Senior Product Manager - AI Applications

Responsibilities: Own the roadmap for AI-enabled features in CRM and DMS Evaluate open-weight vs hosted models on quality, latency, cost, and risk Lead build-versus-buy decisions for hosting and fine-tuning AI/ML models Define objective methods to measure feature effectiveness for automotive dealers Develop clear requirements and guide engineering teams for collaborative decisions Manage relationships with model and infrastructure vendors including negotiation Collaborate with Legal on data usage, privacy, and AI disclosure compliance Incorporate cost and efficiency analyses into product recommendations and business cases Mentor and support early-career product managers (no direct reports) Key requirements experience in AI/ML product management collaboration with engineering and data science teams vendor and contract management data privacy and regulatory awareness ability to evaluate and compare AI models and hosting options strong business case development and cost analysis strategic thinking stakeholder management negotiation AI/ML model evaluation hosting architecture decisions cost modeling and pricing strategy