Product Manager - Artificial Intelligence

Berkadia; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volunteer hours program

Employee Resource Groups

Parental leave (up to 12 weeks)

Mental health support

Tuition reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Berkadia in New York is seeking a Product Manager to lead an enterprise AI platform, shaping vision, strategy, and the roadmap while collaborating with business leaders to prioritize work.

You will partner with data scientists, ML engineers, software engineers, and solution architects to deliver AI-enabled products from discovery through release, applying SDLC and Agile practices in a fast-moving environment with ambiguity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of product-management experience, including responsibility for delivering software products in an enterprise environment.
• 2+ years of experience working on AI-specific products or capabilities, such as generative AI applications, LLM-enabled products, AI agents, machine-learning products, or intelligent workflow automation.

Responsibilities

• Champion and reinforce the vision, strategy, and roadmap, and operating model for an enterprise AI platform.
• Demonstrated experience managing a software product in an enterprise environment from discovery through release and ongoing iteration.
• Experience as a Product Manager for AI-enabled, generative AI, LLM-based, machine-learning, or agentic products.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies, including backlog management, iterative delivery, release planning, and cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Product management

AI product experience

SDLC

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CRM systems

Data analytics tools

Job description

Be Part of the Next. Be Berkadia. Berkadia is built on deep expertise, strong relationships, and a commitment to excellence across the commercial real estate industry. What sets us apart is our people. As a values-driven organization, we foster a culture where collaboration thrives, growth is encouraged, and employees are empowered to make an impact. Together, our people strengthen our business and help shape the future of Berkadia. Are you ready to be part of the next? Discover your next opportunity at Berkadia

The Product Manager leads teams to achieve consistent results within specified timeframes. This role involves establishing and defining MBIs that deliver meaningful value increments based on the roadmap, while partnering with business leaders to align on prioritization. We Innovate to shape the future of CRE, so in this role you will:

Responsibilities:

Champion and reinforce the vision, strategy, and roadmap, and operating model for an enterprise AI platform. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize business, technical, user, and operational inputs into clear product decisions. Demonstrated experience managing a software product in an enterprise environment from discovery through release and ongoing iteration. Experience as a Product Manager for AI-enabled, generative AI, LLM-based, machine-learning, or agentic products. Working knowledge of generative AI application patterns and secure enterprise integration, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, tool calling, workflow orchestration, model evaluation, agentic systems, APIs, tool frameworks, and governed access to enterprise data and systems. Experience partnering with data scientists, machine-learning engineers, software engineers, solution architects, and business subject-matter experts. Familiarity with both traditional machine-learning concepts and modern LLM-based product development is preferred. Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies, including backlog management, iterative delivery, release planning, and cross-functional collaboration. Ability to work effectively in a fast-moving environment with ambiguity, competing priorities, and evolving AI technologies. Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Requirements:

To achieve success in this role you should have: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. 5+ years of product-management experience, including responsibility for delivering software products in an enterprise environment. 2+ years of experience working on AI-specific products or capabilities, such as generative AI applications, LLM-enabled products, AI agents, machine-learning products, or intelligent workflow automation. Prior hands-on technical experience in software engineering, data, analytics, machine learning, AI application development, or a related technical field is strongly preferred. Experience working with internal enterprise users and translating complex business processes into scalable digital-product experiences. Experience supporting products that integrate with CRM, workflow, data, or other enterprise platforms is preferred.

Compensation

The provided base salary information for this position is part of an overall national range. The actual salary within our range for this position will be determined by several factors, including but not limited to the scope, complexity and location of the role, the skills, education, training, credentials, and experience of the candidate. The total compensation package for this role may also include additional incentive opportunities. Compensation $165,000 - $180,000 USD

We believe People Matter, so we offer benefits that go beyond:

• Monthly paid volunteer hours and donation matching to benefit our communities
• Employee Resource Groups that help you grow with us
• Fertility and family planning services
• Up to 12-weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Mental health care, including free counseling sessions:
• We'll help you fund your learning journey with generous tuition reimbursement
• Pet insurance discounts
• And more!

Be Your Best Self. Be Berkadia.

Berkadia, as an equal opportunity employer, celebrates our employees’ unique differences, which we believe drives personal and company-wide innovation and creates a people-first culture where your career can take the long view. To achieve these goals, we are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, without regard to race, religion, age, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, domestic partner status, military and veteran status, disability, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by federal, state and local laws. In keeping with our commitment, Berkadia takes the necessary steps to provide a workplace free from harassment and discrimination, as well as access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.If you require reasonable accommodation to take part in the interview process, please contact [e-mail].

You have rights under Federal and State employment laws. No question in this Application is intended to elicit information in violation of any such law, nor will any information obtained in response to any question be used in violation of any such law.

At Berkadia, our people are shaping the future of commercial real estate. With industry-leading investments in people and technology, we’re building a culture where amazing people (like you) can do their best work as they learn, grow, and succeed. We work hard because we love what we do, and we never sacrifice our values along the way. Whether your talents lie in mortgage banking, investment sales, loan servicing, marketing, operations, finance, human resources, management, innovation, or something different altogether,