Candidate Expectations
Total and Relevant Experience – Should have overall 10-15 years of experience in product ownership, product management, or business analysis, with at least 1–2 years on AI/ML or data-driven products
Job Details
Job Title: AI Product Owner
Job Location: Bangalore
Work Model: Work from Office
Candidate Location - Anywhere
Candidate Expectations
Total and Relevant Experience – Should have overall 10-15 years of experience in product ownership, product management, or business analysis, with at least 1–2 years on AI/ML or data-driven products
Skills
- Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts: supervised and unsupervised learning, NLP, LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, and model evaluation
- Hands-on experience launching generative AI or LLM-powered products
- Candidate Industry (Lateral)
- Diversity – No
Education and Certification
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, or a related field
Qualification
Specific Remarks: Distance education not accepted.
Certification: NA
Detailed Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Product ownership
- Own and prioritize the product backlog for AI initiatives, balancing business value, feasibility, risk, and effort
- Translate business problems into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and success metrics
- Define the product vision and roadmap for AI features in partnership with the Product Manager and leadership
- Run sprint planning, backlog refinement, and reviews with the delivery team
AI-specific delivery
- Identify and validate high-impact AI use cases, including build vs. buy vs. fine-tune decisions
- Define evaluation criteria for model performance (accuracy, relevance, latency, cost, hallucination rate, bias)
- Work with data teams to ensure data availability, quality, labeling, and governance
- Plan for the full AI lifecycle: experimentation, deployment, monitoring, retraining, and iteration
- Design human-in-the-loop workflows and fallback behaviours where model confidence is low
Stakeholder collaboration
- Act as the bridge between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders, explaining AI capabilities and limitations in plain language
- Manage expectations around what AI can realistically deliver
- Gather feedback from users and stakeholders and turn it into product improvements
Responsible AI and governance
- Partner with Legal, Security, and Compliance on privacy, IP, and regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, EU AI Act, India’s DPDP Act)
- Embed responsible AI practices: fairness, transparency, explainability, and safety testing
- Maintain documentation such as model cards, risk assessments, and usage policies
Performance and value tracking
- Define and track KPIs such as adoption, user satisfaction, task success rate, cost per query, and ROI
- Run A/B tests and pilots to validate impact before scaling
Mandatory Skills
- 10-15 years of experience in product ownership, product management, or business analysis, with at least 1–2 years on AI/ML or data-driven products
- Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts: supervised and unsupervised learning, NLP, LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, and model evaluation
- Strong experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Confluence
- Proven ability to write clear requirements and prioritize in ambiguous, fast-changing environments
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Analytical mindset with comfort in metrics, dashboards, and experimentation
Good To Have Skills
- Hands-on experience launching generative AI or LLM-powered products
- Familiarity with cloud AI platforms (Azure AI, AWS Bedrock/ Sage Maker, Google Vertex AI) and APIs from model providers
- Basic SQL or Python skills for data exploration
- Experience with ML Ops concepts such as CI/CD for models, monitoring, and drift detection
- Certifications such as CSPO/PSPO, or AI/ML product certifications
- Master’s degree or MBA