We are seeking an AI and Product Manager to drive both the development of next-generation AI products and the continued evolution of our existing platform. This role sits at the nexus of innovation and execution, ideal for a strategic leader who can set bold product visions while ensuring excellence in day-to-day delivery. This role will also champion the use of AI tools internally, enhancing speed, quality, and efficiency across the product development process. You'll be both a creator of AI solutions and a user of AI to optimize how we build them. If you excel at translating complex technical concepts into market-ready solutions and thrive in a fast-paced, startup-inspired environment, we want to hear from you

This position can be based out of our HQ in Portland, OR, or remote from anywhere in the U.S.

Essential Responsibilities & Duties:

Technical Vision & Strategy:

• Define and execute the product roadmap for AI-driven solutions, ensuring alignment with our company priorities and customer needs.
• Lead discovery, development, and iteration of AI features from MVP to market-ready.
• Work closely with data science, user research and engineering teams to explore, validate, and deploy AI capabilities.

Core Platform Stewardship:

• Own and advance initiatives within the core platform that enhance stability, performance, user experience and customer satisfaction.
• Prioritize work across the innovation and platform spectrum, ensuring clear decision-making and strategic alignment.

AI-Enhanced Product Operations:

• • Use AI tools to improve speed and effectiveness in key product management workflows, including proof of concepting and customer analysis.
  • Continuously evaluate emerging AI technologies to identify opportunities to streamline collaboration, reduce manual effort, and drive smarter decisions.

Customer & Market Insight:

• Conduct user interviews, research, and feedback analysis to guide product direction.
• Monitor industry and competitor trends to position products for success.
• Represent the voice of the customer across both new initiatives and legacy solutions.

Innovation Culture & Continuous Improvement:

• Champion a culture of curiosity, experimentation, operational excellence and continuous learning within the product teams.
• Mentor colleagues on best practices in AI development and product innovation, fostering an environment of creativity and technical rigor.

Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more likely to doubt the strength of their qualifications, so we encourage you to submit an application if you're interested in this role despite any reservations you may have about your background or skill set.

Qualifications:

• Technical Expertise:
• Minimum 2 years in AI product management, ideally within innovation labs or startup settings.
• Demonstrated ability to translate AI concepts into practical product requirements and business solutions.
• Technical Skills:
• Strong understanding of LLMs, embeddings, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, and vector databases. Able to translate AI capabilities into user-facing features.
• Hands-on experience with tools like OpenAI Playground, LangChain, and Hugging Face to prototype and validate AI-driven features. Familiar with orchestration frameworks and agent-based systems.
• Comfortable working with REST APIs, JSON, and basic data querying. Understands how to prepare and evaluate data for AI product use cases.
• Knowledge of AI governance standards and experience incorporating model risk, fairness, and explainability into product decisions is a plus.
• Agile Methodologies & Tools: Experience with agile frameworks and project management tools like JIRA
• Communication & Leadership:
• Proven track record of effectively communicating technical ideas to diverse audiences, including executives and engineering teams.
• Strong leadership skills with a history of fostering cross-functional collaboration and driving technical projects from ideation to execution.
• Innovative Problem Solving:
• Expertise in creative, technical problem solving, with an understanding of AI innovation lifecycles and agile methodologies.
• Experience in developing and managing products through all stages of the technical innovation lifecycle.

Who We Are

At RadarFirst, our mission is to solve complex data privacy challenges with innovation. We are revolutionizing incident response management using automated, smart, and purpose-built SaaS technology. RadarFirst is a pioneer in the privacy field, recognized for its innovation with multiple patents and high-profile industry awards. Our customers include some of the nation's largest healthcare, insurance, financial, and government organizations.

Our Values

Respect & Candor

Inclusion & Innovation

Integrity & Empathy

Why Join RadarFirst?

At RadarFirst, our team is filled with smart, thoughtful, and forward-thinking contributors who are experts at what they do. Our culture of innovation and trust is paramount to our success. We work hard, but we also encourage and support a healthy work/life balance. We offer a generous package of benefits and perks that make RadarFirst a great place to work, including:

• Comprehensive benefits that include medical and dental, 401k, Life and Disability insurance, generous flexible time off, paid holiday time, and 12 weeks paid parental leave. Plus flexible spending accounts for medical, dependent care, and commuter expenses

• Community outreach programs to encourage giving back to our community both as a group and individually

• Commitment to anti-racism work and accountability to our short-term and long-term equity & inclusion action plan

RadarFirst is a community-first organization, operating on a hybrid model. We actively support all employees working in the way they need. For those who wish to work from the office, these are some features of our downtown Portland office:

• On-site amenities such as indoor bike racks, showers, lockers, and gym facilities
• Casual work environment in an ideal central location, close to great food, shopping, and transportation options

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

The salary range for this role is $130,000 - $150,000 a year.

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