[Hiring] Principal Product Manager - AI & Intelligent Manufacturing Systems @Fictiv

Role Description

As our Principal Product Manager - AI & Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, you’ll serve as a strategic and technical thought leader driving the vision, roadmap, and execution of AI-powered capabilities across Fictiv’s Manufacturing Quoting and Fulfillment Platform. This is a highly visible, high-leverage role — one that shapes how AI and automation become foundational to Fictiv’s operating system for new product development (NPD).

You’ll partner directly with our AI R&D, data science, and platform architecture teams to define the core intelligence layer that powers quoting, supply orchestration, and manufacturing decision-making at scale.

You will own and evolve the product strategy that fuses advanced AI models, data-driven automation, and manufacturing domain intelligence into a cohesive system that sets new standards for operational efficiency, precision, and speed.

This role is ideal for a seasoned product leader with experience bringing AI-first enterprise platforms to life — someone equally comfortable discussing model architectures and data pipelines as they are business value and market differentiation.

You will report to the VP, Product Management.

Areas of Responsibility

• AI Technology Strategy & Product Vision
  • Define the long-term AI technology strategy for Fictiv’s digital manufacturing platform.
  • Partner with AI research and engineering leadership to translate R&D advances into scalable, customer-facing capabilities.
  • Identify and prioritize core AI product opportunities.
  • Drive the architectural vision for Fictiv’s AI intelligence layer.
  • Evangelize the role of AI within the organization.
• Deep Technical Product Leadership
  • Serve as the product owner for AI infrastructure and model lifecycle management.
  • Partner with ML engineers and data scientists to design human-in-the-loop workflows.
  • Own the AI feature pipeline.
  • Collaborate with platform engineering to ensure scalability, modularity, and compliance in AI integrations.
  • Drive responsible AI practices.
• Solutions Integration & Application Development
  • Lead the development of AI-driven application modules.
  • Work with product teams across quoting, fulfillment, and partner management.
  • Ensure AI and automation capabilities are embedded seamlessly into Fictiv’s core user experiences.
  • Act as a bridge between AI technology development and solution commercialization.
• Metrics, Experimentation, and Validation
  • Define the performance framework for all AI-enabled systems.
  • Lead data-informed experimentation programs.
  • Champion continuous learning loops between R&D, product, and operations teams.
• Cross-Functional & Executive Influence
  • Partner with senior leadership across Product, Engineering, Data, and Operations.
  • Influence architecture, resource allocation, and data strategy decisions.
  • Mentor and guide other product managers in the organization.
  • Represent Fictiv externally as a thought leader in intelligent manufacturing systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product management experience, including 4+ years leading AI or ML-driven products from research to production.
• Proven track record building AI-first SaaS or enterprise systems.
• Deep understanding of AI technologies.
• Demonstrated success collaborating with AI research teams and data engineering.
• Fluency in data infrastructure concepts.
• Strong technical intuition and ability to engage deeply with engineers and data scientists.
• Analytical rigor and comfort with experimentation frameworks.
• Exceptional communication and influence skills.

Preferred

• Domain experience in manufacturing, supply chain, or CAD/CAM ecosystems.
• Experience designing or managing systems with human-in-the-loop AI.
• Working knowledge of product data ontologies, graph databases, or knowledge modeling.
• Track record of thought leadership or published work on AI strategy.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk and hear; use hands to keyboard, fingers, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, crawl, reach, and stretch.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401K plan.
• Monthly Virtual Work stipend.
• Annual Education stipend.
• Parental leave programs.
• Paid volunteer days.
• Onboarding setup, including ergonomic supplies.
• And much, much more!

Salary Range

$210,000 to $230,000 per year, based upon experience.

Company Description

Fictiv is transforming how the next rockets, self-driving cars, and life-saving robots are designed, developed, and delivered to customers around the world. People who succeed at Fictiv are talented, creative, and driven to achieve professional excellence and support our vision to help product innovators create.

• We’re actively seeking teammates who bring diverse perspectives and experience.
• Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.
• Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.
• Have an ‘always learning’ mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.
• Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates.