Associated Bank

Senior Principal AI Product Manager

Associated Bank$138K — $236K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years in product management or relevant technology delivery.
  • Advanced mastery of product management practices and AI delivery across multiple products.
  • 5+ years in regulated environments delivering AI or data-enabled products.
  • Experience influencing senior leaders in matrixed organizations.
  • Hands-on familiarity with modern AI capabilities and cloud-based AI platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Own AI product portfolio from opportunity framing to measurable outcomes.
  • Translate business strategy into product priorities and success metrics.
  • Identify high-value problems and convert opportunities into product outcomes.
  • Ensure risk and compliance are integrated into product design.
  • Prioritize investments based on business value and user adoption.
  • Lead product adoption and stakeholder engagement initiatives.
  • Align cross-functional partners on project timelines and decisions.

Benefits

  • Retirement savings options including 401(k) and pension plans.
  • Paid time off for community volunteering.
  • Diversity-focused Colleague Resource Groups for connection.
  • Professional development and advancement opportunities.
  • Various well-being programs, parental leave, and stock purchase plans.
  • Personal banking, loan, investment, and insurance benefits.
Full Job Description
Associated Bank is seeking a Senior Principal AI Product Manager to own the strategy, prioritization, delivery, governance, adoption, and measurable business outcomes of a portfolio of AI-enabled products across Corporate and Commercial Banking. In this senior, hands-on product leadership role, you will work directly with bankers and cross-functional partners, shape practical AI capabilities, and translate commercial banking strategy into adopted products that improve revenue workflows, banker capacity, operating efficiency, and client impact.

Key Accountabilities
  • Own a portfolio of AI-enabled products from opportunity framing through governed delivery, adoption, scale, and measurable business outcomes.
  • Translate business strategy into product priorities, roadmaps, success metrics, delivery plans, governance requirements, adoption plans, and operating rhythms across multiple products or programs.
  • Work directly with bankers and business leaders to identify high-value problems, evaluate business value and feasibility, and convert the strongest opportunities into delivered product outcomes.
  • Own governed execution across the portfolio, with risk, controls, data privacy, responsible AI, model oversight, and regulatory expectations built into product design and delivery from the start.
  • Evaluate business value, user adoption, data availability, technical feasibility, integration complexity, and control requirements together to prioritize investments and product decisions.
  • Lead adoption through rollout readiness, stakeholder engagement, training, communication, and feedback loops, with products instrumented so evidence drives continuous improvement.
  • Align senior leaders and cross-functional partners across business, technology, data, risk, compliance, and operations around timelines, decisions, dependencies, and tradeoffs while retaining portfolio-level accountability.
  • Coach product and delivery team members, set expectations for product quality, prioritization, outcome measurement, adoption, and governed execution, and guide the delivery of agents, retrieval patterns, data flows, workflow automations, and system integrations.


Education & Experience

Required
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Data Science, Computer Science, Analytics, Economics, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
  • 8+ years of product management, AI, analytics, data product, or technology delivery experience.
  • 8+ years of advanced mastery of product management practices, AI-enabled workflow transformation, business process design, governed AI delivery, and data-enabled product delivery across multiple products or programs.
  • 5+ years delivering AI, analytics, automation, or data-enabled products in a regulated environment.
  • Experience owning complex products, programs, or portfolios with measurable business outcomes.
  • 5+ years experience influencing senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders in highly matrixed, regulated organizations while maintaining portfolio-level accountability for product delivery and governance.
  • Broad, hands-on familiarity with modern AI capabilities, including large language models, retrieval, agents, workflow automation, data-enabled products, and cloud-based AI platforms.


Preferred
  • Advanced degree such as an MBA or Master's degree in a quantitative or related discipline.
  • 4 + years of experience in financial services, commercial banking, or client-facing workflow experience.
  • Experience leading change management, product adoption, and workflow transformation initiatives.
  • Familiarity with AWS Bedrock, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Salesforce, and related AI technologies.


Why You'll Love Working Here

At Associated Bank, you'll join a growing AI team focused on delivering real-world solutions that employees and customers use every day. You'll have the opportunity to work closely with business leaders, influence enterprise-scale innovation, and build products that create measurable value in a regulated industry. We invest in professional growth, collaboration, and meaningful work that makes an impact. Apply today to make an impact.

We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified parties, including but not limited to people returning to the workforce, people with disabilities, those without a college degree, and veterans or those with military experience.

In addition to core traditional benefits, we take pride in offering benefits for every stage of life.
  • Retirement savings including both 401(k) and Pension plans.
  • Paid time off to volunteer in your community.
  • Opportunities to connect with others through our diversity-focused Colleague Resource Groups.
  • Competitive salaries with professional development and advancement opportunities.
  • Bonus benefits including well-being programs and incentives, parental leave, an employee stock purchase plan, military benefits and much more.
  • Personal banking, loan, investment and insurance benefits.


Associated Bank serves more than 120 communities throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri and we consider our colleagues critical to our continued success. See why our colleagues continually vote us a best place to work in the Midwest. Join our community on Facebook, LinkedIn and X.

The pay range represents anticipated base pay for this role. Actual pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, work location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role.

For certain positions, total compensation may also include incentive, commission, or bonus opportunities not reflected in the posted base pay range.

$138,110.00 - $236,760.00 per year

About Associated Bank

Associated Bank is a regional bank that provides a wide range of financial products and services to individuals, businesses, and organizations. The bank offers personal and business banking, wealth management, and insurance services, and operates more than 200 locations throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota. Associated Bank was founded in 1861 and has a long history of serving its communities and customers. The bank is committed to providing exceptional customer service and building strong relationships with its customers.
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Size
4,900 employees
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Founded
1874

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