Freelance AI Product Manager – Rapid Prototyping & Discovery

Poland and Central-Eastern Europe; United States; À distance; USD 70 000 - 132 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Xebia is seeking a Product Manager for a five-week freelance AI initiative in the EU region. You will lead product discovery, prototype with two engineers, and validate concepts with 2–5 design-partner customers.

You will translate insights into clear requirements and work with client tech experts to assess feasibility and integration constraints. You will present validation findings to stakeholders, plan interviews, and drive decisions for future development.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Product Manager, including work on new digital products or product capabilities.
• Practical experience leading rapid prototyping, MVP, or proof-of-concept initiatives with software engineering teams.
• Strong product discovery skills, including customer interviews, problem identification, hypothesis validation, and feedback analysis.
• Experience working directly with customers to validate early product concepts and assess their business value.
• Ability to translate customer needs into clear requirements, acceptance criteria, and prioritized development scope.
• Experience testing prototypes or early product versions with real users and using feedback to inform product decisions.
• Ability to assess customer value and commercial potential, including willingness to pay.
• Ability to work closely with software engineers and technical stakeholders without being responsible for hands-on implementation.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.

Responsabilités

• Leading product discovery, prototyping, and customer validation for an AI initiative.
• Guiding rapid prototyping with a small engineering team.
• Translating insights into clear product requirements and prioritized scope.
• Engaging with 2–5 customers as design partners during development.
• Planning customer interviews, prototype testing, and feedback sessions.
• Collaborating with engineers to assess feasibility and integration constraints.
• Presenting validation findings to stakeholders to inform go/no-go decisions.
• Supporting further development and integration if the initiative passes validation.

Connaissances

Product management

Rapid prototyping

Product discovery

Customer interviews

Requirements translation

Stakeholder management

AI-enabled analysis

Independent decision making

German language (nice-to-have)

Description du poste

Xebia is seeking a Product Manager for a five-week freelance AI initiative in the EU region. You will lead product discovery, prototype with two engineers, and validate concepts with 2–5 design-partner customers.

You will translate insights into clear requirements and work with client tech experts to assess feasibility and integration constraints. You will present validation findings to stakeholders, plan interviews, and drive decisions for future development.