Product Director Speech and Voice AI/ML
On-site · New York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Lead product management for Speech and Voice AI/ML in banking, shaping strategic direction and roadmap; build strong client relationships, drive business development, and ensure measurable value through KPIs. Own the end-to-end product lifecycle from discovery to launch, collaborate with data science, technology, and stakeholders, and promote AI-native ways of working. Requires 8+ years in product management, cloud/ML platforms, MDLC, data governance, and strong cross-functional leadership and communication.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in product management or a relevant domain area
- Advanced knowledge of the product development life cycle, design, and data analytics
- Strong grasp of financial markets, organizational business functions, cross-functional financial business operations, and interdependencies across business units
- Proven ability to lead product life cycle activities including discovery, ideation, strategic development, requirements definition, and value management
- Experience in cloud computing and architecture, ML platform processes, and tools spanning data ingestion, data engineering, data quality, data orchestration, end-to-end infrastructure, usage/consumption, and data privacy considerations and governance
- Experience working on projects involving the ML development lifecycle (MDLC), including annotation, model training, model serving, scoring, pre/post-processing, productionization, feedback capture, and model governance (legal, compliance, risk)
- Ability to convert ambiguous needs into scalable business solutions. Your solutions are driven by logic, reason, and empirical observations
- Strong team player who can skillfully collaborate across a cross-functional team to drive outcomes
- Exceptional communication skills, enabling you to represent the product effectively with senior stakeholders and influence key decision-makers
- Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills (see below for context)
Desired Qualifications
- Demonstrated prior experience working in a highly matrixed, complex organization
- Experience in operations, front office, or consulting within financial markets is a plus
- Practical knowledge of JIRA to manage execution and build roadmaps
- Comfortable using tools like Figma, Miro, or Zeplin for running design-thinking sessions
- 8+ years of experience in product management or a relevant domain area
- Advanced knowledge of the product development life cycle, design, and data analytics
- Strong grasp of financial markets, cross-functional financial business operations, and interdependencies across business units
- Experience with cloud computing and architecture, ML platform processes, and data lifecycle stages
- Experience with ML development lifecycle (MDLC) including model training, serving, scoring, and governance
- Ability to translate ambiguous needs into scalable business solutions
- Excellent communication skills for senior stakeholders and leadership
- Experience leading cross-functional product teams and driving adoption of AI-native workflows
- Knowledge of roadmapping, discovery, ideation, and value management
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