Forward Deployed - Data & AI Product Manager

Opportunity

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders, IT, data teams, and vendors; facilitate requirements discussions and translate needs into prioritized product deliverables.
• Coordinate scope, timelines, dependencies, deliverables, and implementation priorities across business and technical teams.
• Communicate progress, risks, decisions, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership; challenge assumptions and vendor proposals.
• Review architectures, AI workflows, interfaces, data mappings, testing strategies, and implementation plans for business fit and enterprise standards.
• Assess AI solutions for human oversight and transparency; shape interfaces for documentation review, findings, exceptions, recommendations, and release decisions.
• Coordinate business validation, UAT, defect resolution, and launch readiness; track risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.
• Support transition to operational use and prepare stakeholders to adopt the solution.
• Define and refine KPIs and measurement frameworks, track benefits, and connect delivery to efficiency, quality, consistency, and decision-making outcomes.
• Collaborate with data and analytics teams to validate data requirements, mappings, reporting needs, and information quality.
• Maintain documentation of product requirements, decisions, risks, dependencies, action items, and delivery status.

Experience and qualifications

• Four to eight years of experience in product management, data and analytics, business analysis, digital transformation, or a related field.
• Experience supporting enterprise data, analytics, AI, or digital products from requirements definition through implementation and launch.
• Client-facing experience coordinating business stakeholders, technical teams, and external vendors.
• Experience evaluating technical deliverables, identifying gaps, challenging proposed solutions, and aligning business expectations with implementation.
• Experience coordinating UAT, business validation, issue resolution, and implementation readiness.

Capabilities

• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills; able to navigate competing priorities and challenge stakeholders constructively.
• Able to define success metrics, evaluate product performance, and connect delivery outcomes to measurable business value.
• Strong organization and attention to detail; able to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced enterprise environment and work independently while maintaining alignment.
• Familiarity with Generative AI, document intelligence, OCR, AI agents, or human-in-the-loop workflows.

Salary range

• Salary range is CAD $150,000–$160,000.

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