AI Product Manager Banking & Payments​/Columbus, Cincinnati, or Cleveland, Ohio; Hybrid

Title: AI Product Manager – Banking & Payments

Location:
Columbus, Cincinnati, or Cleveland, Ohio (Hybrid (3-Days))

Duration: 6 months Contract to hire

Skills Needed: 10-years product management, technology delivery, digital transformation, delivering AI or LLM products, AI product lifecycle product management, etc

The Role

We are seeking an experienced AI Product Manager to lead the strategy, development, and delivery of AI-enabled capabilities across banking and payments products. This role will partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities where artificial intelligence can improve customer experience, operational efficiency, risk management, and digital transformation outcomes within a highly regulated financial services environment.

The ideal candidate combines strong digital product management expertise with hands-on understanding of AI, machine learning, and generative AI capabilities. You will play a key role in shaping AI product strategy, guiding delivery teams, prioritizing use cases, and ensuring AI solutions are scalable, measurable, compliant, and aligned to business objectives.

What You'll Do

• Define and execute AI product vision, strategy, and roadmaps across banking and payments platforms.
• Partner with business, engineering, data science, risk, compliance, legal, and operations teams to deliver AI-enabled solutions that drive measurable outcomes.
• Identify and prioritize AI use cases based on customer value, business impact, feasibility, and regulatory considerations.
• Establish product success metrics, monitor performance, and use experimentation and feedback loops to continuously improve AI capabilities.
• Support responsible AI governance, including risk management, audit readiness, model monitoring, privacy-by-design, and operational controls.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of experience in digital product management, technology delivery, digital transformation, or related roles within financial services or regulated industries.
• Strong experience delivering AI, machine learning, generative AI, automation, or data-driven products from strategy through execution.
• Deep understanding of AI product lifecycle management, including experimentation, testing, deployment, monitoring, governance, and continuous improvement.
• Experience partnering with engineering, data science, analytics, design, operations, risk, compliance, legal, and security stakeholders.
• Ability to translate complex business needs into clear product requirements, delivery priorities, and measurable outcomes using Agile delivery practices.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with in banking, payments, fintech, insurance, healthcare, or other regulated industries.
• Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering, AI quality evaluation, and responsible AI frameworks.
• Experience implementing privacy-by-design principles, governance controls, and audit-ready AI delivery practices.
• Proven success scaling digital or AI-enabled capabilities across multiple business units, customer journeys, or operational workflows.
• MBA or advanced degree in business, technology, analytics, or a related field.