Product Manager Advisor - Data & AI Execution & Enablement

Domicile Information: This is a hybrid position located in Plano TX (first preference), Memphis, TN or Pittsburgh PA. Candidates must live within 50 miles of the campus location. Employees will be required to work at the Fed Ex campus location several times per week.

Under limited supervision, this individual is responsible for:

Driving both the overarching program governance for our AI delivery pipeline and the direct, hands‑on project execution of our most complex, end‑to‑end Data and AI use cases from initial intake through production handoff.

Independently partnering with commercial and enterprise business units to manage demand intake, ensuring business owners understand the delivery process, current status, and next steps while directly managing complex cross‑functional builds.

Leading communication management across all active use cases—establishing and running weekly operational syncs to proactively unblock engineering pods, capture delivery learnings, and systematically synthesize weekly achievements and roadblocks for upward reporting.

Serving as the connective tissue across projects to identify technical redundancies, isolate high‑value reusable components (such as prompt architectures, connectors, or models), and collaborate with technical leads to publish these standardized patterns for enterprise‑wide use.

Leading comprehensive upward executive reporting across all program lenses—aggregating and communicating training progress, holistic value delivery, Voice of the Customer (VoC) survey results, and execution cycle times. Managing stakeholder feedback loops by surveying program participants, actively improving survey response rates, analyzing VoC insights to refine delivery processes, and crafting compelling storylines and demo videos to showcase delivered AI capabilities to senior and enterprise leaders.

Identifying and prioritizing process improvements, including Business Requirement Document (BRD) standardization and enterprise agility tool governance. Leading and executing complex AI development initiatives across large, cross‑functional work teams, and actively coaching others in less senior positions.

About the Role
- Product Manager Advisor
- Data & AI Execution & Enablement operates as a dual‑hatted leader within our Data Science and AI department: you are both the architect of our overall AI delivery program and the direct, hands‑on project delivery lead for our most complex AI use cases. While business units and their technical counterparts retain long‑term product ownership, you are responsible for managing the execution, deployment, and executive visibility of Machine Learning and Generative AI Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) built by our specialized teams of Data Scientists and AI Engineers.

Our department operates a flexible,three-tier service model to deliver AI solutions for commercial and enterprise stakeholders:

• Direct Project Execution (Hands‑On Delivery):When high‑complexity, end‑to‑end AI use cases enter our pipeline without dedicated project management coverage, you step in directly to lead them—managing sprint cadences, unblocking Data Scientists and AI Engineers, aligning stakeholders, and driving the build from kickoff to UAT sign‑off.
• Lead Communication Management:Act as the operational drumbeat for the department. You will facilitate the weekly alignment meetings that bring our technical leads together, helping…