Lead, Product Management & Innovation

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Vector is Bain’s integrated digital and analytics capability, bringing together Enterprise Technology and AI, Insights & Solutions (AIS) to deliver cutting‑edge innovation.

You’ll join our Product Management & Innovation experts within the AIS team, which includes a group of experts in analytics, engineering, product management, user researchers and design. Together, we create human‑centric solutions that leverage the power of data and artificial intelligence to drive competitive advantage for our clients.

As a Product Management & Innovation Lead, you’ll work on integrated teams alongside our general consultants and clients to lead development of omnichannel solutions across a wide range of industries and problems—driving the strategic vision with cross‑functional teams to deliver impactful, feasible, and client‑aligned experiences, products, and businesses.

You have a passion for designing and developing customer‑centric innovative solutions, a foundation in product development, technical aptitude, and a collaborative mindset. With a special focus on driving innovation, you will work closely with engineering, design, and strategy teams to explore emerging technologies, validate new ideas, and guide agile development from research and planning to execution. You'll contribute to high‑impact, client‑facing solutions while building your technical and strategic skills in a fast‑paced, experimentation & data‑driven environment.

• Use deep expertise in human‑centered design to uncover user needs and pain points through research.
• Align research insights with business and customer goals to shape the product vision.
• Lead and take part in ideation, journey mapping, and service design workshops to co‑create with users and stakeholders.
• Collaborate on prototyping and testing to ensure continuous validation while applying a strategic lens to balance user needs, reliable tech solutions, business needs and alignment.

• Partner closely with Bain teams and clients to understand business challenges and deliver on business needs and drive results.
• Use your expertise to recommend and drive insights‑based solutions that lead to measurable impact for users and the business.
• Lead insight generation across user, technical, and business dimensions. Lead the development of product requirements documents, user stories and help with backlog prioritization by leveraging insight across user, technial and business dimensions.
• Apply product management best practices to manage delivery, optimize roadmaps, and run effective agile ceremonies.
• Foster effective alignment and collaboration across stakeholders while managing day‑to‑day work planning and delivery excellence.

• Use your product management expertise to guide decision‑making and effectively translate complex technical concepts into clear and non‑technical language for clients and cross‑functional teams.
• Leverage business and user insights to help define, size and prioritize product roadmap opportunities, articulating associated tradeoffs.

• Play an active role in fostering a positive and collaborative case team culture across AIS, clients, and other stakeholders.
• Adapt quickly to client environments, building…