Strategic AI Product Manager — Data & Analytics Pilot Leader

Gravity IT Resources; Concord (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravity IT Resources is seeking a strategic AI Product Manager to own the vision, roadmap, and rollout of data and AI-driven products from a senior, IC level with potential path to director. You will manage a live roadmap, run pilots with business stakeholders, and translate learnings into the next roadmap iteration.

The role splits time across managing the existing roadmap (50%), leading customer-facing pilots (30%), and tracking AI vendor landscape (20%), with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Product management

AI/ML products

SQL

Excel

Communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Databricks

Snowflake Cortex

Job description

Gravity IT Resources is seeking a strategic AI Product Manager to own the vision, roadmap, and rollout of data and AI-driven products from a senior, IC level with potential path to director. You will manage a live roadmap, run pilots with business stakeholders, and translate learnings into the next roadmap iteration.

The role splits time across managing the existing roadmap (50%), leading customer-facing pilots (30%), and tracking AI vendor landscape (20%), with travel as needed.