Senior AI Product Owner
On site
Full-time
Lisbon, Karslruhe
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Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced AI Product Owner / Project Manager to drive the development of innovative AI solutions for our blue-chip clients. In this hybrid role, you will serve as the primary interface between stakeholders and technical teams, translating business requirements into actionable product features while ensuring timely delivery. You will orchestrate the entire product lifecycle, from vision and concept to development and deployment, maintaining a strategic product focus while managing critical project milestones.
Responsibilities
Product Ownership
- Define and articulate the product vision, roadmap, and strategy for AI solutions based on research and stakeholder needs.
- Gather, analyze, and prioritize business requirements and translate them into detailed user stories and technical specifications.
- Maintain and refine the product backlog, ensuring it aligns with business objectives and technical capabilities.
- Make strategic decisions about product features, functionality, and prioritization based on business value and technical constraints
- Work closely with data scientists and engineers to ensure AI solutions meet business requirements and deliver measurable value.
Stakeholder Management:
- Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, end-users, and technical implementation teams
- Facilitate workshops and discovery sessions to elicit and clarify requirements from diverse stakeholders
- Communicate product decisions, trade-offs, and
Project Management:
- Lead cross-functional teams, including engineers, data scientists, designers, and business analysts
- Define and track project milestones, timelines, and deliverables to ensure on-time delivery
- Monitor project progress and report status to leadership and stakeholders
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in product management or product ownership, with some degree of exposure to AI/ML products
- Demonstrated experience translating complex business requirements into technical specifications for AI systems
- Strong understanding of Generative AI technologies, including large language models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and their practical applications
- Proficient in agile methodologies and tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.) with experience leading agile teams
- Experience with requirements gathering techniques, user story creation, and acceptance criteria definition
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities with a data-driven approach to decision making
- Project management experience including timeline development, resource allocation, and risk management
- A bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field, or an advanced degree, is a plus.
To be ILI Digital
“To be ILI” means traveling far to reinvigorate innovation once again. It means vocation, commitment and passion. We are a highly selected taskforce with absolute focus: where we sense the innovation pulse, we actively start the conversation.
To be ILI Digital
“To be ILI” means traveling far to reinvigorate innovation once again. It means vocation, commitment and passion. We are a highly selected taskforce with absolute focus: where we sense the innovation pulse, we actively start the conversation.
There are lions in the zoo. And there are lions in the wilderness. A lion in the wild is constantly hunting for prey. It constantly activates all its senses in order to be able to act with the right strategy when an opportunity arises. Therefore it is awake, alert, and agile. A lion in the zoo loses its important hunting instinct gradually due to the guaranteed food supply. It is no longer constantly focused on picking up the scent of prey.
Your life.
Your benefits.
We offer you a steep learning curve and further development opportunities in a flexible and positive working environment.
Best Working Environment
International Team
Dynamic and international teammates great to work with, open-minded, and always there to support you. After-work events such as barbecues, excursions, and different occasions for team gathering.
Health & Sports
Fresh fruit and vegetables, professional coffee machine, and self-made smoothies everyday. On-site private gym and yoga room to relax and take a break from work.
Your life.
Your benefits.
We offer you a steep learning curve and further development opportunities in a flexible and positive working environment.
Best Working Environment
Modern office with amazing design furniture pieces, including a great rooftop terrace on city view.
International Team
Dynamic and international teammates great to work with, open-minded, and always there to support you. After-work events such as barbecues, excursions, and different occasions for team gathering.
Health & Sports
Fresh fruit and vegetables, professional coffee machine, and self-made smoothies everyday. On-site private gym and yoga room to relax and take a break from work.