AI-Driven Product Lead for Construction Tech

McCarthy Holdings, Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

McCarthy Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Product Development Lead to own the product direction for a squad within the AI Development Program. You will shape what gets built, set priorities, and ensure the product solves real problems for users across field, design, and corporate teams.

You will partner with a Project Lead, Palantir engineers, and business stakeholders to move concepts to production, delivering impact at speed with AI-enabled development practices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a software product delivery environment (PM/PO or business analysis).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and sprint-based delivery.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to translate complex business problems into clearly defined product requirements.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity as processes mature.
• Experience with data platforms, analytics tools, or enterprise software products.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts at a product level.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for your squad’s products, aligned with the overall platform vision and business strategy.
• Gather requirements from stakeholders and SMEs, prioritize features, and define acceptance criteria for sprint readiness.
• Serve as the primary voice of the business and frontline users – advocate for workflows, pain points, and priorities in product decisions.
• Facilitate product cadences: backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives; participate in standups and cross-team coordination.
• Conduct user acceptance testing to validate features and iterations before release.
• Define and track product KPIs to assess adoption, usability, and business impact.

Skills

Software product delivery

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Requirements translation

Ambiguity tolerance

Data platforms/analytics tools

AI/ML product concepts

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

McCarthy Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Product Development Lead to own the product direction for a squad within the AI Development Program. You will shape what gets built, set priorities, and ensure the product solves real problems for users across field, design, and corporate teams.

You will partner with a Project Lead, Palantir engineers, and business stakeholders to move concepts to production, delivering impact at speed with AI-enabled development practices.