AI Product Owner

Robotics Technologies seeks an AI Product Owner to lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of AI-powered products and solutions onsite in Philadelphia. This contract role partners with business stakeholders and cross-functional AI, engineering, architecture, and UX teams to translate needs into clear AI/ML requirements and manage execution through Agile delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage product vision, strategy, roadmap, and backlog for AI-driven products.
• Translate business problems and customer needs into AI/ML product requirements and user stories.
• Collaborate with Data Science, AI/ML Engineering, Data Engineering, and Technology teams to define solutions.
• Prioritize features using business value, customer impact, technical feasibility, and risk considerations.
• Define epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product requirements.
• Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Partner with AI/ML teams on Generative AI, LLM, predictive analytics, automation, and intelligent decisioning use cases.
• Apply knowledge of AI model capabilities and limitations, including data requirements, performance, and business impact.
• Define KPIs and success metrics in collaboration with stakeholders for AI product outcomes.
• Coordinate UAT, product validation, release planning, and production adoption activities.
• Identify and manage AI-related product risks tied to governance, data privacy, security, bias, explainability, and compliance.
• Communicate product strategy, progress, risks, and outcomes to senior leadership.
• Continuously evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities for product innovation.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, or Business/Product Analysis.
• Strong experience working as a Product Owner in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML or Generative AI products.
• Strong understanding of LLMs, GenAI, AI/ML use cases, and AI-driven applications.
• Experience defining roadmaps, backlogs, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience collaborating with engineering, data science, and architecture teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience defining product KPIs, metrics, and business outcomes.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business requirements.

Technologies

• JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps
• Azure OpenAI
• AWS AI/ML, Google Cloud AI
• RAG, LLMs, Generative AI, Machine Learning

Location and Engagement

Location: Philadelphia, PA (onsite)

Job type: Contract

Duration: 18 Months + Extension

Additional Details

• Job ID: J53613
• Domain exposure: IT/Software
• Client: To Be Discussed Later
• Employment type options: W-2, 1099, C2C

Work Authorization

• US Citizen
• Green Card
• OPT-EAD
• CPT
• H-1B
• H4-EAD
• L2-EAD
• GC-EAD

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, or conversational AI.
• Experience with cloud AI platforms such as Azure OpenAI, AWS AI/ML, or Google Cloud AI.
• Knowledge of the Machine Learning model development and deployment lifecycle.
• Experience with data products, analytics platforms, or enterprise applications.
• Familiarity with AI governance, responsible AI, data security, and privacy.
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar Agile platforms.
• Product Owner, CSPO, SAFe, or similar certification is a plus.