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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Manager, Product Owner - **Company:** SLM Corporation - **Location:** Indianapolis, IN, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, User-Centered Design, Application Enhancement Tool, Generative AI, Information Technology - **Published:** September 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/C58049644A6C4048AAFBA8E2A954D755/job/ ## About the Role * 5 years of experience in product management/development, with a track record of successfully owning and delivering products to market. * Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as engineering, computer science, business administration, or a related discipline. * Demonstrated product ownership experience-owning a product vision, roadmap, and backlog and being accountable for delivered value and outcomes. * Hands-on experience applying AI tools in a product management or development context (e.g., generative AI, ML-driven features, AI-assisted discovery, prototyping, or analytics). * Solid understanding of product development and agile methodologies, with strong backlog management, user-story writing, and user-centered design skills. * Analytical, data-driven mindset, with the ability to define metrics, run experiments, and make prioritization decisions grounded in evidence. * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to align cross-functional teams and influence across all levels of the organization. * Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to own multiple priorities simultaneously. * Experience delivering AI- or data-powered product features, and familiarity with responsible/ethical AI practices. * Product owner or agile certification (e.g., CSPO, PSPO) is a plus. 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A function may be essential for any of several reasons, including: the job exists to perform that function, the employee holding the job was hired for his/her expertise in performing the function, or only a limited number of employees are available to perform that function. ## Description * Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap end to end, ensuring alignment to customer needs, business objectives, and measurable value. * Own, prioritize, and continuously refine the team's product backlog, making clear trade-off decisions on scope, sequencing, and value; write clear user stories and acceptance criteria. * Define and execute product development strategies, ensuring alignment with company objectives, market needs, and customer expectations. * Implement effective project management methodologies and processes to drive efficient project execution, resource allocation, and risk mitigation. * Serve as the primary decision-maker at the development team level, connecting engineering, design, marketing, compliance, and business stakeholders to drive aligned, timely delivery. * Help define and clearly communicate success metrics and KPIs (e.g., adoption, conversion, NPS, cycle time) to the development team to drive value, using data and experimentation to inform the roadmap. * Represent the voice of the customer, conducting discovery, validating problems, and ensuring every release advances a seamless, transparent customer journey. Apply AI Across Product Management & Development * Embed AI into the product itself, identifying and prioritizing opportunities to use machine learning, generative AI, and intelligent automation to improve customer experience, personalization, and decisioning. * Use AI to accelerate the product lifecycle, applying AI-powered tools for discovery, backlog refinement, requirements drafting, prototyping, user-research synthesis, and competitive analysis. * Leverage AI-driven analytics to surface customer insights, forecast outcomes, and inform data-driven prioritization and roadmap decisions. * Champion responsible AI adoption on the team-establishing practical guardrails, evaluating model quality and bias, and partnering with risk and compliance to ensure trustworthy, well-governed use. * Stay current on emerging AI capabilities and continuously evaluate how new tools and techniques can raise product quality, team velocity, and innovation capacity. Lead Delivery & Cross-Functional Execution * Partner closely with engineering and design in agile ceremonies to guide delivery from concept through prototyping, testing, and launch-balancing speed, quality, and value. * Provide leadership and guidance to product and delivery talent, fostering a collaborative, AI-forward, high-performance culture. * Monitor product performance and delivery of health, reporting on KPIs and providing regular, executive-ready updates to stakeholders. * Manage risk and drive continuous improvement, ensuring effective prioritization, dependency management, and mitigation across the delivery lifecycle.