Director, Product Management Applied AI

EPAM Systems; Colombia; On-site; COP 180,000,000 - 360,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness benefits

Unlimited learning platforms

Stock option program

Professional growth opportunities

Global EPAM community

Job summary

EPAM Systems in Colombia seeks a Director-level product leader to run a portfolio that includes AI-powered products and to own how our Product Management team applies AI — strategy, standards, investment decisions, governance and team capability.

You will lead and develop a team of Product Managers, own product strategy and P&L across the portfolio, and raise the organization's product-AI capability, partnering with engineering, data, design and AI/ML teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Product Management with team leadership experience.
• Launched 3+ AI-powered products or capabilities.
• Own product vision, roadmap and P&L across a portfolio.
• Experience evaluating ROI and build/buy/partner decisions for AI.
• Strong ability to align product strategy with emerging AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Product Managers across a portfolio including AI-powered products.
• Define AI-informed product strategy and sequencing of the roadmap.
• Make investment decisions for AI capabilities and manage ROI.
• Oversee AI-feature economics, pricing, and lifecycle decisions.
• Establish governance and guardrails for responsible AI and compliance.
• Collaborate across product, engineering, data, design and AI/ML teams.
• Represent the organization with senior clients on AI product strategy.

Skills

Product leadership

P&L ownership

AI strategy

Team development

Stakeholder management

Portfolio management

AI governance

Job description

We are looking for a product leader to run a portfolio that includes AI-powered products and to own how our Product Management team applies AI — the strategy, standards, investment decisions, governance and team capability. You will lead and develop a team of Product Managers, own product strategy and P&L across the portfolio, and raise the organization's product-AI capability.

What \"Applied AI\" means at Director level.

The emphasis shifts from doing the hands-on AI work to judging it, funding the right AI bets and setting the guardrails. This is a product-leadership role — not an engineering, data-science or AI-research role. You set direction and standards for the specialists who build.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Product Managers running a portfolio that includes AI-powered products; own product strategy, vision and P&L across that portfolio
• Set an AI-informed product strategy — where AI creates durable advantage, where it is commoditizing, and how to sequence the roadmap against advancing AI capability
• Make build / buy / partner and investment decisions for AI capabilities; own AI business cases and ROI; fund the right experiments and know when to stop them
• Own AI-feature economics and lifecycle across the portfolio — cost, latency, unit economics, pricing, and model-lifecycle decisions (drift, versioning, vendor change)
• Set the standards, operating model and review gates for how the team builds AI features and uses AI in its own work, so quality and responsibility are consistent
• Own responsible-AI governance — privacy, bias, security, transparency, human oversight, audit trails, incident response, and applicable regulation (e.g., EU AI Act) and sector rules
• Raise the team's AI capability through coaching, playbooks, shared prompt/agent libraries and an AI component in the hiring bar; advise business units or clients on adoption
• Direct effective collaboration across product, engineering, data, design and AI/ML teams, keeping product intent, constraints and accountability clear
• Represent the organization credibly on its AI product strategy with senior clients — setting realistic expectations rather than over-promising

Requirements

• 7+ years in Product Management, having managed products, product lines/families and/or groups, with experience leading PM/PO teams; developed and/or launched 3+ products to market, including AI-powered products or capabilities
• Ownership of product vision, roadmap and P&L, and of strategic roadmap alignment across a portfolio
• Portfolio analysis and strategy formulation; prioritizing spend by ROI and supporting financial models — including AI business cases and build/buy/partner decisions
• Track record aligning product strategy with new technologies, assessing and adopting emerging AI capabilities responsibly
• SME across multiple (3+) business domains; deep grasp of consumer trends, technological disruption and competitive factors — including how AI is reshaping the domain
• AI literacy sufficient to lead — understands AI concepts, capabilities and limitations well enough to make sound portfolio and investment decisions and to challenge technical proposals credibly; ML-engineering / data-science depth is not required
• Able to shape company product strategy, convey difficult messages to senior stakeholders and own key initiatives and business KPIs
• Leads, develops and champions a team of Product Managers across a multi-product portfolio; identifies and plans for performance improvement
• Sets the operating model for how the team applies AI, and raises its proficiency through enablement, coaching and a clear hiring bar
• AI-informed product/portfolio strategy — advantage vs commoditization, build/buy/partner, AI business cases and ROI, roadmap sequencing against AI capability
• Responsible-AI governance across the portfolio — privacy, bias, security, transparency, human oversight, audit trails/incident response and relevant regulation
• Ownership of AI-feature economics and lifecycle — cost, latency, unit economics, pricing, drift/versioning/vendor decisions
• Setting AI standards and review gates for how the team builds AI features and uses AI
• Raising team AI capability — enablement, coaching, playbooks, shared tooling, hiring bar
• Ability to evaluate AI outputs, prototypes and technical proposals and fund the right bets
• Working AI literacy — concepts, capabilities and limitations sufficient to lead and challenge
• Continued practical use of AI in own work and adaptability as AI evolves
• Ability to direct effective collaboration across engineering, data, design and AI/ML teams

Nice to have

• Deep hands-on AI prototyping or feature-building (valued, but expected to plateau here — it is the Senior PM / IC strength; the Director's job is to judge and fund, not build)
• External thought leadership on AI product management (talks, publications, community)
• Direct experience standing up an AI governance or enablement program at organization scale

We offer

• Learning Culture - We want you to be the best version of yourself, that is why we offer unlimited access to learning platforms, a wide range of internal courses, and all the knowledge you need to grow professionally
• Health Coverage - Health and wellness are important, that is why we have you and up to four family members in a premiere health plan. We have a couple of options, so you can choose what is best for you and your family
• Visual Benefit - Seeing your work for us would be a sight for sore eyes. We want your vision to always be at 100% which is why we offer up to $200.000 COP for any visual health expenses
• Life Insurance Plan - We have partnered with MetLife to offer a full-coverage Ife insurance plan. So, your family is covered, even if you are gone.
• Medical Leave Coverage - We are one of the few companies that cover 100% of your medical leave, for up to 90 days. Your health is the most important thing to us
• Professional Growth Opportunities - We have designed a highly competitive and complete development process, where you will have all the tools to get where you have always wanted to be, personally and professionally
• Stock Option Purchase Plan - As an EPAMer you can be more than just an employee, you will also have the opportunity to purchase stock at a reduced price and become a part owner of our organization
• Additional Income - Besides your regular salary, you will also have the chance to earn extra income by referring talent, being a technical interviewer, and many more ways
• Community Benefit - You will be part of a worldwide community of over 50,000 employees, where you can learn, challenge yourself, stand out, and share your knowledge and experience with multicultural teams!

EPAM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We accept CVs in English only.

Please note that even though you are applying for this position, you may be offered other projects to join within EPAM.

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.