Product Manager
On-siteBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Summary
Define and champion the product strategy, vision, and roadmap for AI-powered products, aligning development priorities to enterprise goals and measurable business outcomes. Partner with business Product Owners to shape and refine the product backlog, ensuring items are clearly defined, properly prioritized, and sprint-ready. Serve as the primary liaison between stakeholders and the development team, translating requirements into actionable backlog items in Jira. Lead Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives, while driving prioritization decisions that balance urgency, business value, technical feasibility, and AI model performance. Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to ensure AI model behavior aligns with product requirements and KPIs, and manage risks such as model drift and bias. Define success metrics, track delivery progress, and evaluate emerging AI tools to inform product decisions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
- 3+ years of experience as a Product Manager, Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in a technology environment
- Demonstrated experience working with Agile/Scrum teams, writing or refining user stories, and managing product backlogs
- Experience partnering with business stakeholders or business Product Owners to translate requirements into technical deliverables
- Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery frameworks
- Proficiency in understanding full stack applications and architecture design
- Knowledge of: Jira for backlog management, sprint planning, story pointing, and reporting
- Agile/Scrum methodologies including sprint ceremonies, Definition of Done, and velocity tracking
- AI/ML concepts including model lifecycle, data pipelines, training data, and model evaluation
- User story frameworks (e.g., "As a [user], I want [goal], so that [reason]") and acceptance criteria best practices
- Product roadmapping and prioritization frameworks (e.g., MoSCoW, WSJF, RICE)
- Epics, personas, and user journey mapping
- Lucid Chart, Confluence, or similar collaboration and documentation tools
- Skill in: Microsoft Suite with proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel
- Data analysis and use of product analytics to drive prioritization decisions
- Effective written and verbal communication across technical and non-technical audiences
- Collaborative facilitation of requirements gathering sessions, sprint ceremonies, and stakeholder reviews
- Working with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
- Organizational and analytical thinking across multiple concurrent product initiatives
- Ability to: Define and articulate a clear product vision and translate it into an executable strategy and roadmap
- Ability to: Partner effectively with business Product Owners to shape, refine, and prioritize the product backlog
- Ability to: Facilitate requirements gathering and drive alignment between business stakeholders and development teams
- Ability to: Prioritize competing stakeholder requests and make confident trade-off decisions under ambiguity
- Ability to: Understand and communicate technical concepts related to AI, data, and software systems
- Ability to: Work independently as a self-starter with a hands-on approach while maintaining cross-team alignment
- Ability to: Remain detail-oriented while managing priorities across multiple products and development sprints
- Ability to: Build trusted relationships with business Product Owners, development teams, and leadership at all levels
- Ability to: Read, analyze, and interpret business and technical documentation to inform product decisions
- This job requires US hours operating between 8am-4pm CST
- The employee is regularly required to: talk/hear
- The employee is regularly required to: stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms
- The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to: 10 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
Desired Qualifications
- Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field preferred
- Experience working with AI/ML products, data pipelines, or analytics platforms strongly preferred
- Student housing industry experience preferred
- Certificates/Licenses: PMP (Project Management Professional), PMI-ACP, or equivalent certification preferred
- CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner), PSPO (Professional Scrum Product Owner), CSM, or SAFe POPM a plus
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