Director, AI Product Management
ABOUT PER SCHOLAS: For 30 years, Per Scholas has been on a mission to drive mobility and opportunity in the ever-advancing technology landscape by unlocking the untapped potential of individuals, uplifting communities, and meeting the needs of employers through rigorous tech training. By teaming up with dynamic employer partners, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to innovative startups, we're forging inclusive tech talent pipelines, fulfilling an ever-increasing need for skilled talent. With national remote training and campuses in 20+ cities and counting, Per Scholas offers no-cost training programs in the most sought-after tech skills, spanning Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, IT Support, Software Engineering, and more. To date, 30,000+ individuals have been trained through Per Scholas, propelling their professional trajectories into high-growth tech careers with salaries three times higher than their pre-training earnings. Learn more by visiting PerScholas.org and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Per Scholas preferred hires reside within the following states: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, WAPOSITION TITLE: Director, AI Product Management REPORTS TO: Senior Vice President, AI Product Management The Role As Director, AI Product Management you will serve as the primary requirements analyst and solution evaluator within the AI Tech Solutions team. While contributing across the full product lifecycle — Evaluation, Planning, Implementation, Adoption, and Support — your defining strength will be in the upstream discipline of understanding what users actually need and rigorously validating whether proposed solutions meet those needs. You will work cross-functionally with departments across Per Scholas to translate business challenges into clearly documented requirements, facilitate structured discovery sessions, and apply analytical frameworks to evaluate and recommend technical products. This role complements the existing Senior Directors on the team by bringing disciplined process orientation and deep attention to requirements integrity. What You'll Do Requirements Discovery & Business Analysis Lead structured requirements gathering sessions with functional teams, employing workshops, interviews, contextual inquiry, and other proven elicitation techniques to surface stated and unstated needs Translate business challenges into clearly documented requirements artifacts — including user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, and decision matrices Develop and maintain user personas grounded in real usage data and stakeholder input, ensuring product decisions are anchored to defined user needs Evaluate candidate solutions against documented requirements using structured criteria (business fit, technical feasibility, user experience, financial impact), producing actionable recommendation briefs Serve as the team's quality gate for requirements completeness — ensu...