Product Manager – Data and AI

Gravity IT Resources; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravity IT Resources in Charlotte, NC is seeking a senior Product Manager to own the vision, roadmap, and rollout of data and AI-driven products. This hybrid role splits time between managing the roadmap, leading customer-facing pilots, and tracking AI/vendor developments with 50/30/20 allocation.

You will translate learnings into roadmap iterations, work with leadership, and collaborate with engineering and data science to deploy features into production.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of product management experience, ideally with data or AI-driven products.
• Hands-on AI/ML product experience, including LLM-powered apps or predictive analytics.
• Experience evaluating AI vendors and negotiating contracts.
• Working knowledge of AI concepts—NLP, LLMs, RAG, embeddings.
• Proficiency with Excel and SQL.
• Strong communication skills with senior business stakeholders.
• Some travel expected for leadership/strategy sessions, up to 3–4 times a year.

Responsibilities

• Define product vision and maintain a prioritized roadmap for data and AI products.
• Lead pilots with business stakeholders and establish clear success criteria and KPIs.
• Partner with engineering and data science to scope and deploy AI features into production.
• Own the feedback loop for AI products and drive iterative improvement.
• Present updates and strategic recommendations to executive leadership.
• Evaluate AI vendors and negotiate contracts, balancing build vs. buy.

Skills

Product management

Stakeholder engagement

Roadmap planning

Strategic thinking

Communication

Tools

Excel

SQL

Snowflake Cortex

Azure OpenAI

Databricks

Job description

Product Manager — Data & AI

Charlotte, NC — Hybrid (3 days/week onsite, Tue–Thu)

Relocation assistance is not offered

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship (U.S. citizen or Green Card holder only)

We’re looking for a strategic Product Manager to own the vision, roadmap, and rollout of our data and AI‑driven products. This is a senior individual contributor role with a path toward director, focused on product strategy and stakeholder engagement rather than hands‑on engineering.

About the Role

You’ll manage a live roadmap of data and AI products, run pilots directly with business stakeholders and translate what you learn into the next iteration of the roadmap. A typical pilot might mean building a dashboard and insight tool backed by Snowflake, onboarding leadership to use it and give feedback, iterating, then rolling it out more broadly — for example, starting with one location and expanding to a dozen more.

Time is roughly split 50% managing the existing product roadmap, 30% customer‑facing pilot and relationship work, and 20% tracking the evolving AI/vendor landscape (with heavier development‑phase weeks during active builds).

What You’ll Do

• Define product vision and maintain a prioritized roadmap for data and AI products
• Identify and prioritize AI/ML use cases across business domains and evaluate emerging technologies (LLMs, RAG, AI agents, predictive analytics)
• Lead vendor evaluations for AI platforms and tools, assessing build vs. buy trade‑offs
• Design and run pilots with clear success criteria, KPIs, and go/no‑go decisions
• Partner with engineering and data science teams to scope and deploy AI features into production
• Own the feedback loop for AI products — define metrics, monitor performance, and drive iterative improvement
• Bridge technical and business audiences, translating AI capability and limitations into clear business terms
• Present product updates and strategic recommendations to executive leadership

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years of product management experience, ideally with data or AI‑driven products
• Hands‑on experience managing AI/ML products, including LLM‑powered applications or predictive analytics
• Experience with AI vendor evaluation and contract negotiation (e.g., Azure OpenAI, Databricks, Snowflake Cortex)
• Working knowledge of AI/ML concepts — NLP, LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering, embeddings
• Proficiency with Excel and SQL
• Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with senior business stakeholders
• Some travel expected for leadership/strategy sessions, typically a few days at a time, up to 3–4 times a year

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Gravity IT Resources is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.