Lead Product Manager - Applied AI

Quantium; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Remote working (up to 30 days per year

Continuous learning

Job summary

Quantium is a world leader in data science and artificial intelligence. This role sits at the front of our AI product validation process, shaping what goes on the roadmap before any code is written.

You will assess ideas with commercial rigour and prepare invest-or-stop recommendations for senior stakeholders. Flexibility matters here: hybrid work, opportunities across multiple locations, and a culture of continuous learning.

Qualifications

• Experience with real discovery, validation and assumption testing prior to any committed build.
• Built commercial cases with market sizing and unit economics that were presented to senior stakeholders.
• Has recommended stopping a product or opportunity based on evidence and can explain the outcome.

Responsibilities

• Assess incoming ideas and proofs of concept to determine if they are worth building, using evidence and commercial rigour.
• Build and present invest-or-stop recommendations to senior stakeholders with market sizing and unit economics.
• Make credible build-or-kill calls based on validation evidence.
• Collaborate with engineering, legal, and operations during the validation cycle.

Skills

Validation planning

Evidence-based decisions

Stakeholder communication

Product discovery

Strategic thinking

Job description

Who is Quantium?

Quantium is a world leader in data science and artificial intelligence. Established in Australia in 2002, Quantium is a global team of more than 1,200 people across 14 locations with a unique blend of capabilities across product and consulting services to help businesses unlock value from data and analytics. Quantium partners with the world's largest corporations to forge a better, more intelligent world.

Our Product team sits at the centre of how we turn data science capability into market-ready solutions. As we scale our AI product portfolio, we are investing in rigorous, evidence-based validation to ensure we are building things that are genuinely worth building. This role sits at the very front of that process -- shaping what gets on the roadmap before a single line of code is committed.

How will you make an impact?

• Operate at the front of the AI product funnel -- assessing incoming ideas and proofs of concept to determine whether they are worth building, using evidence and commercial rigour rather than gut feel
• Build and present invest-or-stop recommendations to senior stakeholders, including market sizing, unit economics, and strategic fit analysis
• Make credible build-or-kill calls based on evidence gathered during validation -- including the hard call to stop something that does not stack up
• Work with engineering, legal, and operations at the right moments in the validation cycle -- pulling them in proactively rather than treating them as downstream functions
• Help shape the validation framework itself -- there is no existing playbook, and this person will have a hand in building it
• Where opportunities survive validation, contribute to shaping the product vision and route to market

The superpowers you'll be bringing to the team:

• Demonstrated experience doing real discovery, validation, and assumption testing ahead of any committed build -- not just executing against an agreed roadmap
• Personally built commercial cases -- market sizing, unit economics, invest-or-stop recommendations -- that reached senior stakeholders and were stress-tested in practice
• Has actually recommended stopping a product or opportunity based on evidence, and can articulate the reasoning, the evidence, and what happened next
• Comfortable engaging engineering, legal, and ops during validation -- knows the right questions to ask without needing to be a developer or a lawyer
• Self-directed and comfortable creating structure where none exists -- the validation methodology is still being built, so the right person builds the plane while flying it
• Experienced enough to operate without an intermediary and make credible recommendations to senior leaders
• Exposure to AI or agentic solutions; cross-industry experience in opportunity assessment; experience helping shape a product vision from a validated opportunity through to market.

Remember - you might not tick all the boxes, but don't let that from stopping you applying. We're more interested in how you work, your ability to solve problems and think big.

What could your Quantium Experience look like?

Working at Quantium will allow you to challenge your imagination. You will get to solve complex problems using rigor, precision and by asking great questions - but it also means you can think big, outside the box and push your problem-solving skills to the max.

By joining the Quantium team, you'll get to:

• Forge your path: So many of our team have moved around different teams or offices. You'll be in the driver's seat, and we empower you to make your career your own.
• Find your kind: Embrace diversity and connect with your tribe (think foodies, dog lovers, readers, or runners).
• Make an impact: Leave your mark. Your contributions resonate, regardless of your role or rank.

But wait, there's more!

We've got some pretty sweet perks:

• Flexible work arrangements : Achieve work life balance at your own pace with hybrid and flexible work arrangements.
• Continuous learning : Our vision is empowering analytics talent to thrive. The Analytics Community fosters the development of individuals, thought leadership and technical excellence at Quantium through building strong connections, fostering collaboration, and co-creation of best practice.
• Remote working : Embrace the opportunity to work outside of your assigned home location for up to 30 days every year.

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