Senior Applied AI Product Manager

EPAM Systems; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Life and AD&D Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

LinkedIn learning access

Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off (15–25 days)

Paid Holidays (9 per year)

Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protec

Accident Insurance

Employee Discounts

Pet Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Bonus program eligibility

Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking an experienced Applied AI Senior Product Manager to lead end-to-end AI-powered product lifecycle, including strategy, vision, and roadmap. You will drive innovation by identifying high-value AI opportunities such as GenAI, ML, search, and automation that deliver business and customer value.

You will collaborate with engineering, data, design, and AI/ML teams, manage backlogs and releases, and influence stakeholders up to the VP level.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience delivering end-to-end products, including post-launch maintenance.
• Proven experience delivering or improving AI-powered products or features (GenAI, ML, search, automation).
• Solid AI literacy about capabilities, limitations, failure modes, and product profitability.
• Expertise across multiple business domains (3+).
• Daily practical use of AI in research, discovery, analysis, documentation, and prototyping.

Responsibilities

• Own product strategy, vision, and roadmap with a focus on AI value.
• Manage backlogs, releases, dependencies, and support models for AI economics.
• Partner with engineering, data, design, and AI/ML teams to define requirements and evaluation criteria.
• Influence stakeholders up to VP level and lead product launches.
• Lead Product Owners/Managers across a product line and promote responsible AI practices.

Skills

Product management experience

AI product track record

AI literacy & commercial acumen

Business-domain expertise

Applied AI skills & adaptability

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Applied AI Senior Product Manager to lead the end-to-end lifecycle of cutting-edge AI-powered products and features. In this role, you will own the product strategy, vision, and roadmap, driving innovation by identifying and justifying high-value AI opportunities (such as GenAI, ML, search, and automation) that deliver exceptional business and customer value.

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Responsibilities

• Strategy & Vision: Own product strategy, vision, roadmap, and market analysis—clearly identifying and justifying where AI adds tangible value

• Lifecycle & Execution: Manage backlogs, cross-product dependencies, release cycles, and support models while balancing cost, latency, and quality trade-offs for AI economics

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively with engineering, data, design, and AI/ML teams to define requirements, use cases, evaluation criteria, quality bars, and guardrails

• Stakeholder Influence: Influence stakeholders up to and including the VP level, leading all critical aspects of product launches

• Leadership & AI Proficiency: Lead a team of Product Owners/Managers across a product line, elevating the team's practical AI proficiency and promoting responsible AI practices (privacy, bias, security, transparency)

Requirements

• Product Management Experience: 5+ years in Product Management, having successfully managed products end-to-end (including post-launch maintenance) and launched multiple products/capabilities to market

• AI Product Track Record: At least one proven experience delivering or materially improving an AI-powered product or feature (e.g., GenAI, ML, recommendations, search, or automation)

• AI Literacy & Commercial Acumen: Solid working AI literacy regarding current capabilities, limitations, and failure modes, coupled with familiarity with product profitability, competitive positioning, and pricing

• Business Domain Expertise: Expertise across multiple (3+) business domains, enabling you to act as a credible business-domain SME

• Applied AI Skills & Adaptability: Daily practical use of AI across research, discovery, analysis, documentation, and prototyping, with continuous adaptability as AI tools evolve

We offer

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)

• Health Savings Account

• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)

• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)

• Employee Assistance Program

• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions

• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

• Paid Time Off – the employee will be eligible to accrue 15-25 paid days, depending on specific level and tenure with EPAM (accrual eligibility may change over time)

• Paid Holidays - nine (9) total per year

• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection

• Accident Insurance

• Employee Discounts

• Pet Insurance

• Employee Stock Purchase Program

• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program

• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program

This Remote Position Cannot be Performed in New York City.

This posting includes a good faith range of the salary EPAM would reasonably expect to pay the selected candidate. The range provided reflects base salary only. Individual compensation offers within the range are based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: geographic location, experience, credentials, education, training; the demand for the role; and overall business and labor market considerations. Most candidates are hired at a salary within the range disclosed. Salary range: $130,000 - $200,000. In addition, the details highlighted in this job posting above are a general description of all other expected benefits and compensation for the position.

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EPAM Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We recognize the value of diversity and inclusion in creating success for our customers, business partners, shareholders, employees and communities. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, developing and promoting employees without discrimination. As a global employer, this commitment includes complying with all laws in the countries in which we operate. Nevertheless, we believe equal employment practices should not be limited to what the law requires. Equal opportunity and inclusion are essential to motivate, empower and recognize the best in everyone.

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