AI Product Manager

Job Description

LeverageTek Staffing Solutions is actively seeking an AI Product Manager for a permanent position with its Ottawa/Gatineau-based customer.

Work Location

• The successful candidate will be required to work on-site 4x/week at the customer headquarters in Gatineau, QC.

Key Tasks

• In collaboration with product managers and technology owners, drive all aspects of the AI product vision, governance, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Identify, gather, and refine compelling AI use cases starting with high-impact areas, and prioritize initiatives based on business value and feasibility.
• Develop business cases and justify investments in new AI capabilities or pilot projects.
• Maintain a dynamic backlog or pipeline of AI enhancements, regularly updating priorities based on stakeholder feedback and emerging opportunities.
• Collaborate with product managers and technology owners to assess where and how AI capabilities should be leveraged across business platforms, ensuring alignment with product goals and technical feasibility.
• Collaborate with architects to assess where AI is most appropriate compared to automation or analytics, ensuring the right technologies are applied to each use case.
• As use cases are developed, collaborate with architects, product managers, and technology owners to assess which AI tools should be leveraged to meet the business goals while aligning with the overall AI vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Champion the adoption of AI tools across the organization by promoting awareness, engagement, and practical usage.
• Manage change eƯectively by addressing user concerns, communicating benefits, and helping stakeholders shift from traditional processes to AI-enhanced workflows.
• Promote user adoption through training, demos, and success stories.
• Monitor performance and value of AI solutions; iterate based on feedback.
• Incorporate Microsoft's AI roadmap and direction into planning.
• Collaborate with corporate AI leadership to align on strategy and governance.

Key Qualifications

• 5+ years experience proven experience applying AI Solutions/products (with some technical understanding)
• 5+ years experience in product or project management with a focus on data or AI/ML initiatives
• Strong skills in stakeholder engagement and management, including effective communication, expectation management, and facilitating productive discussions.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of AI/ML tools and concepts.
• Technical proficiency with data and analytics platforms is essential.
• Excellent leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Relevant AI certifications (such as Microsoft AI Engineer Associate, Azure AI Fundamentals, or equivalent) are considered an asset.
• Bachelor's degree in business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; a master's degree or AI certification is a plus

Assets:

• Experience with platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Databricks, Power BI is considered an asset.

About LeverageTek Staffing Solutions

• Thank you for taking the time to apply. Since our company's inception in March 2003, LeverageTek Staffing Solutions has worked resolutely to become one of the industry's most recognized and trusted suppliers of complete cross-functional staffing services. With hundreds of successful engagements to our credit with many of North America's leading public and private sector organizations, we are the experts in identifying, deploying, and supporting talented individuals to customers across all sectors, including academia, aerospace, aviation, finance, government, health care, high tech, military, not-for-profit, and more.
• Our responsive service and ability to deliver the right fit, on time and within budget, typically leads to repeat engagements and a long-standing relationship.
• Accessibility accommodations are available upon request.