Director, Composite AI Product Strategy

MetLife; Cary (NC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with employer matching

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

MetLife is seeking a Director of Product Management for Composite AI to lead strategy, operating model, and portfolio execution of enterprise AI capabilities. You will partner with Architecture, CIO, Data & Analytics, and Lines of Business to translate priorities into roadmaps and enabling assets that scale across federated teams.

The role requires a track record of delivering measurable business outcomes, governance, and executive communication in large organizations, with deep experience in

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading enterprise-scale technology or platform products in large, matrixed organizations.
• Demonstrated success as a Product Manager for technically complex products (platforms, data, AI, cloud, integration, or developer-facing).
• Proven ability to balance business value, technical feasibility, and long-term platform health.
• Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to translate complexity into clarity.
• Experience supporting or building a product management function, practice, or operating model in a large organization.
• Familiarity with Agile and product-oriented delivery models in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer, partner, and business needs into clear technical problem statements, platform capabilities, and product requirements.
• Partner with Architecture and Engineering leadership to evaluate design options, technical tradeoffs, and architectural decisions.
• Incorporate non-functional requirements (performance, resiliency, security, cost efficiency, observability) as first-class product concerns.
• Guide decisions on build vs. buy, reuse vs. customize, and platform standardization.
• Maintain technical fluency across the Composite AI capability stack to effectively challenge assumptions.

Skills

Enterprise product leadership

Products for complex tech

Business value vs feasibility

Executive communication

PM function building

Agile in enterprises

Job description

MetLife is seeking a Director of Product Management for Composite AI to lead strategy, operating model, and portfolio execution of enterprise AI capabilities. You will partner with Architecture, CIO, Data & Analytics, and Lines of Business to translate priorities into roadmaps and enabling assets that scale across federated teams.

The role requires a track record of delivering measurable business outcomes, governance, and executive communication in large organizations, with deep experience in