Senior Manager, Product Management - Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Role Summary

Leads a team responsible for the strategic vision and roadmap for an intelligent platform that surfaces prioritized signals and insights to client-facing crew, impacting multiple product surfaces.

Responsibilities

• Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew.
• Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew.
• Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
• Oversees digital product management activities for a strategic intelligence platform product with cross-divisional impact.
• Defines and owns the product strategy for a signal and intelligence platform, translating data science capabilities into prioritized crew experiences through close partnership with engineering, analytics, and downstream product teams.
• Influences and collaborates with cross-functional teams — including data science, engineering, and downstream product organizations to create best practices that drive significant change to the crew and client experience.
• Provides guidance and coaches digital product teams towards best practices and learnings.
• Oversees digital product teams' support of the messaging, communication, and customer outreach as necessary.
• Facilitates strong business support through working with team members to promote a consistent approach to decisions and client propositions.
• Led the planning, development, and implementation of a new platform product with cross-divisional impact, including 0-to-1 product development experience in data or intelligence platform contexts.
• Manages the entire product life cycle from strategy and planning through execution, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and customer needs.
• Conducts market research and analyzes consumer trends to identify opportunities for product innovation and enhancement.
• Defines key product features and functionality and oversees execution by collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Prepares product documentation and provides technical support to internal teams including sales and marketing.
• Leverages market and user feedback to evaluate existing product functionality and guide future roadmap decisions.

Qualifications And Skills

• Minimum 10 years of experience in product management, with at least 3 years in innovation strategy and execution.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; Graduate degree preferred.
• Good to have skills in product lifecycle management, stakeholder engagement, market research, innovation strategy, and customer experience improvement.
• Strong understanding of digital product ecosystems and ability to work with engineering, marketing, and operations teams.
• Experience with data or intelligence platform products — including signal detection, recommendation systems, or next-best-action frameworks — strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with data pipeline concepts, ML product development, and cross-product API-driven integrations is a plus.
• Excellent communication, analytical thinking, problem-solving, team leadership, and time management skills.
• PREFERRED: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, or Product Management certifications from Pragmatic Institute or AIPMM.

Special Factors

Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.