Principal AI Product Leader

504 CGCG-US CG Companies Global-US; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 354,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonuses and benefits

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Flexible work options

Professional development

Matching gifts

Annual grants

Job summary

Capital Group is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive AI transformation across the enterprise. You will shape product direction, collaborate with engineers and business stakeholders, and advance AI capabilities that scale across platforms.

The role offers a competitive compensation package, bonus opportunities, and a strong focus on development and flexible options. Based in Southern California, this role emphasizes building high-impact AI systems, solving hard problems, and leading

Qualifications

• Builder mindset: you design, prototype and ship software, not just ideate.
• Strong product judgment: identify valuable problems and tradeoffs.
• Applied AI experience: integrate models and enterprise data in real systems.
• Systems thinking across applications, data, security and infra.
• Creative problem solving: explore alternatives when blocked.
• Exceptional influence with engineers and executives.
• Comfort with ambiguity in fast-moving environments.
• Sound risk judgment balancing speed, security and governance.

Responsibilities

• Translate ambiguous business problems into prototypes and production-ready products.
• Identify and address technical constraints across platforms, data access and integrations.
• Challenge assumptions with evidence-based alternatives when needed.
• Distinguish architectural changes from pragmatic engineering solutions.
• Lead Technical Product Innovation with engineers and stakeholders.
• Apply deep AI knowledge including LLMs, workflows and observability.
• Help teams trade off complexity, value, speed and cost.
• Turn experiments into reusable services or frameworks.
• Navigate enterprise complexity across teams to accelerate delivery.
• Propose credible alternatives to constrain decisions.
• Build strong relationships with technology partners and leadership.

Skills

Builder mindset

Product judgment

Applied AI

Systems thinking

Creative problem solving

Influence

Ambiguity tolerance

Risk judgment

Job description

Capital Group is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive AI transformation across the enterprise. You will shape product direction, collaborate with engineers and business stakeholders, and advance AI capabilities that scale across platforms.

The role offers a competitive compensation package, bonus opportunities, and a strong focus on development and flexible options. Based in Southern California, this role emphasizes building high-impact AI systems, solving hard problems, and leading