Head of Product AI

Overview

The Head of Product, AI is responsible for defining and executing the enterprise AI product strategy, transforming AI into a durable competitive advantage across the company’s portfolio and internal product development ecosystem.

Own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of AI‑enabled products, platforms, and capabilities—ensuring AI is systematically designed, built, tested, deployed, and scaled to deliver differentiated customer value and measurable productivity gains.

• AI Product Features & Platforms (80%)
  • Own the AI product portfolio, including embedded AI features, AI services, and internal platforms.
  • Define requirements and roadmaps for AI capabilities that deliver differentiated customer value.
  • Partner with research and engineering to move models from experimentation to production at scale.
  • Establish reusable AI components (models, APIs, tooling) to reduce duplication across teams.
• AI-Enabled New Product Development (NPD) (10%)
  • Design and lead an AI‑first NPD framework that accelerates: customer discovery and insights, concept generation and prioritization, design and prototyping, development and testing, launch readiness and post‑launch learning.
  • Identify opportunities to apply AI across the NPD lifecycle—market and customer insight generation, requirements synthesis and backlog creation, code generation, test automation, simulation, experimentation, A/B testing, feedback analysis, and standardization of AI workflows, tools, and best practices.
  • Standardize AI workflows, tools, and best practices across product and R&D teams.
• Enterprise Enablement, Governance & Change Leadership (10%)
  • Act as the enterprise product owner for AI in R&D, driving adoption across business units.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and IT leaders to embed AI into daily workflows.
  • Define success metrics for AI‑driven productivity, speed, and quality improvements.

Location:

Pittsburgh, PA or Andover, MA. Travel: 25%.

Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field preferred; BA required.

• 10+ years of product leadership experience, preferably in R&D‑intensive, platform‑driven, or technology‑first organizations.
• Demonstrated success delivering AI‑powered products and platforms from concept through scale.
• Strong background working with R&D or applied research teams, with the ability to translate technical capabilities into product value.
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority in complex, matrixed organizations.
• Experience as a senior leader (Sr. Director/VP) in driving AI transformation of internal workflows, not just customer features.
• Familiarity with developer tooling and AI‑assisted software development.
• Experience operating in regulated or IP‑sensitive environments.

The anticipated base compensation range for this position is $254,000 – $362,875 USD annually.

Competitive bonus and benefits including medical, dental, vision coverage; 401(k); tuition reimbursement; medical leave programs; parental leave; generous PTO; paid company holidays; volunteer time; EAP; and additional wellness offerings.

Smith+Naphew provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.