Product Manager, AI Platform & Services

Hexion Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Hexion Inc. is seeking a Product Manager to own the Smartech AI platform layer, turning real-time plant data into reusable capabilities. You will lead the roadmap for models, APIs, and shared services, driving adoption with SDKs and documentation, and collaborate with ML and engineering in an Agile environment.

You will be responsible for governance, privacy, and compliance while delivering operator-facing dashboards, visualizations, and workflows that add value across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Product Management: 5+ years in software product management / product ownership, including 2+ years owning a technical or platform product in an Agile/Scrum environment — backlog ownership, story writing, and sprint planning with engineering.
• Industrial Software: 2+ years in industrial / manufacturing software — Industrial IoT, MES, SCADA / historian, or plant-operations SaaS — with a demonstrated understanding of real-time plant data and operator-facing systems.
• Operations-Facing Delivery: Proven record shipping operator- or operations-facing applications — dashboards, alerting, visualization, or workflow tools built on live / streaming data.
• AI/ML Fluency: Model lifecycle, inference, and APIs on plant data.
• Platform PM: Ships developer- and application-facing services.
• Industrial Domain: Understands real-time plant data and use cases.
• Agile Ownership: Backlog, stories, and sprint planning with engineering.
• Responsible AI: Evaluation, monitoring, and model governance.
• Influence: Effective across engineering, data, and application teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap for models, inference APIs, and shared services built on real-time plant data; prioritize capabilities that unlock application value.
• Drive adoption through SDKs, documentation, and enablement; gather requirements from application teams and plant stakeholders.
• Lead delivery with ML and engineering in Agile/Scrum — owning the backlog, story writing, and sprint planning.
• Embed evaluation, monitoring, and model governance for plant-critical use; ensure data privacy and compliance.

Skills

Product Management

Agile/Scrum

Industrial Software

Operations-Facing Delivery

AI/ML Fluency

Platform PM

Industrial Domain

Responsible AI

Influence

Job description

Company Overview

Imagine Everything. Build the Future with Hexion.

Company Overview Imagine Everything. Build the Future with Hexion. At Hexion, we push boundaries, rethink possibilities, and create real impact. We activate science to deliver progress—developing breakthrough solutions that strengthen industries, protect communities, and drive a more sustainable future.

This is where bold thinkers, problem-solvers, and innovators come together to shape what’s next. Whether you're engineering advanced materials, transforming manufacturing technologies, or leading strategic innovation, your ideas and actions leave a lasting mark. We cultivate an inclusive culture of growth, collaboration, and accountability, ensuring every contribution propels us forward.

We don’t follow the status quo—we challenge it, disrupt it, and improve it. Every role at Hexion is part of something bigger. We invest in innovation, sustainability, and continuous development—equipping you with the tools, training, and opportunities to excel. With an unwavering commitment to safety, partnership, belonging, and impact, we empower you to lead change and strengthen industries worldwide.

Your Future Starts Here. If you’re ready to push limits, reimagine what’s possible, and create the extraordinary, Hexion is where you belong.

Anything is possible when you imagine everything.

ROLE MISSION

Own the roadmap for Smartech AI's platform layer — the analytics, models, and shared services (anomaly detection, prediction, contextualization) that turn real-time plant data into reusable capabilities. Deliver well-governed services that accelerate every operator- and operations-facing application across the portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Strategy & Roadmap

• Own the roadmap for models, inference APIs, and shared services built on real-time plant data; prioritize capabilities that unlock application value.

Adoption & Enablement

• Drive adoption through SDKs, documentation, and enablement; gather requirements from application teams and plant stakeholders.

Execution & Delivery

• Lead delivery with ML and engineering in Agile/Scrum — owning the backlog, story writing, and sprint planning.

Responsible AI & Governance

• Embed evaluation, monitoring, and model governance for plant-critical use; ensure data privacy and compliance.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Adoption

• Apps / teams using services
• API & SDK usage

Performance

• Service uptime / latency (SLOs)
• Model accuracy on plant data

Delivery

• Sprint commitments met
• Concept-to-GA time

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Product Management: 5+ years in software product management / product ownership, including 2+ years owning a technical or platform product in an Agile/Scrum environment — backlog ownership, story writing, and sprint planning with engineering.

• Industrial Software: 2+ years in industrial / manufacturing software — Industrial IoT, MES, SCADA / historian, or plant-operations SaaS — with a demonstrated understanding of real-time plant data and operator-facing systems.

• Operations-Facing Delivery: Proven record shipping operator- or operations-facing applications — dashboards, alerting, visualization, or workflow tools built on live / streaming data.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• AI/ML Fluency: Model lifecycle, inference, and APIs on plant data.
• Platform PM: Ships developer- and application-facing services.
• Industrial Domain: Understands real-time plant data and use cases.
• Agile Ownership: Backlog, stories, and sprint planning with engineering.
• Responsible AI: Evaluation, monitoring, and model governance.
• Influence: Effective across engineering, data, and application teams.

Other

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