Senior Product Manager, AI Labs

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Intro to Position

Application Deadline: Sunday December 14th at 12:00AM EST

The Senior Product Manager AI Labs is a new role at NPR that will be core to building NPRs first GAI-focused product development team. Reporting to the VP of AI Labs this person will lead the strategy for utilizing generative AI technologies to enhance the quality and actionability of our content metadata collaborate with other teams on integrating AI products into systems and serve as a subject matter expert on AI enablement and scalability. This is an opportunity to fundamentally influence NPRs AI adoption product strategy and help build a new lean and innovative function at NPR. This role balances strategic product leadership with AI consultation ensuring AI-driven features align with business objectives ethical guidelines and industry best practices. This individual should possess a healthy balance of passion and skepticism regarding generative AI technologies and be prepared to discuss their work transparently and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Roadmap: Define and drive the vision for NPRs AI-powered metadata strategy.
• AI Enablement & Consultation: Advise internal teams on AI-driven opportunities and best practices as an SME.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work with engineers data scientists and content teams to develop and scale AI-driven solutions.
• Data-Driven Optimization: Utilize analytics user testing and experimentation to enhance AI product performance and user engagement.
• Stakeholder Communication: Translate AI capabilities into clear product strategies and updates for leadership and teams.
• Ethical AI & Compliance: Ensure AI products align with company policies and responsible AI practices.
• Market & Technology Research: Stay informed on AI advancements and industry trends to drive innovation.

The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list of required responsibilities duties and skills. Other duties may be assigned and this job description is subject to change at any time.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of product manager experience
• 2 years of working with generative AI machine learning or data products
• Demonstrable understanding and experience building products that leverage Large Language Models RAG architectures prompting function calling retrieval vector databases embeddings fine-tuning and model evaluation
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex technological subjects to non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to lead difficult prioritization discussions and to facilitate efficient and effective decision-making
• Strong command of the OKR framework including the ability to define leading indicators and use data analytics to rigorously track progress against Key Results
• A collaborative and respectful approach to work and an ability to adapt quickly to change
• A deep commitment to the mission of NPR and to the responsible implementation of Generative AI technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in media organizations and an understanding of media delivery systems
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis and experience creating functional prototypes to validate technical feasibility and user flows

Work Location & Requirements

• Hybrid Permitted: This is a hybrid permitted role. Some aspects of this role include duties that are better performed at an NPR facility. The employee will be required to be in the office preferably at the Washington D.C. location at least two to three days a week.

Job Type

• This is a full-time exempt position.

Compensation

Salary Range: The U.S. based anticipated salary range for this opportunity is $133000 - $146000 plus benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations.

NPR offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in NPRs benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness paid time off and financial well-being. Plan options include medical dental vision life/ accidental death and dismemberment long-term disability short-term disability and voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees.

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