Product Manager - AI Applications

As a Staff Product Manager focused on Applied AI, you'll define and execute our vision for AI-driven capabilities across the military staff workflow. You'll lead strategic product decisions across intelligent search and summarization, assisted drafting, and predictive capabilities, ensuring our AI features are reliable, secure, and mission-ready. Working closely with Engineering, Design, Data Science, Security, and military SMEs, you'll prioritize high-impact initiatives that transform how staffs plan and operate. Responsibilities

• Define and Own AI Strategy Develop and maintain a strategic roadmap that aligns with AI goals across foundational, generative, and predictive stages. Champion and communicate the vision across cross-functional teams and external stakeholders..

• Advance Generative AI Features Drive the creation of AI-assisted workflows including draft generation, document linking, and natural-language interfaces that accelerate planning cycles. Define user experiences, success metrics, and iteration plans.

• Partner on Platform & Quality Standards Work with Engineering to define AI infrastructure requirements including vector databases, prompt frameworks, and model observability. Set quality benchmarks and evaluation practices to monitor reliability, performance, and cost.

• Ensure Security & Governance Collaborate with Security to implement data protection, access controls, and policy alignment needed for trusted use in high-security environments.

• Measure and Communicate Impact Define and track metrics tied to AI adoption, user efficiency, and planning effectiveness. Communicate progress and insights clearly in an async-first, distributed team environment.

You thrive in complex, ambiguous environments and enjoy turning advanced AI technologies into simple, powerful tools. You're fluent in both the technical details and the strategic value of AI, and you know how to balance bold product bets with responsible execution. You're excited to work with mission-driven users and have the ability to lead cross-functional teams toward outcomes that matter., * 5+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years delivering AI/ML-based features in B2B SaaS or data-rich platforms.

• Proven track record shipping AI-powered features (search, summarization, generative drafting, or predictive insights) with modern LLM tooling and architectures.
• Experience managing model evaluation, observability, and optimization efforts across quality, latency, and cost.
• Strong understanding of data governance, security, and compliance, preferably in regulated or high-trust domains.
• Proficiency in SQL and basic Python for data validation and analysis.
• Excellent communication skills, especially in async and distributed environments.
• Bonus: Experience in defense, operational planning, or classified AI deployments.