Lead Product Manager, Data and AI

Lyra Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 161,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare coverage

Equity in the company

401K with matching

Monthly tech allowance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Lyra Health is seeking a Lead Product Manager for Data and AI to define and drive next-gen data and AI initiatives. Lead strategy, exploration, and end-to-end execution across ML models and generative AI, partnering with Data Eng, Data Science, and AI Infra to enable data-driven decisions at scale.

You will establish product operating rhythms, define multi-year vision, and translate clinical/business needs into scalable AI strategies while ensuring ethical, responsible AI practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years (Lead PM) of progressive product management experience within successful enterprise SaaS, cloud-based software, or health tech organizations.
• 3+ years shipping machine learning and data-driven products at scale with understanding of modern ML algorithms and generative AI use cases.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, storytelling, and presentation skills for non-technical exec audiences.
• Strategic execution: ability to unpack ambiguity, set boundaries, and operate in a fast-paced, high-velocity environment.
• Healthcare alignment is a nice-to-have, with respect for data ethics, privacy, and clinical quality.

Responsibilities

• Define and champion a multi-year product vision and roadmap for data and AI platforms that aligns with Lyra’s growth, revenue, and clinical goals.
• Drive GenAI opportunities, ML/LLMs, agentic AI, and analytics across the lifecycle from ideation to production deployment.
• Collaborate across Product, Design, Engineering, Clinical Quality, and GTM to embed AI capabilities into member experiences and operations.
• Partner with Legal, Privacy, and clinical leadership to maintain responsible AI practices.
• Design robust measurement and experimentation frameworks to track model effectiveness and business outcomes.
• Translate business pain points into clear product requirements for data teams and non-technical leadership.
• Mentor team members and foster a rigorous, data-driven culture across the product organization.

Skills

Product management

Data-driven decisions

Communication skills

Strategic execution

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Data Science/Engineering/Math/Statistics

Job description

About Lyra Health

Lyra Health is a leading provider of evidence-based mental health care, serving more than 20 million people globally in partnership with employers and more than 100 million through health plan and partner relationships. The company has delivered more than 15 million sessions of mental health care, published more than 35 peer-reviewed studies, and delivered unmatched outcomes in terms of access, clinical effectiveness, and cost efficiency. Extensive peer-reviewed research confirms Lyra’s transformative care model helps people recover twice as fast and results in a 26% annual reduction in overall healthcare claims costs. Lyra is transforming access to life-changing mental health care through Lyra Empower, the only fully integrated, AI-powered platform combining the highest-quality care and technology solutions.

About this role

Lyra Health is looking for a Lead Product Manager for Data and AI to define and drive the next generation of our data and artificial intelligence initiatives. In this role, you will lead the strategy, exploration, and end-to-end execution of complex product capabilities across our machine learning models and generative AI initiatives. You will work closely with product leadership, engineering, and cross-functional teams to make data a core enterprise asset that optimizes global workforce clinical operations, elevates the member experience, and expands our competitive differentiation. As a critical member of the Product team, you will establish product operating rhythms, define multi-year vision, and translate complex clinical or business demands into scalable data and AI strategies. You will partner deeply with Data Engineering, Data Science, AI Infrastructure, and AI/ML Engineering teams, ensuring all product capabilities follow rigorous clinical evidence, data quality standards, and ethical, responsible AI practices.

Responsibilities

• Product Vision & Strategy: Define and champion a compelling multi-year product vision and roadmap for data and AI platforms, aligning technical milestones with Lyra’s business growth, revenue objectives, and clinical goals.


• GenAI & Modern Lifecycle Management: Drive high-impact opportunities leveraging generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic AI, and advanced analytics, managing the entire lifecycle from ideation and rapid experimentation to scalable production deployment.


• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate extensively across complex matrixed stakeholder groups—including Product, Design, Engineering, Clinical Quality, and GTM teams to embed smart AI capabilities directly into core member experiences and operations.


• Responsible AI & Governance: Partner closely with Legal, Privacy, and clinical leadership to maintain rigorous responsible AI practices.


• Impact Metrics & Optimization: Design robust measurement and experimentation frameworks (such as online controlled A/B testing) to track model effectiveness, quantify business outcomes, and evaluate trade-offs between tactical execution and long-term research.


• Technical Team Collaboration: Translate unstructured business pain points into crisp, detailed product requirements, acting as a translator between highly technical data disciplines and non-technical business leaders.


• Mentorship & Culture: Lead by example, mentoring junior team members, sharing technical product management best practices, and actively fostering a highly rigorous, data-driven culture across the product organization.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related highly quantitative field.


• Product Experience: 8+ years (Lead PM) of progressive product management experience within successful enterprise SaaS, cloud-based software, or health tech organizations, with a proven history of launching large-scale products wit hcomplex dependencies.


• Data & AI Expertise: 3+ years of direct experience shipping machine learning and data-driven products at scale. Deep understanding of modern machine learning algorithms, deep learning techniques, generative AI use cases, and the infrastructure needed to deploy LLMs contextually.


• Communication Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication, narrative storytelling, and presentation skills; masterful ability to communicate complex algorithmic systems and technical trade-offs to non-technical executive teams and demanding corporate customer audiences.


• Strategic Execution: Proven capacity to methodically unpack ambiguity, handle competing objectives, establish clear product boundaries, and maintain a calm, execution-oriented mindset in a fast-paced, high-velocity environment.


• Healthcare Alignment (Nice-to-Have): Prior experience navigating a highly regulated industry (Healthcare Tech, FinTech) with an innate respect for data ethics, privacy constraints, and patient clinical quality.

$161,000 - $221,500 a year

As a full-time Lead Product Manager, you will be employed by Lyra Health, Inc. The anticipated annual base salary range for this full-time position is $161,000 to $221,500. The base range is determined by role and level, and placement within the range will depend on a number of job-related factors, including but not limited to your skills, qualifications, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

Annual salary is only one part of an employee’s total compensation package at Lyra. We also offer generous benefits that include:

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage (including medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurances)


• Lyra for Lyrians; coaching and therapy services


• Equity in the company through discretionary restricted stock units


• Competitive time off with pay policies including vacation, sick days, and company holidays


• Paid parental leave


• 401K with up to 3% matching


• Monthly tech allowance

We like to spread joy throughout the year with well-being perks and activities, surprise swag, regular community celebration...and more!

We can’t wait to meet you.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or any other category protected by law.