Lead AI Product Manager – Foundational PM

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Fort Worth / $200000 - $250000 annum

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Salary

SALARY:

$200000 - $250000

Location

LOCATION

Fort Worth

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Lead AI Product Manager

Compensation: Up to 250K
Travel: Must be willing to travel regularly
Type: Full-Time

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Founding AI Product Manager to establish and lead the product function for a growing AI organization.

This is the first dedicated Product Manager hire supporting the AI product portfolio. You will work at the intersection of product strategy, applied AI, engineering, and business impact-defining what gets built, why it matters, and how to turn advanced AI capabilities into scalable products.

This is not a role focused on simply integrating off-the-shelf AI tools or wrapping an existing API.

The team is building proprietary AI capabilities and products, with a particular focus on Large Language Models, generative AI, intelligent systems, and core AI technologies. You will help shape the product strategy from the ground up while remaining highly hands-on in execution.

You will initially operate as a player-coach, owning product strategy and execution directly while establishing the processes, frameworks, and foundations required to scale the product organization over time.

What You'll Do

  • Establish and own the product vision and roadmap for AI products and capabilities.
  • Partner closely with engineering, and business stakeholders to identify high-value opportunities for AI.
  • Translate complex AI and technical capabilities into clear product strategies, requirements, and measurable outcomes.
  • Define product roadmaps across LLMs, generative AI, intelligent automation, and other core AI capabilities.
  • Help determine where the organization should build proprietary technology versus leverage existing technologies.
  • Work closely with technical teams developing and improving AI systems rather than simply consuming third-party models.
  • Own the full product lifecycle, from problem definition and discovery through development, launch, adoption, and iteration.
  • Develop product requirements, prioritization frameworks, success metrics, and go-to-market plans.
  • Balance long-term AI product strategy with hands-on execution and rapid delivery.
  • Work directly with senior leadership to shape the organization's broader AI product strategy.
  • Establish foundational product processes, operating rhythms, and best practices.
  • Help define the future structure of the AI product organization and contribute to future product hiring.

What We're Looking For

  • Proven experience building and launching products involving AI, machine learning, generative AI, or advanced data-driven technologies.
  • Experience working with LLMs and modern AI systems at a meaningful product or technical level.
  • Strong understanding of how AI products are actually built, including the tradeoffs between models, data, infrastructure, evaluation, performance, cost, and user experience.
  • Experience partnering closely with engineering and technical teams building proprietary AI capabilities.
  • A track record of taking ambiguous problems and turning them into clear product strategies and executable roadmaps.
  • Strong technical fluency and the ability to engage deeply with engineers, data scientists, and AI researchers.
  • Experience working in an environment where the product function is still being established or scaled.
  • Strong judgment around prioritization, experimentation, and balancing technical ambition with business impact.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across technical and executive stakeholders.

CONTACT

Mark Turp

Principal Recruitment Consultant

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