AI Product Manager

General information

Career area

Technology

Work Location(s)

601 S. Tryon Street, NC

Remote?

No

Ref #

17779

Posted Date

Friday, June 21, 2024

Working time

Full time

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You're constantly evolving, so shouldn't your opportunities be, too?

Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

The Opportunity

At Ally, you get a startup feel, but experience the benefits of a company that's worked out the kinks and is fulfilling its purpose. We're always evolving and see that as a good thing. From owning our work to seeing its impact in the real world, our team is relentless in finding new ways technology can help make experiences better and help people. We are problem solvers, we value diverse thinking, we support one another, and we challenge ourselves to think bigger in the journey to deliver customer-obsessed tech solutions. To read more about what our tech team does, be sure to visit our tech blog at

The successful candidate will support the direction of the product strategy in partnership with the business and technical teams. The AI Product Manager - GenAI will become a subject manager expert in AI products and will collaborate across lines of business to understand requirements, present solutions, gather feedback, and maintain relationships in an evolving environment. Lead the strategy and development of AIly GenAI Platform.

The Work Itself

• Understand company's AI architecture and use influencing skills to ensure right digital solutions are being deployed in right order
• Collaborate with several Matrix partners, including IT and enterprise teams, to prioritize and execute on key strategic digital programs and projects to bring digital roadmap to realization
• Create, maintain and update detailed project plans that will drive expert schedule, resource and stakeholder management
• Collaborate closely with data scientist, engineering and architects on overall platform delivery
• Establish Agile release cadence to ensure value being delivered into business as often as possible
• Facilitate requirements gathering to ensure solutions will achieve desired business results
• Anticipate potential scope issues and proactively address internally and with stakeholders
• Aggressively pursue project excellence to deliver commitments on time and with high level of attention to detail and bottom-line focus
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risk, and expeditiously resolve project issues
• Lead, motivate, and develop project analysts, including succession planning
• Encourage and facilitate strong project communication with your team using collaboration tools, in person meetings, and "management by walking around"
• Develop and maintain updates/reporting to senior leaders to create consistent transparency to digital roadmap and impacts
• Support regular project update deliverables for executive presentations
• Develop trusted relationships with your stakeholders - listen actively to their concerns/questions to understand their requests/perspectives
• Develop and maintain process and procedure documentation
• Engage in and fully support a culture of Diversity and Inclusion

The Skills You Bring

• 5+ years managing simple to complex digital projects as a Product Owner or Product Manager at an enterprise level
• 5+ years working with stakeholders on gathering requirements, prioritizing requests, and collaborating with partners to achieve goals and deliver results in an Agile environment
• 3+ years managing a team of direct reports
• Bachelor's degree in Project Management or related discipline; master's preferred
• Intermediate/advanced knowledge of Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and project management software (JIRA)
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or Certified Scrum Master (Agile) or equivalent
• Experience supporting business units to develop AI Strategies for product is preferred
• Experience communicating and presenting information
• Experience in consumer financing industry (auto, mortgage, etc.) and with the supply chain process
• Experience identifying, assessing, and managing risk
• Flexible attitude, ability to perform under pressure, ability to achieve balance between the right technical and business solution, ability to translate complex technical information into simple terms, commitment to quality, thorough approach, and pride in what we deliver
• Passion for creating leading edge solutions to complex business problems, appetite for career advancement through expanded responsibility, desire to learn new things and work on different teams, interest in solving the puzzle (intellectual curiosity), objective thinking and perspective (courage of our convictions)

How We'll Have Your Back

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:

• Time Away: 11 paid holidays, 20 paid time off days, and 8 hours of volunteer time off, yearly (paid time off is prorated based on start date)
• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers program and other employee discount programs.
• Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
• To view more detailed information about Ally's Total Rewards, please visit this link:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at (see below) Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Base Pay Range: An individual's position in the range is determined by the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer.

Emerging

110000

Experienced

145000

Expert

180000

Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.