Product/Project Manager - Gen Ai

Role - Product Manager/Project Manager/Technical Project ManagerLocation - BangaloreMode - Hybrid (4 Days working from office)JD:KEY RESPONSIBILITIESAI Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Translate inputs into AI product requirements, use cases, value propositions, and roadmap recommendations.
• Build fact-based business cases connecting AI capability to customer outcomes, revenue opportunity, cost and margin impact, and strategic fit.
• Prioritize a portfolio of AI use cases on value, feasibility, data readiness, and time-to-impact; make and defend explicit trade-off and de-scoping decisions.
• Own AI product lifecycle decisions, feature prioritization, model and release readiness, adoption barriers, deprecation, and retirement.Program Planning & Execution
• Prepare project plans and drive initiatives from conception and planning through implementation, deployment, and adoption.
• Ensure effective and efficient execution to established guardrails of scope, timeline, and budget; track execution and compliance metrics and provide regular status and feedback to stakeholders.
• Manage schedule and task detail using project management tools, reports, tracking charts, checklists, and scheduling software.
• Identify, evaluate, and address program risks per established guidelines; surface and resolve complications before they impact commitments.
• Conduct appropriate reviews to ensure documentation, models, and solutions are of acceptable quality prior to release.Technical Partnership & Delivery Quality
• Partner with Business, Data Science, ML Engineering, Data Platform, and Software teams to ensure requirements are understood, feasible, prioritized, and traceable through execution.
• Drive definition of evaluation criteria and acceptance thresholds for AI systems.
• Own the path from pilot to production: MLOps readiness, monitoring, model drift management, support model, and total cost of ownership.Customer, Field & Competitive Insight
• Engage customer-facing stakeholders and technical experts to understand customer high-value problems and operational pain points.
• Capture and synthesize Voice of Customer, escalation learnings, and competitive intelligence into actionable AI product recommendations.
• Support customer and executive technical reviews with product positioning, technical rationale, and evidence-based messaging.
• Identify gaps between current AI capability and customer needs, and recommend corrective actions or roadmap adjustments.Cross-Functional Leadership
• Drive alignment of system-level requirements across Business Units, Engineering, IT, Services, and Operations.
• Coordinate launch planning, enablement, change management, adoption tracking, and issue resolution for AI capabilities.
• Maintain clear documentation of product decisions, assumptions, dependencies, risks, and success metrics.
• Use structured operating rhythms, dashboards, and reviews to communicate progress and escalate appropriately.
• Mentor and train team members in AI product and program management practice.COMPETENCIES
• Functional Knowledge: Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field.
• Business Expertise: Interprets internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
• Leadership: May lead functional teams or programs with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
• Problem Solving: Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.
• Impact: Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies.
• Interpersonal Skills: Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view.QUALIFICATIONSRequired
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of combined product management, program/project management, or technical delivery experience, including 2+ years on AI, machine learning, data, or analytics initiatives.
• Demonstrated record of delivering at least one AI/ML or data-driven capability into production use with measurable business outcomes.
• Technical fluency in the AI stack, including data pipelines, model training and evaluation, LLM/generative AI patterns (RAG, agents), and deployment/MLOps concepts, sufficient to lead credible technical trade-off discussions.
• Proven ability to run structured program management: planning, scheduling, financial tracking, risk management, dependency management, and status reporting.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into customer value, product requirements, and cross-functional execution plans.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including concise executive storytelling and trade-off framing.
• Demonstrated ability to drive alignment across diverse organizations without direct authority.Preferred
• Experience in semiconductor equipment, process technology, services, diagnostics, data platforms, automation, reliability, or advanced manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with industrial and manufacturing AI applications.
• Hands-on experience using agentic AI tooling to develop concepts, UI prototypes, and dynamic product requirements documents.
• Experience with market requirements specifications, product lifecycle management, launch readiness, pricing inputs, or service product strategy.
• Working knowledge of AI governance, model risk management, data privacy, and export-control considerations in a global enterprise.