Expectations

  • Enterprise Agile Transformation

Benefits

Full salary range for position.

Pay

$134,400.00 - $278,200.00

Schedule

Normal office environment. (Remote or Hybrid), 3 to 4 days per month are required in office if within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location.

Physical And Mental Requirements

  • Communicate/Hearing

  • Communicate/Talking

  • Movement/Traverse

  • Reaching

  • Standing

  • Stationary Position/Seated

  • Typing/Writing

  • Focus and complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity metric

  • Maintain focus in high pressure or fast-paced work environment

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