AI Product Manager — Shape AI Strategy & Growth (Hybrid)

Ovations Talent Sourcing; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Part time

Job summary

Ovations Talent Sourcing is seeking an experienced AI Product Manager to drive the strategy, development, delivery, and continuous improvement of AI-enabled products that deliver measurable business value. You will bridge business needs, user experience, data science, and technical delivery to ensure AI solutions deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Based in Johannesburg with a hybrid work pattern (3 days in the office), you will define requirements, roadmaps, data needs, governance, ROI

Qualifications

• Experience in product management, business analysis, or SDLC practices.
• Proven experience in product roadmap development, backlog prioritisation, Agile methodologies, and cross-functional delivery.
• Foundational to intermediate knowledge of AI, Machine Learning, and Generative AI with relevant certifications.
• Experience with data-driven products, data quality, data governance, data modelling, and data readiness.
• Exposure to pilots, PoCs, A/B testing, and model evaluation frameworks.
• Proficiency in analytics and monitoring tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, or equivalents.
• Knowledge of Responsible AI, AI governance, risk management, privacy, and ethical AI practices.
• Experience developing business cases, financial models, ROI assessments, cost-benefit analyses, and pricing strategies.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritise AI opportunities based on business value, feasibility, data readiness, cost, and risk.
• Define product requirements, user stories, features, acceptance criteria, and roadmaps.
• Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, researchers, architects, and development teams to guide AI product development.
• Assess AI models and technology solutions against product requirements, performance, cost, security, and scalability.
• Define data requirements and coordinate data readiness, quality, access, and governance.
• Establish evaluation frameworks, performance metrics, pilot programmes, PoCs, and testing strategies.
• Monitor product performance, adoption, quality, costs, and business outcomes to drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure responsible AI practices, governance, privacy, risk management, and regulatory compliance are incorporated throughout the product lifecycle.
• Develop business cases, ROI assessments, value propositions, and pricing strategies for AI-enabled products.
• Drive stakeholder engagement, change management, user adoption, and benefits realisation.

Skills

Product management

Business analysis

SDLC practices

Roadmap development

Backlog prioritisation

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional delivery

AI knowledge

Machine Learning

Generative AI

Data-driven products

Data quality

Data governance

Data modelling

Data readiness

Pilots

PoCs

A/B testing

Model evaluation frameworks

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

Azure Monitor

Application Insights

Responsible AI

AI governance

Risk management

Privacy

Ethical AI

Business cases

Financial modelling

ROI assessments

Cost-benefit analyses

Pricing strategies

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Ovations Talent Sourcing is seeking an experienced AI Product Manager to drive the strategy, development, delivery, and continuous improvement of AI-enabled products that deliver measurable business value. You will bridge business needs, user experience, data science, and technical delivery to ensure AI solutions deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Based in Johannesburg with a hybrid work pattern (3 days in the office), you will define requirements, roadmaps, data needs, governance, ROI