Product Manager - Data and AI | [Hybrid] || USC or GC only || Retail Domain || w2 role

Product Manager Data & AI

Location: Charlotte, NC



Work Model: Hybrid 3 days onsite per week (Tuesday Thursday)



Duration: Contract-to-Hire



Target Start: September 14, 2026



Openings: 1


Job Overview

We are seeking a strategic Product Manager Data & AI to own the vision, roadmap, and rollout of data and AI-driven products within a retail environment.

This is a senior individual contributor, functional Product Management role focused on product strategy, business outcomes, customer/stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional leadership rather than hands-on software engineering.

The ideal candidate will have 4+ years of Product Management experience and 3+ years supporting AI initiatives in a product role , with strong business acumen, excellent communication skills, and the ability to translate AI capabilities into practical business solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Define product vision, strategy, goals, and maintain a prioritized roadmap for Data & AI products.

• Identify and prioritize AI/ML use cases across business domains based on customer and business value.

• Evaluate emerging AI technologies, including LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, Generative AI, and predictive analytics .

• Lead AI platform and technology evaluations, including build-vs-buy assessments .

• Design, launch, and manage product pilots with clear success criteria, KPIs, and go/no-go decisions.

• Partner with Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, Design, and business teams to scope and deliver AI capabilities into production.

• Gather customer and stakeholder feedback and translate insights into product roadmap improvements.

• Define product metrics, monitor performance, and drive continuous optimization and adoption.

• Translate complex AI concepts, capabilities, and limitations into clear business language for non-technical stakeholders.

• Present product strategies, roadmap updates, business cases, and recommendations to executive leadership.

• Manage products throughout discovery, development, pilot, launch, adoption, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of Product Management experience .

• 3+ years of experience supporting AI initiatives in a Product Management role .

• Experience managing data-driven and/or AI-powered products .

• Strong understanding of AI/ML use cases and emerging technologies.

• Experience with technologies/concepts such as:

  • Generative AI

  • LLMs

  • RAG

  • AI Agents / Agentic AI

  • Predictive Analytics

• Proven experience defining product vision, strategy, roadmaps, and priorities.

• Experience designing and managing pilots, MVPs, experiments, and product launches.

• Strong understanding of KPIs, product analytics, experimentation, and business outcomes .

• Excellent business acumen and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong executive communication and presentation skills.

• Ability to effectively bridge business and technical teams.

• Retail industry experience strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience evaluating AI vendors and platforms.

• Experience with build-vs-buy decisions.

• Experience working with modern cloud/data platforms such as Snowflake .

• Experience taking AI/data products from pilot to enterprise-scale deployment.

• Experience with customer-facing digital products and enterprise platforms.