AI Product Owner Director
About The Position
As a Director, AI Product Owner within the Advanced Analytics Delivery, Artificial Intelligence team, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the direction of our AI product portfolio. You will own the prioritization and sequencing of a diverse backlog of operations use cases, ensuring the team is consistently focused on the most impactful and scalable solutions for the bank. Your day-to-day will involve translating business opportunities into actionable product decisions, maintaining a dynamic roadmap, and driving the reusability of AI assets across lines of business. You'll be the primary point of contact for stakeholders, communicating both capabilities and upcoming initiatives, and partnering with leadership to report on progress and strategic allocation. This role is not about project coordination—it's about setting vision, defining success, and making the calls that empower delivery teams to execute with confidence. At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in product management.
- Track record of owning roadmaps and making strategic prioritization decisions in data, analytics, or AI environments.
- Technically fluent. Understands how AI solutions are constructed and can engage credibly with data scientists and ML engineers.
- Understands operations workflows.
- Decisive and clear. Reduces ambiguity for your team by making informed decisions, documenting them, and moving forward efficiently.
- Excels at stakeholder management and is comfortable presenting product strategies to senior leadership and translating feedback into actionable priorities.
- Degree or diploma in Computer Science.
- Legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.
Nice To Haves
- Deep familiarity with operations within financial services, enabling you to assess use cases for business value and AI feasibility independently.
Responsibilities
- Continuously prioritize and sequence the operations use case backlog based on ROI, feasibility, and reusability, ensuring the team is focused on high-impact opportunities.
- Translate stakeholder needs into structured product briefs and define clear success criteria for each use case.
- Maintain an up-to-date product roadmap across all AI solutions, making it visible and actionable for leadership and team members.
- Identify and productize reusable components, models, and patterns to accelerate future delivery and maximize value.
- Act as the external face of the AI portfolio, communicating capabilities and pipeline to operations stakeholders and guiding engagement.
- Collaborate with the Senior Director to report on portfolio progress, ROI realization, and capacity planning for leadership.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Incentive pay
- Banking benefits
- Benefits program
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Employee share purchase plan
- Vacation offering
- Wellbeing support
- MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program
- Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
