Forward Deployed – Data & AI Product Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Act as a pivotal product management collaborator with the client's Data & Analytics team, connecting Quality business stakeholders, IT, data teams, and external implementation vendors.

• Lead discussions with stakeholders and conduct sessions for gathering requirements.

• Establish priorities and convert requirements into actionable product deliverables.

• Oversee the coordination of scope, timelines, dependencies, deliverables, and implementation priorities among business and technical teams.

• Relay updates on product progress, risks, decisions, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.

• Review and assess vendor deliverables, such as solution architectures, AI workflows, user interfaces, data mappings, testing strategies, and implementation plans.

• Evaluate AI-enabled solutions for alignment with business goals, human oversight, and transparency.

• Design user-facing interfaces for documentation review, findings investigation, exception assessment, AI-generated recommendations, and release decisions.

• Manage business validation, UAT, defect resolution, and launch preparedness.

• Monitor risks, dependencies, issues, and decisions.

• Aid in the transition from implementation to operational use and promote stakeholder adoption.

• Define and refine KPIs and measurement frameworks for the Quality AI initiative.

• Collaborate with the Value team to monitor benefits against business goals.

• Transform business objectives into quantifiable product outcomes.

• Work with data and analytics teams on data requirements, mappings, reporting needs, and information quality.

• Keep documentation updated on requirements, decisions, risks, dependencies, action items, and delivery status.

⛳️ Requirements

• 4–8 years of experience in product management, data and analytics, business analysis, digital transformation, or a similar field.

• Proven experience in facilitating the delivery of enterprise data, analytics, AI, or digital products from requirements definition through implementation and launch.

• Strong client-facing experience with the capability to build trusted relationships and coordinate effectively among business stakeholders, technical teams, and external vendors.

• Experience in reviewing technical deliverables, challenging proposed solutions, identifying gaps, and ensuring alignment between business expectations and technical implementation.

• Knowledge of Generative AI, document intelligence, optical character recognition (OCR), AI agents, or human-in-the-loop workflows.

• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience in coordinating UAT, business validation, issue resolution, and implementation readiness.

• Ability to define success metrics, assess product performance, and link delivery outcomes to measurable business value.

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and capability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced enterprise setting.

• Comfortable working independently while ensuring strong alignment with client stakeholders and cross-functional delivery teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Flexible work arrangements and a supportive team environment.