Senior AI Product Builder, Inventory Optimization

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +33 more states.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the complete product lifecycle from start to finish: including AI-enhanced discovery, story/spec creation, prototyping, production PR, and outcome evaluation.

• Manage forecasting, placement, and replenishment decision-making surfaces to optimize inventory.

• Establish product contracts for demand predictions and distribution recommendations, integrate them into merchant workflows, and assess both adoption and forecast precision.

• Conduct customer discovery and synthesize insights from tickets, interviews, behavioral data, and competitive indicators by utilizing AI tools.

• Present products to merchants and partners while gaining insights into competitive landscapes and unique selling points.

• Evaluate product metrics to identify usage trends and anomalies, while establishing success metrics and thresholds for discontinuation.

• Maintain a prioritized roadmap, organized by impact and speed of delivery.

• Assess solution compatibility with ShipBob’s architecture, service boundaries, data structures, and API-driven data agreements.

• Draft story/specs, review AI-generated code, and facilitate the transition of prototype updates into production PRs.

• Develop experiment hypotheses and make rollout-or-kill decisions based on AI-derived insights.

• Engage in architecture reviews and make decisions regarding build vs. buy vs. delay.

• Map the Inventory Optimization domain, deliver an initial PR, and execute a measurable rollout-or-kill decision within the first 90 days.

• Report directly to a Director, AI Product Builder.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in product management, product engineering, or a comparable field.

• Proven experience using AI tools in a professional environment.

• Capability to craft precise story/specs that AI tools can directly engage with, including state machines, business rules, data contracts, and edge cases.

• Technical proficiency to interpret data models, assess API contracts, and spot inconsistencies in AI-generated code.

• History of delivering functioning prototypes or production-ready code.

• Ability to define success metrics and kill thresholds during the specification phase and monitor them post-launch.

• Experience in supply chain, fulfillment, logistics, transportation, or e-commerce technology.

• Comfortable working within a fail-fast corporate culture.

• Exceptional written communication skills.

• Nice to have: hands-on experience with Claude Code, Driver.ai, Cursor, Replit, V0, or Figma AI.

• Nice to have: familiarity with Python, SQL, or TypeScript.

• Nice to have: experience in inventory planning, demand forecasting, replenishment, or large-scale multi-node placement and distribution optimization.

• Nice to have: experience in transitioning a product team from a traditional software development lifecycle to an AI-native operational model.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Basic Life Insurance.

• Paid Maternity/Parental Leave Program.

• Paid Holidays & Flexible Time Off Program.

• Paid Sick Leave.

• Wellness Days (1 day per quarter).

• 401K Match.

• Competitive total compensation package.

• Eligibility for a discretionary bonus plan.

• Access to top-tier AI and productivity tools from Day 1 at no cost to all full-time employees.