Technical Product Manager, Functional AI

Overview

Drive AI product strategy and delivery for corporate functions, aligning business needs with tech.

Key Responsibilities

• requirement docs
• technical specs
• solution architecture
• agile planning
• value reporting
• pilot testing

Tasks

Prepare clear documentation of requirements, workflows, and decision rationale to support transparent delivery. Translate business requirements into clear technical requirements that guide design, engineering, and vendor evaluation. Contribute to solution architecture discussions, ensuring designs are scalable, secure, and compliant with Suffolk standards. Document and communicate lessons learned, value metrics, and impact stories to demonstrate business outcomes. Collaborate closely with delivery teams to validate functionality against requirements, proactively evaluate feature effectiveness and accuracy, and resolve scope or design ambiguities to ensure product quality and alignment with user needs. Lead discovery and scoping sessions with business stakeholders across corporate functions (Finance, HR, Marketing, etc.) to identify high-value AI opportunities. Present value realization updates to leadership, ensuring clear visibility into the business impact of AI solutions. Lead Agile sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of product features in collaboration with cross-functional teams. Partner with engineers to shape solution approaches, balancing build/buy/partner considerations. Build strong relationships with functional leaders to understand workflows, pain points, and success measures. Monitor adoption, efficiency gains, and ROI, and proactively identify areas for improvement. Drive user experience design by ensuring solutions are intuitive, accessible, and aligned with employee needs. Define success metrics and measurable outcomes for each AI initiative in partnership with business stakeholders. Work closely with the Data Analytics team to design and maintain value tracking reports and dashboards. Support testing, pilot deployment, and adoption efforts, incorporating user feedback into iterative improvements. -Prepare clear documentation of requirements, workflows, and decision rationale to support transparent delivery. -Translate business requirements into clear technical requirements that guide design, engineering, and vendor evaluation. -Contribute to solution architecture discussions, ensuring designs are scalable, secure, and compliant with Suffolk standards. -Document and communicate lessons learned, value metrics, and impact stories to demonstrate business outcomes. -Collaborate closely with delivery teams to validate functionality against requirements, proactively evaluate feature effectiveness and accuracy, and resolve scope or design ambiguities to ensure product quality and alignment with user needs. -Lead discovery and scoping sessions with business stakeholders across corporate functions (Finance, HR, Marketing, etc.) to identify high-value AI opportunities. -Present value realization updates to leadership, ensuring clear visibility into the business impact of AI solutions. -Lead Agile sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of product features in collaboration with cross-functional teams. -Partner with engineers to shape solution approaches, balancing build/buy/partner considerations. -Build strong relationships with functional leaders to understand workflows, pain points, and success measures. -Monitor adoption, efficiency gains, and ROI, and proactively identify areas for improvement. -Drive user experience design by ensuring solutions are intuitive, accessible, and aligned with employee needs. -Define success metrics and measurable outcomes for each AI initiative in partnership with business stakeholders. -Work closely with the Data Analytics team to design and maintain value tracking reports and dashboards. -Support testing, pilot deployment, and adoption efforts, incorporating user feedback into iterative improvements.

Requirements

• ai/ml
• openai
• azure ai
• aws sagemaker
• product management
• 5+ years

What You Bring

Exceptional facilitation and communication skills—comfortable running discovery sessions, white-boarding with PMs, and demoing prototypes to senior leaders. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; and reach with arms and/or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level. Job site walking. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Hands-on experience leading change initiatives and measuring adoption by teams. Deep understanding of AI applications, tools, and methodologies Proven ability to apply AI/ML techniques (e.g., NLP, document intelligence, predictive modeling, generative AI) to solve business problems in corporate functions. Familiarity of the latest trends in AI (e.g., agentic AI, multimodal models, RAG) and ability to evaluate their relevance for Suffolk’s use cases. Have proven experience and knowledge of corporate functions (Finance, HR, Legal, Marketing etc) Hands-on experience with modern AI/ML tools and platforms (e.g., OpenAI, Azure AI, AWS SageMaker, AWS Bedrock or similar). Ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders The Technical Product Manager, Functional AI will lead the definition and delivery of AI solutions that transform Suffolk’s core business functions, including Finance, HR, Legal, Marketing and others. This role bridges functional expertise and technical execution—partnering with business leaders to identify opportunities, shaping requirements into scalable AI solutions, and ensuring adoption that delivers measurable value. The Technical Product Manager will collaborate closely with engineers, and data teams to design, pilot, and scale solutions, while maintaining clear visibility into ROI and impact for leadership. Success in this role requires strong product management discipline, applied AI expertise, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes. Candidate must possess Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring Demonstrated product-management mindset: roadmap ownership, KPI definition, and budget/risk trade-off communication. Excellent communication and collaboration skills At least 5 years of experience in technical product management with a minimum of 2 years in AI related products. Bachelor’s and Master’s in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or associated quantitative fields. -Exceptional facilitation and communication skills—comfortable running discovery sessions, white-boarding with PMs, and demoing prototypes to senior leaders. -Strong analytical and problem-solving skills -Hands-on experience leading change initiatives and measuring adoption by teams. -Deep understanding of AI applications, tools, and methodologies -Proven ability to apply AI/ML techniques (e.g., NLP, document intelligence, predictive modeling, generative AI) to solve business problems in corporate functions. -Familiarity of the latest trends in AI (e.g., agentic AI, multimodal models, RAG) and ability to evaluate their relevance for Suffolk’s use cases. -Have proven experience and knowledge of corporate functions (Finance, HR, Legal, Marketing etc) -Hands-on experience with modern AI/ML tools and platforms (e.g., OpenAI, Azure AI, AWS SageMaker, AWS Bedrock or similar). -Ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders -Candidate must possess Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring -Demonstrated product-management mindset: roadmap ownership, KPI definition, and budget/risk trade-off communication. -Excellent communication and collaboration skills -At least 5 years of experience in technical product management with a minimum of 2 years in AI related products. -Bachelor’s and Master’s in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or associated quantitative fields.

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About Suffolk Construction

-From its Boston headquarters, they expanded through strategic acquisitions in healthcare and regional offices across the US. -Their portfolio spans iconic projects like Wynn Everett casino, GE’s Boston headquarters, major airports, and mixed-use towers. -They offer full-spectrum services: pre-construction, construction management, general contracting, and design-build. -They operate Centers of Excellence across sectors such as aviation, mission-critical, education, healthcare, and hospitality. -Their approach combines cutting-edge technologies like AI, VR, and virtual design with collaborative, people-focused execution. -Notable innovations include VR groundbreaking ceremonies and AI-driven risk modeling on complex builds. -Projects range from large-scale casinos and airport terminals to universities, residential towers, and mission-critical facilities. -Despite its scale, they maintain a reputation for a regimented culture and a meritocratic, performance-driven ethos.

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