8+ years in product or program management, with 3+ years managing product managers or program managers
Experience managing a portfolio-level roadmap in a large enterprise
Proven ability to scale program management operations from informal to repeatable processes
Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts for effective prioritization with engineering teams
Experience managing budgets and vendor relationships
Excellent communication skills for reporting to senior leadership
Ability to prioritize under resource constraints and navigate stakeholder politics
Responsibilities
Lead and develop the AI Product Owner team, ensuring high standards for backlog quality and stakeholder management
Own the enterprise AI use case roadmap, making prioritization and trade-off decisions
Build and manage program operations for tracking delivery status and risks across use cases
Enhance the intake process for new use cases to ensure consistent scoping and risk assessment
Facilitate governance meetings to ensure decisions are documented and acted upon
Manage the department's budget and vendor relationships for tools and contracts
Collaborate with engineering leadership to translate the roadmap into a technical delivery plan
Define and track KPIs for portfolio performance and report to enterprise leadership
Oversee hiring, onboarding, and performance management for the team
Manage business change for AI rollouts, ensuring stakeholder engagement and adoption
Benefits
Comprehensive health and wellness programs
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities
Collaborative and innovative work environment
Access to cutting-edge AI technologies
Full Job Description
About the Role:
Our organization is scaling from individual AI initiatives to a durable, enterprise-grade product organization. We're looking for someone to lead the team that decides what we build, why, and in what order - and to run the program management and governance operations that keep the entire portfolio moving predictably. You'll own the AI Product Owners as direct reports, and build out the program management and governance operations capability that turns the department's intake, risk-tiering, and delivery-tracking framework from a document into a living, working process.
You'll work in tight partnership with the VP / Director - NA AI Solutions Engineering, who owns the technical build. You own the roadmap, the business case, and the portfolio's operating rhythm; they own turning it into shipped technology. Where their team is the deliverer, yours is the demand, prioritization, and governance engine that keeps them pointed at the highest-value work.
What You'll Do:
Lead and grow the AI Product Owner team, setting standards for backlog quality, requirements-writing, and stakeholder management across the Sales & Marketing, Sales, and other functional portfolios
Own the enterprise AI use case roadmap: prioritization, sequencing, and portfolio-level trade-off decisions across all active and pipeline use cases
Build and run program management operations - a portfolio-level view of delivery status, dependencies, and risk across every use case in flight, reported on a consistent cadence
Own and continuously improve the intake process, ensuring new use cases are captured, scoped, and risk-tiered consistently rather than entering the pipeline ad hoc
Run the department's governance operating cadence - Steering Committee, Governance Council, and Delivery/Working Group cycles - ensuring decisions get made and documented, not just discussed
Own department budget and vendor/license management for the product and program organization, including tooling, data provider contracts, and platform costs
Partner closely with the VP / Director - NA AI Solutions Engineering to translate the prioritized roadmap into a resourced, sequenced technical delivery plan, and to resolve capacity conflicts jointly
Define and track portfolio-level KPIs - adoption, business impact, delivery predictability - and report performance to enterprise leadership
Own hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development for the Product Owner and program/governance operations team
Own business change management for the AI portfolio - ensuring major rollouts land with business stakeholders through structured communication, training coordination, and adoption planning, not just a technical go-live
Serve as the primary escalation point when business stakeholders' priorities conflict, or when governance requirements create delivery friction
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree required
Minimum 8 years in product management or program management, with 3+ years directly managing product managers, product owners, or program managers
Experience owning a portfolio-level roadmap across multiple concurrent initiatives in a large, matrixed enterprise
Track record of building or scaling program management or governance operations from an early-stage or informal process into a repeatable one
Strong fluency in AI/ML concepts sufficient to prioritize technical trade-offs credibly with engineering leadership, without needing to be hands-on technical
Experience managing department budget, vendor relationships, and license/contract operations
Excellent executive communication skills - comfortable reporting portfolio health, risk, and trade-offs to senior leadership on a regular cadence
Sound judgment on prioritization under real resourcing constraints, and the political skill to make those trade-offs stick with business stakeholders
Experience owning business change management alongside a technology or process rollout, including stakeholder communication and adoption planning
Preferred Qualifications:
10+ years in product management or program management, with 5+ years directly managing product managers, product owners, or program managers
MBA or equivalent advanced degree
Prior automotive OEM experience, particularly with Sales and/or Marketing organizations
Experience standing up an AI governance framework (risk tiering, intake process, RACI) from scratch
PMP, SAFe, or equivalent program management certification
Direct experience with Microsoft Copilot / Copilot Cowork as an enterprise AI platform
About Stellantis
Stellantis is a multinational automotive manufacturer formed in 2021 by the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Groupe PSA. The company designs, produces, and sells a wide range of vehicles under various brands, including Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroen, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, and Vauxhall. Stellantis operates in over 130 countries and has 14 brands in its portfolio. The company is committed to sustainable mobility and has set ambitious targets for reducing its carbon footprint and increasing the share of electric vehicles in its sales.
