Product Manager (on-site)

Product Manager (onsite) Plano TX

Welcome to Ziosk where we empower restaurants to focus on what matters most: the guest experience!

Have you ever used a tablet to pay at a restaurant We pioneered the pay-at-the-table concept and were cooking up a plan to transform the restaurant industry. Our recipe for success has been adapting and growing to exceed the needs of our clients such as Olive Garden Texas Roadhouse Chilis and more helping them create an experience that keeps guests coming back. Today we have a full menu of solutions from hardware to software to cloud-based and AI driven products all focused on helping them create the best guest experience possible to grow their bottom line.

Our secret sauce Our people! Every day theyre cooking up bold solutions making Ziosk the leading pay-at-the-table provider in the industry.

Want a seat at our table Ziosk is looking for a seasoned Product Manager to join our Product team. The Product Manager will contribute to the overall success of several Ziosk products with a focus on integration with online point of sale systems loyalty programs and techniques for handling customer data.

This role supports Ziosks Platform & Integrations product strategy with an emphasis on applying AI driven capabilities to enhance reliability personalization and automation across our ecosystem. You will collaborate across integration initiatives- working closely with developers designers QA data scientists and business stakeholders- to ensure our products leverage AI and data to meet the evolving needs of restaurant operators and their guests. You must be able to understand the business requirements of all key stakeholders and translate them into intelligent data-informed product experiences that drive measurable guest engagement. You bring the ability to bring order to complexity using structured thinking analytical rigor and a strong understanding of how AI and machine learning can streamline workflows improve decision making and unlock new value for customers. Exceptional communication organizational excellence and proactive time management skills are essential as you operate in a fast-moving environment where both technology and customer expectations evolve rapidly driven capabilities to enhance reliability personalization and automation across our ecosystem. You will collaborate across integration initiatives- working closely with developers designers QA data scientists and business stakeholders- to ensure our products leverage AI and data to meet the evolving needs of restaurant operators and their informed product experiences that drive measurable guest engagement. You bring the ability to bring order to complexity using structured thinking analytical rigor and a strong understanding of how AI and machine learning can streamline workflows improve decision making and unlock new value for customers. Exceptional communication organizational excellence and proactive time management skills are essential as you operate in a fastmoving environment where both technology and customer expectations evolve rapidly.-informed product experiences that drive measurable guest engagement. You bring the ability to bring order to complexity using structured thinking analytical rigor and a strong understanding of how AI and machine learning can streamline workflows improve decision-making and unlock new value for customers. Exceptional communication organizational excellence and proactive time-management skills are essential as you operate in a fast-moving environment where both technology and customer expectations evolve rapidly.

The Main Course Responsibilities

• Product Vision and Strategy: Define and communicate a forward-looking product vision that leverages AI driven capabilities- such as predictive analytics personalization models and automationto enhance integrations with payment and loyalty systems. Align AI powered opportunities with company goals and contribute to Ziosks product roadmaps with other Product Managers.
• Customer & Market Insights: Gather and prioritize customer requirements incorporating AI supported research tools to identify patterns sentiment and unmet needs. Partner with the sales team to understand market demands firsthand using data driven insights to validate and refine product assumptions.
• Market Research: Conduct market research using both traditional methods and AI powered trend analysis to identify innovation opportunities. Use machine learning- based competitive scans industry forecasting and restaurant workflow modeling to shape product strategy.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with restaurant owners managers and staff to understand workflow challenges and guest experience pain points. Translate those insights into actionable AI enhanced product requirements that streamline operations and unlock meaningful automation.
• Product Roadmap: Develop and maintain an AI informed product roadmap prioritizing features and enhancements based on customer feedback market signals predictive KPIs and opportunities where AI or machine learning can create measurable business value.
• User Experience: Advocate for exceptional user experiences by collaborating with designers to incorporate AI powered UX patternssuch as adaptive interfaces smart recommendations and automated support flows- resulting in intuitive personalized tablet and platform interactions.
• Performance Metrics: Define and track key performance metrics using advanced analytics experimentation platforms and model level performance dashboards. Leverage AI driven analytics to measure product success detect anomalies forecast usage trends and identify optimization opportunities.
• Integration Ownership: Own end-to-end POS payment and loyalty integrations- incorporating AI where appropriate to enhance reliability data mapping fraud detection and operational automation. Lead requirements definition API coordination partner enablement certification flows and release readiness across multiple platforms.
• Technical Collaboration: Partner closely with engineering data science and platform teams to translate business needs into scalable technical specs that incorporate AI models APIs and data pipelines. Ensure responsible AI practices model governance and clear system architecture to support long-term scalability.

What You Bring to the Table Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Product Manager or similar with demonstrated experience designing software through the full product life cycle from idea through release.
• Shipped Products: Proven track record of launching products or features involving POS integrations loyalty programs and handling customer data.
• AI Competency: Familiarity and hands-on experience with AI tools methodologies and frameworks used for product discovery analytics automation or personalization (e.g. ML driven insights predictive models LLM powered workflows or AI assisted research and prototyping tools). Ability to collaborate with data science and engineering teams to translate business needs into AI enabled solutions.
• Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of restaurant operations workflows and customer service standards preferred.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in agile development methodologies and familiarity with software development processes.
• Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a keen eye for detail and a passion for innovation- including the ability to leverage AI to uncover patterns validate hypotheses and generate data driven decisions
• Teamwork: Ability to work independently and as part of a team managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Industry Technology: Experience with technologies used in hospitality environments such as POS systems ordering platforms and proprietary mobile devices.
• Adaptability: Comfortable operating in fastmoving environments with evolving requirements technical constraints AI driven innovations and multiple external partners.

Ziosk is an Equal Opportunity employer offering competitive benefits and compensation. Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S. and be able to commute daily to Plano TX. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa currently. No agencies or third-party recruiters please

Required Experience:

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