Technical Product Owner Lead AI Engineer

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Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Product Management

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Lisbon Portugal Madrid Spain Milano Italy

Job Description:

We are recruiting for a TPO - Lead AI Engineer based in Milan - Italy ; Madrid ; Spain or Lisbon ; Portugal

The Lead AI Engineer & Technical Product Owner is responsible for driving the design development and delivery of AI-powered solutions that create measurable business value. The role combines deep expertise in Data Science and Machine Learning with strong delivery leadership Agile execution and product ownership capabilities.

The Lead AI Engineer acts as the technical leader for AI squads guiding multidisciplinary teams across Data Science Data Engineering Software Engineering and Business Analysis functions to deliver scalable production-ready AI products and services.

This role owns the end-to-end lifecycle of AI solutions from ideation and requirements definition through development deployment adoption and operational excellence while ensuring alignment with business priorities technical standards and enterprise governance.

Partner with business stakeholders to identify prioritize and deliver AI use cases aligned to strategic objectives.

Act as Technical Product Owner (TPO) for AI products and platforms managing backlog prioritization and roadmap execution.

Translate business requirements into actionable technical epics features and user stories.

Drive adoption of AI solutions by ensuring measurable business outcomes and user satisfaction.

Design develop and deploy Machine Learning Predictive Analytics Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions.

Lead model lifecycle activities including experimentation training validation deployment monitoring and continuous improvement.

Establish engineering best practices covering MLOps model governance performance monitoring and operational support.

Ensure AI solutions are scalable secure maintainable and compliant with enterprise standards.

Collaborate closely with Data Engineers to design trusted reusable and governed data assets.

Support the creation of robust data pipelines required for AI development and operationalization.

Drive integration of structured and unstructured data sources across enterprise platforms.

Contribute to AI and Data Platform architecture decisions to improve scalability and reuse.

Lead Agile squads delivering AI products and capabilities across multiple business domains.

Facilitate sprint planning backlog refinement retrospectives and delivery governance activities.

Remove delivery obstacles and ensure predictable execution against committed objectives.

Promote DevOps and Agile best practices across the squad.

Act as the bridge between business teams product managers architects and engineering teams.

Ensure AI solutions comply with security privacy responsible AI and regulatory requirements.

Define and monitor OKRs/KPIs for AI solution performance business value realization adoption and operational effectiveness.

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Data Science Engineering Artificial Intelligence or related disciplines.

57 years of experience in Data Science Machine Learning or AI Engineering roles.

Demonstrated experience leading the delivery of AI and Analytics solutions in enterprise environments.

Proven experience acting as Technical Product Owner Delivery Lead Lead Engineer or Squad Lead.

Strong knowledge of Machine Learning Generative AI LLMs Vector Databases RAG and AI agent frameworks.

Experience working with cloud-based AI ecosystems (Azure AWS or GCP).

Understanding of Data Engineering concepts including data pipelines ETL/ELT data lakes and data warehousing.

Experience with Agile methodologies and Scrum delivery frameworks.

Experience leading multiple AI squads or programs.

Hands-on experience with MLOps and CI/CD practices.

Certifications in Agile Scrum Product Ownership Cloud or AI technologies.

Experience working in regulated industries.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Agile Product Development Analytical Reasoning Coaching Collaboration Competitive Landscape Analysis Critical Thinking Customer Alignment Demand Forecasting Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Organizing Product Development Product Improvements Product Strategies Requirements Analysis Research and Development Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Software Development Management Stakeholder Management Technical Credibility Technical Writing Technologically Savvy

The anticipated pay range for this position in the primary posting location is:

48.60000 - 77.39500

The anticipated pay ranges for additional locations are:

The anticipated base pay range for this position in SPAIN is EUR 55.400 to EUR 87.860
The anticipated base pay range for this position in PORTUGAL is EUR 42.100 to EUR 67.505

Benefits:

In addition to base pay we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location where the actual amount is based on the employees and companies performance of the previous calendar year or sales commissions. Moreover we offer vacation days parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks bereavement leave caregiver leave volunteer leave well-being reimbursement programs for financial physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards and subject to the terms of their respective plans employees - and in some locations eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information visit Employee benefits Supporting well-being & career growth Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.