phData

Director, AI & Data Product Management

phData • $150K — $180K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of product management experience, with 3+ years in consulting or professional services.
  • Proven leadership in managing product managers and ensuring client satisfaction.
  • Experience overseeing portfolio delivery quality and financial performance.
  • Success in building and scaling data or AI products from MVP to production.
  • Detailed knowledge of the modern data and AI stack, including tools like Snowflake and BI platforms.
  • Strong skills in backlog management, specification quality, and KPI frameworks.
  • Experience designing AI-assisted workflows and enforcing AI productivity standards.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, delivery, quality, scope, and financial performance of AI and data product engagements.
  • Translate complex client needs into scalable product strategies.
  • Define quality standards and KPIs across team engagements to drive improvements.
  • Build strong relationships with executive client sponsors to shape product roadmaps.
  • Manage staffing and capacity to balance growth and delivery commitments.
  • Own the go-to-market strategy and revenue outcomes for product management.
  • Conduct pre-sales engagements and develop compelling narratives that connect product management to business outcomes.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape cutting-edge AI and data product engagements.
  • Leadership role with significant influence on product management and strategy.
  • Chance to work with executive clients and industry leaders.
  • Access to a collaborative and innovative team environment.
  • Potential for career growth in a rapidly evolving field.
Full Job Description
Enterprises are investing in AI and data platforms at a record pace. Few have the product leadership to turn that investment into measurable outcomes. phData is changing that, and we need a Director to lead the way.

Core Responsibilities

Delivery & Engagement Leadership
  • Own the design, delivery, quality, scope, and financial performance of AI and data product engagements across a portfolio of client accounts, serving as engagement leader on key programs.
  • Translate complex client requirements into scalable product strategies
  • Define and enforce specification quality, backlog standards, and adoption KPIs across all team engagements to drive root-cause fixes.
  • Build trusted relationships with executive client sponsors (CDO, CTO, CAO, VP of Product) and shape multi-phase roadmaps from MVC to scale.

Team Leadership & Portfolio Management
  • Plan staffing and capacity across the practice; balance utilization, growth, and delivery commitments at scale.
  • Own the recruiting pipeline to identify, attract, and hire high-caliber talent that meets and/or exceeds the standard for delivery excellence.

Go-to-Market & Commercial Ownership
  • Own GTM strategy, pipeline targets, and revenue outcomes for product management
  • Lead pre-sales engagements, including discovery sessions, executive workshops, SOW scoping, and storytelling that connects product management to measurable business outcomes.
  • Accountable for the development of phData's Product Management standards, delivery frameworks, and reusable assets.
  • Define AI productivity standards and evaluation models across the team; ensure AI fluency translates to measurable business value

Required Qualifications
  • 10+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years in a consulting, professional services, or advisory environment.
  • Proven track record leading and managing product managers with accountability for team utilization, performance, and client satisfaction.
  • Experience owning a portfolio of client accounts with direct responsibility for delivery quality, scope, and financial performance.
  • Demonstrated success building and scaling data or AI products from MVP to production.
  • Deep understanding of the modern data and AI stack (Snowflake, cloud platforms, BI tools, agentic AI frameworks) and the ability to guide strategic product decisions at that level.
  • Proficient in product operating models; backlog management, specification quality, KPI frameworks, Business Acceptance criteria, and Value Realization Plans.
  • Experience designing AI-assisted product workflows and embedding AI productivity tools into team delivery; ability to evaluate and enforce AI adoption standards across a portfolio.
  • Demonstrated pre-sales track record; SOW development, executive proposals, and closing consulting engagements.
  • Strong executive communication and storytelling skills; able to translate product complexity into business impact for CDO, CTO, and board-level audiences.
  • Experience proactively identifying delivery risks, escalating effectively, and driving root-cause accountability across multi-engagement portfolios.
  • Experience at a top-tier data, AI, or management consulting firm preferred.
  • Prior experience working in global or remote teams and partnering across the U.S., LATAM, and/or India.
  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% (10 of 20 days per month).

Success Measures for this Role
  • Revenue & Growth
    • Product bookings and revenue
    • Product pipeline growth
    • Net revenue retention
  • Delivery & Quality
    • Customer satisfaction, extensions, and expansions
    • Reduction in delivery escalations
  • Team & Practice
    • Team utilization, growth, and performance calibration outcomes.
    • Quality and reuse of product standards, delivery frameworks, and reusable assets.
    • Measurable productivity gains from AI-assisted workflows across the team.


About phData

phData is a big data consulting and managed services firm that specializes in Hadoop and related technologies. The company provides consulting, engineering, and managed services to help organizations with their big data initiatives. phData's services include data strategy, data engineering, data science, and managed services. The company has worked with clients in a variety of industries, including healthcare, finance, retail, and more. phData was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Learn more about phData
Size
100 employees
Industry
Information Technology
Founded
2014
* Ladders Estimates

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