The Central Product Lead serves as the strategic product authority for common capabilities within the AI PDLC Working Group. This individual ensures that all capability requirements, solution blueprints, and delivery outputs remain aligned to the program's overall target state. Acting as the connective layer between Discipline Product Leads, POD teams, and executive sponsors, the Central Product Lead is accountable for requirements coherence, commonality optimization, and end-to-end benefits traceability across the program lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities- margin-top:0in;"> margin-top:0in;">Strategy & Alignment
- Own alignment of capabilities to overall target state and solution blueprints
- Drive benefits traceability from ideation through delivery
- Champion product vision at Working Group level
- Facilitate cross-capability dependency resolution
- Interface with Discipline Leads, POD PMs, and Exec Sponsors
- Partner with Central PM on milestone status and escalations
- Report progress and benefits alignment to OpCo
- Coordinate with AI Architect & UX Leads on feasibility
- Requirements & Blueprints
- Ensure commonality and reusability of requirements across capabilities
- Review and validate acceptance criteria from Primary Product Leads
- Translate strategy into actionable requirements for Pods
- Optimize requirements for cross-discipline alignment
- Monitor progress and surface risks to Exec Sponsors
- Ensure 1LOD/2LOD/3LOD governance considerations are reflected
- Prioritize cross-capability decisions and escalations
- Maintain program integrity across all capability deliverables
Required Qualifications- 8-12+ years product management; 3-5 years in senior/lead finance or enterprise tech role
- Understanding of AI/ML product development lifecycles, agentic workflows, and enterprise platforms
- Experience managing product strategy across multiple concurrent workstreams
- Strong executive communication; comfortable with Exec Sponsors and OpCo
- Familiarity with 1LOD/2LOD/3LOD governance frameworks in regulated environments
Preferred Qualifications- Experience with AI PDLC frameworks or enterprise AI transformation programs
- Background in Finance, Banking, or FinTech product management
- Familiarity with OKRs and benefits realization frameworks
- Experience with cross-functional POD structures (Agile/SAFe delivery models)
Job Family Group: Product Management and Development
Job Family:Product Management
Time Type:Full time
Primary Location:New York New York United States
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:$163,600.00 - $245,400.00
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Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.
Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.
Anticipated Posting Close Date:Oct 26, 2026
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