Director, Product Management Applied AI
EPAM Systems · Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico ·
- Work mode
- Remote
- Category
- AI engineering
- Experience
- 7+ years
We are looking for a product leader to run a portfolio that includes AI-powered products and to own how our Product Management team applies AI — the strategy, standards, investment decisions, governance and team capability. You will lead and develop a team of Product Managers, own product strategy and P&L across the portfolio, and raise the organization's product-AI capability.
What "Applied AI" means at Director level. The emphasis shifts from doing the hands-on AI work to judging it, funding the right AI bets and setting the guardrails. This is a product-leadership role — not an engineering, data-science or AI-research role. You set direction and standards for the specialists who build.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of Product Managers running a portfolio that includes AI-powered products; own product strategy, vision and P&L across that portfolio
- Set an AI-informed product strategy — where AI creates durable advantage, where it is commoditizing, and how to sequence the roadmap against advancing AI capability
- Make build / buy / partner and investment decisions for AI capabilities; own AI business cases and ROI; fund the right experiments and know when to stop them
- Own AI-feature economics and lifecycle across the portfolio — cost, latency, unit economics, pricing, and model-lifecycle decisions (drift, versioning, vendor change)
- Set the standards, operating model and review gates for how the team builds AI features and uses AI in its own work, so quality and responsibility are consistent
- Own responsible-AI governance — privacy, bias, security, transparency, human oversight, audit trails, incident response, and applicable regulation (e.g., EU AI Act) and sector rules
- Raise the team's AI capability through coaching, playbooks, shared prompt/agent libraries and an AI component in the hiring bar; advise business units or clients on adoption
- Direct effective collaboration across product, engineering, data, design and AI/ML teams, keeping product intent, constraints and accountability clear
- Represent the organization credibly on its AI product strategy with senior clients — setting realistic expectations rather than over-promising
Requirements
- 7+ years in Product Management, having managed products, product lines/families and/or groups, with experience leading PM/PO teams; developed and/or launched 3+ products to market, including AI-powered products or capabilities
- Ownership of product vision, roadmap and P&L, and of strategic roadmap alignment across a portfolio
- Portfolio analysis and strategy formulation; prioritizing spend by ROI and supporting financial models — including AI business cases and build/buy/partner decisions
- Track record aligning product strategy with new technologies, assessing and adopting emerging AI capabilities responsibly
- SME across multiple (3+) business domains; deep grasp of consumer trends, technological disruption and competitive factors — including how AI is reshaping the domain
- AI literacy sufficient to lead — understands AI concepts, capabilities and limitations well enough to make sound portfolio and investment decisions and to challenge technical proposals credibly; ML-engineering / data-science depth is not required
- Able to shape company product strategy, convey difficult messages to senior stakeholders and own key initiatives and business KPIs
- Leads, develops and champions a team of Product Managers across a multi-product portfolio; identifies and plans for performance improvement
- Sets the operating model for how the team applies AI, and raises its proficiency through enablement, coaching and a clear hiring bar
- AI-informed product/portfolio strategy — advantage vs commoditization, build/buy/partner, AI business cases and ROI, roadmap sequencing against AI capability
- Responsible-AI governance across the portfolio — privacy, bias, security, transparency, human oversight, audit trails/incident response and relevant regulation
- Ownership of AI-feature economics and lifecycle — cost, latency, unit economics, pricing, drift/versioning/vendor decisions
- Setting AI standards and review gates for how the team builds AI features and uses AI
- Raising team AI capability — enablement, coaching, playbooks, shared tooling, hiring bar
- Ability to evaluate AI outputs, prototypes and technical proposals and fund the right bets
- Working AI literacy — concepts, capabilities and limitations sufficient to lead and challenge
- Continued practical use of AI in own work and adaptability as AI evolves
- Ability to direct effective collaboration across engineering, data, design and AI/ML teams
Nice to have
- Deep hands-on AI prototyping or feature-building (valued, but expected to plateau here — it is the Senior PM / IC strength; the Director's job is to judge and fund, not build)
- External thought leadership on AI product management (talks, publications, community)
- Direct experience standing up an AI governance or enablement program at organization scale
Benefits
- Learning Culture - We want you to be the best version of yourself, that is why we offer unlimited access to learning platforms, a wide range of internal courses, and all the knowledge you need to grow professionally
- Health Coverage - Health and wellness are important, that is why we have you and up to four family members in a premiere health plan. We have a couple of options, so you can choose what is best for you and your family
- Visual Benefit - Seeing your work for us would be a sight for sore eyes. We want your vision to always be at 100% which is why we offer up to $200.000 COP for any visual health expenses
- Life Insurance Plan - We have partnered with MetLife to offer a full-coverage Ife insurance plan. So, your family is covered, even if you are gone.
- Medical Leave Coverage - We are one of the few companies that cover 100% of your medical leave, for up to 90 days. Your health is the most important thing to us
- Professional Growth Opportunities - We have designed a highly competitive and complete development process, where you will have all the tools to get where you have always wanted to be, personally and professionally
- Stock Option Purchase Plan - As an EPAMer you can be more than just an employee, you will also have the opportunity to purchase stock at a reduced price and become a part owner of our organization
- Additional Income - Besides your regular salary, you will also have the chance to earn extra income by referring talent, being a technical interviewer, and many more ways
- Community Benefit - You will be part of a worldwide community of over 50,000 employees, where you can learn, challenge yourself, stand out, and share your knowledge and experience with multicultural teams!
Connectivity Bonus (25,000 ARS are paid with a salary receipt at the end of each month as a non-wages concept).
Medicina Prepaga (It covers the collaborator and direct family group).
Paternity Leave (Two additional days are added to what is established by law, total of 4 days).
Discounts card.
English Training (English lessons, twice per week).
Training Program (Access to multiple customized training plans according to the needs of each role within the company).
Marriage bonus (The company doubles the allowance established by law that ANSES offers).
Referral Program (Referral bonus is paid when the referral of a collaborator joins the Company).
External Agreements and Discounts.
Vacations: 14 calendar days a year
- Career plan and real growth opportunities
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
- Constant training, mentoring, online corporate courses, eLearning and more
- English classes with a certified teacher
- Support for employee’s initiatives (Algorithms club, toastmasters, agile club and more)
- Enjoyable working environment (Gaming room, napping area, amenities, events, sport teams and more)
- Flexible work schedule and dress code
- Collaborate in a multicultural environment and share best practices from around the globe
- Hired directly by EPAM & 100% under payroll
- Law benefits (IMSS, INFONAVIT, 25% vacation bonus)
- Major medical expenses insurance: Life, Major medical expenses with dental & visual coverage (for the employee and direct family members)
- 13 % employee savings fund, capped to the law limit
- Grocery coupons
- 30 days December bonus
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- 12 vacations days
- Official Mexican holidays, plus 5 extra holidays (Maundry Thursday and Friday, November 2nd, December 24th & 31st)
- Monthly non-taxable amount for the electricity and internet bills