AI Product Manager for Rapid Prototyping (Freelance)

Poland and Middle-Eastern Europe; Polska; Remote; PLN 322,000 - 443,000; Part time

Job summary

Xebia is seeking a Product Manager for a five-week freelance AI initiative in the EU. You will lead discovery, prototyping, and customer validation, working with two software engineers to guide rapid iterations and define clear product hypotheses.

You will interview customers, translate insights into requirements and acceptance criteria, and prioritize the development scope. Strong stakeholder management and independent work are essential, with EU work permit required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Product Manager on new digital products or capabilities.
• Experience leading rapid prototyping, MVP or PoC with software engineers.
• Strong product discovery skills: customer interviews, problem ID, hypothesis validation.
• Ability to translate customer needs into clear requirements and prioritized scope.
• Experience testing prototypes with real users and using feedback to inform decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead product discovery, prototyping, and customer validation for an AI initiative.
• Collaborate with two software engineers to guide rapid prototyping and development.
• Plan and facilitate customer interviews, prototype tests and feedback sessions.
• Translate insights into clear requirements, acceptance criteria, and prioritized scope.
• Coordinate validation with real customer projects and assess feasibility and dependencies.
• Present validation findings and recommendations to stakeholders for go/no-go decisions.
• Support further development and integration if the initiative passes validation.
• Work with clients from the EU region and require EU work permit.

Skills

Product management

Rapid prototyping

Customer interviews

Hypothesis validation

MVP concepts

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Independent work

Decision making

AI tooling

Tools

ChatGPT

Claude

Copilot

AI tools

Job description

Xebia is seeking a Product Manager for a five-week freelance AI initiative in the EU. You will lead discovery, prototyping, and customer validation, working with two software engineers to guide rapid iterations and define clear product hypotheses.

You will interview customers, translate insights into requirements and acceptance criteria, and prioritize the development scope. Strong stakeholder management and independent work are essential, with EU work permit required.