Product Manager - AI Vendor Tools

The D. E. Shaw Group

$200K — $275K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years product management experience with ownership of roadmaps and stakeholder communication.
  • Proficient in core computer science concepts and various technologies.
  • Strong curiosity about technology and initiative in spearheading improvements.
  • Demonstrated interest in AI and managing vendor products with rapid learning ability.
  • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, with a client-service focus.

Responsibilities

  • Manage AI vendor products and drive project strategy across the firm.
  • Evaluate product capabilities and synthesize business needs for execution.
  • Lead integration of external vendor solutions into the firm's environment.
  • Prototype solutions like dashboards to evaluate products and assist decision-making.
  • Build and manage a team for maintaining vendor tools, including technical contributors.

Benefits

  • Medical and prescription drug coverage.
  • 401(k) contribution matching.
  • Wellness reimbursement.
  • Family building benefits.
  • Charitable gift match program.
Full Job Description
What you'll do day-to-day

  • Manage some of the firm's largest AI vendor products and related integration efforts, liaising between stakeholders across the firm to drive project strategy and roadmaps.
  • Evaluate product capabilities, gather and synthesize business needs and feedback, set priorities, define requirements, and coordinate execution across technical and non-technical teams.
  • Lead efforts to integrate external vendor solutions into the firm's environment, ensuring seamless and effective adoption.
  • Prototype lightweight solutions, such as dashboards or other tools, to help evaluate product capabilities, communicate opportunities, and accelerate decision-making.
  • Help build out and manage a small team responsible for maintaining and supporting these vendor tools, including more technical individual contributors.


What we're looking for

  • At least five years of product management experience, including prior ownership of products, roadmaps, prioritization, and stakeholder communication in ambiguous environments.
  • A proficient technological foundation-including basic knowledge of core computer science concepts and familiarity with a large variety of technologies-and experience with human-centered design, data analytics, or application infrastructure.
  • Curiosity about technology, the initiative to spearhead improvements, and a knack for solving open-ended problems and seeing how small details interrelate to impact the bigger picture.
  • Demonstrated interest in AI, experience managing vendor products, and the ability to ramp quickly, operate independently, and move work forward with limited structure.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, along with a client-service mindset and the ability to build successful relationships within the department and across the firm.
  • The expected annual base salary for this position is $200,000 to $275,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401(k) contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.


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