Senior Director, Applied AI Product

Position Overview The Senior Director of Applied AI Product leads the organization's applied AI product function, spanning product strategy, discovery, delivery, and the roadmap for AI-powered customer-facing capabilities. This role sits at the intersection of product leadership and applied AI, and is accountable for how AI experiences are envisioned, shaped, and delivered into products that create measurable value for customers and the business.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy Vision Identify opportunities to apply AI across the product portfolio and customer workflows Translate organizational objectives into phased, deliverable AI product initiatives Communicate product vision, roadmap progress, and tradeoffs to executive stakeholders AI Product Discovery Definition Lead discovery to validate AI use cases against real customer problems and value Define product

Requirements

, success criteria, and acceptance thresholds for AI features Partner with AI Engineering and Data to assess feasibility and model readiness Prioritize the backlog based on customer impact, effort, and strategic fit Applied AI Delivery Own end-to-end delivery of AI product features from concept to general availability Design human-in-the-loop experiences, guardrails, and fallback behaviors for AI features Define evaluation criteria and quality bars for model-driven product experiences Drive iterative launches, experimentation, and continuous improvement post-release Cross-Functional Leadership Partner with Engineering, Data, and Commercial teams to ship AI capabilities Align product, GTM, and delivery timelines across dependent teams and stakeholders Coordinate build vs.

Qualifications

Required 10+ years in product management, with a demonstrable track record in senior AI or data product leadership Experience taking AI-powered products from discovery to production at scale Hands-on experience partnering with engineering and data science teams on ML/LLM-driven features Strong communication skills; able to present product strategy to executive and non-technical audiences Preferred Familiarity with LLM product patterns (RAG, agents, guardrails, human-in-the-loop design) Familiarity with AI governance standards (NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act, SOC 2 AI controls) Background in the healthcare industry Prior experience defining evaluation frameworks and quality metrics for AI product experiences Success Metrics Applied AI product roadmap published and approved by executive leadership within 90 days AI product features shipped to general availability against committed timelines Product discovery and evaluation framework for AI features in place within 6 months Adoption and customer value targets defined and met for launched AI capabilities Base salary for the role is commensurate with experience and can range between $200,000 - 250,000 + annual bonus op