About Our Client
Our client is a leading global investment management firm with a research-driven approach and a significant presence across major financial centers. The firm manages a multi-billion dollar portfolio spanning public and private markets and is recognized for its commitment to technology-driven innovation.
About the Role
The Technology Product Manager, Infrastructure & AI Platform, will join the Infrastructure team, working closely with Platform Engineering and Core Infrastructure. This role is responsible for the predictable delivery of infrastructure and platform initiatives, with a particular focus on the firm’s AI platform. The position requires in-person attendance (Hybrid 4/1) at offices in New York, NY with occasional trips to Stamford, CT
Responsibilities
Planning and Delivery
- Collaborate with Infrastructure leadership and technical leads to translate priorities into actionable project plans with clear scope and milestones.
- Break down initiatives into well-defined work with requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Track and manage dependencies across engineering, infrastructure, security, software, and business teams.
- Identify and elevate risks and delays, providing recommended solutions.
- Lead team status meetings, daily stand-ups, and sprint planning.
- Manage the project portfolio and maintain visibility of in-flight and upcoming work.
AI Platform Delivery
- Drive the delivery of the AI platform roadmap, including gateways, model providers, tool integrations, and the citizen-developer environment.
- Translate AI policies into platform requirements and controls in partnership with Compliance, Legal, and Information Security.
- Define human-in-the-loop requirements with Compliance for agentic workflows.
- Track and report AI platform adoption and spend.
- Assess the impact of new vendor releases on existing plans.
- Partner with business and research teams to understand needs and integrate them into the platform roadmap.
Communication and Stakeholder Management
- Own regular communication with stakeholders, including weekly status and leadership updates.
- Build relationships with partner teams and represent Infrastructure commitments and constraints.
Documentation and Controls
- Ensure current documentation for significant initiatives, including plans and decision logs.
- Maintain an inventory of AI tools, models, connectors, agents, and associated controls.
- Test AI platform controls and maintain audit-ready evidence.
- Partner with engineers to keep architecture decisions, runbooks, and user guidance up to date.
- Maintain knowledge-sharing spaces across the team.
- Contribute to and enforce best practices for task management, project reporting, and change management.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in technical project, program, or product management roles
- Bachelor’s degree with a record of academic success
- Proven track record delivering multi-team technical projects with dependencies and fixed deadlines
- Hands-on experience running Agile (Scrum or Kanban) teams and working knowledge of the SDLC
- Working understanding of platform technology, including cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure), identity and SSO, networking, APIs, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code
- Heavy daily use of LLM tools and understanding of core AI concepts (models, agents, MCP, token and cost optimization)
- Experience with project management and documentation tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet)
- Experience in investment management, financial services, or another regulated industry preferred
- Agile or project management certification (e.g., CSM, PSM, CSPO, PMP) is a plus
Nice to Have
- Experience building or running an AI governance or technology-controls program (AI inventories, vendor intake, control testing, audit evidence)
- Familiarity with AI risk frameworks and regulatory expectations (e.g., NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, SEC and FINRA guidance)
- Familiarity with enterprise AI administration and data-protection controls (e.g., enterprise admin settings, data-use and retention terms in AI vendor contracts)
Traits: proactive communicator; technically grounded; hands-on with AI; process- and detail-oriented; accountable; influential; collaborative.