Lead AI Platform Product Owner – Energy Grid

GridUnity; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Remote-first culture

401(k) with match

Health, dental, vision insurance

Professional development

Flexible PTO

Job summary

GridUnity is seeking a Senior Product Owner for the AI Platform who will drive the strategy and roadmap for AI capabilities (GALE AI) across GridUnity products. You will translate vision into an executable backlog, align with engineering, data science, and customer success, and ensure AI features are reliable, explainable, and value-driven.

You will lead cross-functional teams to prioritize AI use cases, manage the experiment-to-production path, and monitor business metrics while partnering with

Qualifications

• Degree in data science, computer science, statistics, engineering, or related STEM field
• 7+ years in B2B SaaS with 4+ years in a Product Owner role and 2+ years on AI/data-heavy products
• Track record of shipping products with measurable outcomes
• Solid grasp of ML lifecycle: data prep, training, evaluation, deployment, monitoring
• Practical experience with LLMs and generative AI: prompting, RAG, evaluation, cost/latency tradeoffs
• Energy/utility industry knowledge is preferred
• Autonomy and comfort with ambiguity for a senior-level PO
• Strong written and verbal communication with executives, stakeholders
• Experience with Agile software development methodology
• Highly organized with multiple projects and shifting priorities

Responsibilities

• Translate company/product strategy into an outcome-based AI roadmap for GridUnity products
• Engage customers to validate needs and ensure backlog reflects AI-driven solutions
• Describe AI use cases and decide build/buy/partner options
• Define AI pricing models with growth and operations teams
• Use data science to assess feasibility, value, and communicate with engineers
• Monitor product area health and adjust initiatives to maximize customer value
• Lead solutioning with CS, design, and other teams for scalable product delivery
• Own the experiment-to-production path including pilots and phased rollouts
• Write/refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and edge cases
• Assess data availability/quality and prioritize data needs
• Own AI backlog grooming with other POs
• Be go-to decision-maker on scope, sequencing, and acceptance
• Manage scope creep and ensure on-time releases
• Ensure release readiness and problem-solving alignment
• Ensure Responsible AI standards: explainability, auditability, bias, privacy
• Collaborate on AI risk with security/ops and model policies
• Set monitoring and fallback requirements
• Manage stakeholder demands and support GridUnity sales with demos/training
• Keep leadership informed on status, risks, and tradeoffs
• Mentor other POs and collaborate with Director of Platform Product Management

Skills

Data science

AI/ML

Agile software development

Executive stakeholder communication

Product ownership

Education

STEM degree (data science / CS / statistics / engineering)

Job description

GridUnity is seeking a Senior Product Owner for the AI Platform who will drive the strategy and roadmap for AI capabilities (GALE AI) across GridUnity products. You will translate vision into an executable backlog, align with engineering, data science, and customer success, and ensure AI features are reliable, explainable, and value-driven.

You will lead cross-functional teams to prioritize AI use cases, manage the experiment-to-production path, and monitor business metrics while partnering with