Senior Manager - Product, AI & Tech Platforms

## Senior Manager - Product, AI & Tech Platforms Apply locations:
Columbus, OH:
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Frisco, TX:
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Tennessee Work From Hometime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
R1012749#
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**** Job Summary
** The Senior Manager, Product will lead a team of technical product owners responsible for bringing product management discipline to technology and platform teams. This role will drive the creation of scalable platform capabilities, cross-functional prioritization frameworks, and roadmap-driven delivery in partnership with technology leadership. A key mandate is the modernization of the SDLC through AI, intelligent automation, and modern engineering practices, spanning ideation through production.

This position will serve as a critical bridge between technology teams and the enterprise operating model, ensuring technology-driven work is visible, governed, and strategically aligned.
** Essential Job Functions
*** Define capability roadmaps to move from current state to scalable platform services. Build maturity models to identify gaps and guide investment. Shift from point solutions to standardized platforms with structured releases. Embed AI, automation, and agentic workflows across processes and the SDLC.

- (40%)
* Ensure initiatives are submitted, prioritized, and visible across intake and planning cycles. Partner with engineering and Dev Ops to optimize the SDLC with automation and AI. Enforce delivery discipline with proactive management of timelines and dependencies. Drive structured feedback loops for continuous improvement.

- (30%)
* Lead and develop technical product owners to translate capabilities into business value. Build cross-functional prioritization for transparent tradeoffs. Align backlogs to enterprise goals with clear outcomes. Manage tech debt as a product with defined roadmaps, visibility, and measurable impact.

- (20%)
* Communicate transformation progress, adoption metrics, and SDLC outcomes to leadership. Champion AI-driven delivery, platform models, and product-led practices. Act as a change agent for new ways of working. Connect technology teams to the broader organization to ensure alignment with strategy and planning.

- (10%)
** Minimum Qualifications
*** High School Diploma or GED.
* 8+ years of experience in product management, or related field such as business analysis or project management.
* 3+ years leadership experience.
* 3+ years of experience working directly with or embedded within technology/engineering organizations on platform, tooling, or infrastructure products.
** Preferred Qualifications
*** Bachelor’s Degree in Product Management, Business Analysis, or Information Technology or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience.
* 10+ years of experience in Product Management, Business Analysis, Information Technology, financial services, payment, or online and mobile platforms.
* Experience bringing product management discipline to technology or platform teams that historically operated without formal product ownership
* Hands-on familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Dev Ops practices, and modern engineering delivery models
* Experience with AI/ML technologies, intelligent automation, or generative AI use cases applied to engineering or operational workflows
** Skills
* ** Agile Product Development
* Digital Product Management
* Product Road mapping
* Financial Acumen
* People Leadership
* Strategy Execution
* Artificial Intelligence (AI)
* Change Management Strategies
* Managing Stakeholder Expectations
* Enterprise Agile Transformation
** Reports To**:
Senior Director and above    
** Direct Reports**: 6 - 10    
** Work Environment
*** Normal office environment. (Remote or Hybrid), 3 to 4 days per month are required in office if within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location.
** Travel
* ** Ability to travel up to 10% quarterly
** Physical and Mental Requirements
** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily and meet the physical, mental and work environment requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions, absent undue hardship.
* Communicate/Hearing
* Communicate/Talking
* Move/Traverse
* Reaching* Standing
* Stationary Position/Seated
* Typing/Writing
* Focus and complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity metric
* Maintain focus in high pressure or fast-paced work environment
** Other Duties
** This job description is illustrative of the types of duties typically performed by this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of each and every essential function of the job. Because job content may change from time to time, the Company reserves the right to add and/or delete…