Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm that builds AI co-workers and integrates them into enterprise operations. The Staff Product Manager will define product strategy, lead end-to-end delivery across major client engagements, manage senior stakeholder relationships, mentor other product managers, and drive outcomes from discovery through delivery.
Responsibilities
- Define product strategy and vision for major client engagements, setting direction in alignment with client goals and business outcomes
- Own the product roadmap end-to-end, driving prioritization across business value, technical constraints, and delivery timelines
- Lead complex discovery and problem framing with senior client stakeholders, ensuring the right problems are defined before solutions are built
- Define product success metrics and use data to evaluate outcomes, inform priorities, and drive continuous improvement
- Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, design, delivery, and strategy to keep complex engagements moving
- Bring an AI-forward mindset to your daily work, using tools like Claude to drive product discovery, research synthesis, and documentation at speed
- Build and maintain trusted advisor relationships with client leadership, serving as a reliable strategic partner on product direction
- Communicate strategy, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly and confidently at the executive level
- Lead complex stakeholder working sessions, workshops, and decision-making forums across large, multi-stakeholder organizations
- Establish product delivery standards and practices on the engagements you support
- Mentor senior and mid-level PMs, helping them grow their product thinking, client skills, and delivery impact
- Act as a technical escalation point on complex product, scope, and prioritization challenges
Skills
- 7+ years of experience in product management, with a strong consultative background
- Demonstrated ability to define product strategy and vision for complex digital engagements
- Deep experience leading discovery, roadmapping, and delivery across multi-stakeholder environments
- Strong executive communication and client advisory skills
- Track record of driving cross-functional alignment and influencing without authority
- Experience defining and tracking product success metrics
- High accountability, ownership, and follow-through
- Proficiency with product tools across discovery, roadmapping, and delivery (e.g., Jira, Productboard, Amplitude, Miro)
- Deep applied experience with AI tools to drive product discovery, research synthesis, and documentation at speed (e.g., Claude)
- Experience in a consulting or professional services environment, or exposure to AI/ML product development or data platforms, is a plus
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