Emerging Technology Product Manager

The Bank Products and Services groupprovides a bank-wide product and services framework that prioritizes client needs resources and capital demands for creating growth providing TUCE and introducing greater innovation and efficiencies into our solutions and operating model.

As an Emerging Technology Product Manager you will be defining and driving the strategy roadmap and delivery of cloud-based AI/ML platforms and services that enable innovation across the financial organization. You will bridge technology business and compliance to ensure AI cloud solutions are scalable secure and aligned with enterprise goals. You will partner with architects engineers data scientists and business stakeholders to deliver value-driven AI capabilities that enhance customer experience improve risk management and meet regulatory requirements. This is a subset of the overall responsibilities which will include multiple initiatives as assigned by IT leadership.

This role is hybrid (Mon through Thu on-site / Fri remote) and located in downtown Kansas City MO.

How youll spend your time:

• Define product vision strategy and roadmap for AI/ML services delivered on cloud platforms.
• Partner with AI Cloud Architects and Engineers to design secure scalable and compliant AI cloud solutions.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements and prioritize features for delivery.
• Lead product lifecycle from ideation through launch adoption and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with risk compliance and governance teams to ensure solutions meet financial regulations.
• Manage relationships with cloud service providers (AWS Azure GCP) for AI product capabilities.
• Define KPIs and success metrics for AI cloud initiatives and track performance against objectives.
• Work with business stakeholders to identify high-value use cases (fraud detection personalization compliance automation).
• Support change management user adoption training programs and associate and customer communications for AI-enabled platforms.
• Stay informed on AI and cloud market trends competitive offerings and regulatory changes.

Were excited to talk with you if:

• You have a Bachelors degree in Business Computer Science Cloud Computing or related field and at least 5 years of experience in product management program management or cloud platform delivery OR equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• You have strong understanding of financial services operations and compliance needs.
• You have experience working with AI/ML platforms and cloud-native services.
• You have strong understanding of AI/ML cloud services (SageMaker Bedrock Vertex AI Azure AI).
• You have knowledge of cloud-native architectures data platforms and MLOps practices.
• You have familiarity with agile product management methodologies.

Bonus Points If:

• You have Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) Data Science or related discipline.
• You have at least 7 years of experience in financial services or regulated industries.
• You have certifications such as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager or Pragmatic Product Management.
• You have experience launching AI-driven cloud products in production environments.
• You have a background in regulatory technology (RegTech) or financial compliance automation.
• You have familiarity with advanced AI/ML applications such as generative AI and NLP.
• You have experience with financial risk modeling fraud detection or personalization engines.
• You have knowledge of cloud security and compliance frameworks (NIST ISO 42001 FFIEC).
• You have experience managing vendor relationships and negotiating cloud contracts.
• You have understanding of emerging trends in AI observability governance and responsible AI.

Applicants must have legal authority to work in the United States. Work Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Compensation Range:

The posted compensation range on this listing represents UMBs standard for this role but the actual compensation may vary by geographic location experience level and other job-related addition this range does not encompass the full earning potential for this role. Please see the description of benefits included with this job posting for additional information

UMB offers competitive and varied benefits to eligible associates such as Paid Time Off; a 401(k) matching program; annual incentive pay; paid holidays; a comprehensive company sponsored benefit plan including medical dental vision and other insurance coverage; health savings flexible spending and dependent care accounts; adoption assistance; an employee assistance program; fitness reimbursement; tuition reimbursement; an associate wellbeing program; an associate emergency fund; and various associate banking benefits. Benefit offerings and eligibility requirements vary.

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