SW Product Manager for AI products

Description –

HP is the original Silicon Valley garage company, where two engineers started a global revolution in technology and innovation. Today, HP is going back to its roots with 367 Garage, a new incubation group leveraging GenAI to create new product categories and the future of compute.

367 Garage operates as a startup incubator within HP, giving its teams the autonomy, resources, and support to explore, experiment, and execute on their ideas, while leveraging HP’s scale of execution and distribution. 367 Garage creates products and businesses across consumer and enterprise markets, with a focus on the intersection of hardware and AI.

The name 367 Garage reflects HP’s history and vision. 367 Addison Avenue is the address of the famous garage where Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard founded HP in 1939. The garage is now a historic landmark and a symbol of HP’s culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. By naming its incubation group 367 Garage, HP honors its past and looks forward to its future, where GenAI will enable new possibilities and experiences for people and businesses around the world.

Job Summary
• This role is responsible for leading the development and success of AI software products or features. The role formulates strategies and meticulous AI software plans for organization’s platforms and technologies. The role recruits, motivates, mentors, coaches, develops, and retains a high-performing team of product managers and product marketers.

Responsibilities

• Defining Product Vision and Strategy: AI Product Managers are responsible for defining the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for AI products to align with business goals and customer needs.

• Market Research and Customer Analysis: Conducting thorough market research and customer analysis to identify opportunities for AI integration that solve real-world problems.

• Prioritizing Features and Functionality: Prioritizing features and functionalities based on market demands, customer feedback, and business objectives to drive product success.

• Staying Updated with AI Technologies: Keeping abreast of the latest AI technologies and industry trends to identify innovation opportunities and ensure product differentiation while complying with legal and ethical guidelines.

• Technical Expertise: Possessing a deep understanding of artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts to effectively communicate with technical teams, make informed decisions, and drive product innovation.

• Business Acumen: Demonstrating strong business acumen to align AI product strategies with organizational goals, market demands, and customer expectations.

• Leadership Skills: Leading cross-functional teams effectively, guiding projects with autonomy, and fostering collaboration among team members to achieve product success.

• Communication Skills: Articulating complex AI concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clear communication across all levels of the organization.

• Risk Management: Identifying potential risks associated with AI products such as technical failures, security vulnerabilities, or regulatory compliance issues, and developing contingency plans to mitigate these risks.

• Innovative Experimentation: Designing experiments to test hypotheses about AI features and user interactions, validating the effectiveness• Plays a leadership role and drives the progress of AI product management function.

• Leads cross-functional teams through agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

• Monitors competitive market to determine client needs for certain product improvements.

• Strategically partners with key senior stakeholders to understand needs and priorities.

• Recommends product requirements and definitions to align with stakeholder’s needs.

• Collaborates with the software engineering team on feature ideas and prototypes to bring potential solutions to life.

• Collaborates with marketing and sales teams to develop go-to-market strategies, product launch plans, and marketing collateral.

Education & Experience Recommended
• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 10+ years of work experience, preferably in product management, digital or software product development, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications
NA

Knowledge & Skills
• Agile Methodology
• Automation
• Change Management
• Computer Science
• Continuous Improvement Process
• JIRA
• Kanban Principles
• Lean Manufacturing
• Milestones (Project Management)
• New Product Development
• Process Improvement
• Product Management
• Project Engineering
• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Project Schedules
• Risk Management
• Scrum (Software Development)
• Software Development
• Sprint Planning

Cross-Org Skills
• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope
• Impacts large functions and leads large, cross-division functional teams or projects.

Complexity
• Provides highly innovative solutions to complex problems within established policy.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

•  Dental insurance

•  Disability insurance

•  Employee assistance program

•  Flexible schedule

•  Flexible spending account

•  Health insurance

•  Life insurance

Per the California statute, the estimated range of compensation for this job in that location, at the time of this posting, is $150,000-$205,000.  This position may be eligible for incentive pay, for openings where this is applicable.

Job –

Software

Schedule –

Full time

Shift –

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel –

25%

Relocation –

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) – 

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