AI-First Product Manager (LA-based hybrid role)

The role

You will lead product discovery and delivery in a consultative, client-facing role. You will partner with clients, designers, and engineers to shape AI-enabled products and manage product backlogs.

What you will do

• Partner with clients to translate business problems into product opportunities
• Lead discovery workshops, stakeholder interviews, and alignment sessions
• Define product goals, success metrics, and outcomes
• Evaluate trade-offs and make recommendations in uncertain environments
• Own and manage the product backlog, including prioritization and roadmap planning
• Collaborate with Engineering and Design to deliver solutions
• Ensure clarity of requirements, acceptance criteria, and scope
• Manage risks, dependencies, and changing priorities
• Act as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders
• Use AI tools to improve personal and team productivity

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Product Manager in consulting, agency, or client-facing environments
• 4+ years of experience working with cross-functional teams with Engineering and Design
• Strong experience leading discovery and delivery simultaneously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-changing contexts
• Hands-on experience using AI tools in day-to-day work
• Familiarity with modern AI product patterns, including RAG-based systems
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers on AI-related initiatives
• Strong technical curiosity
• Confident facilitating conversations with senior stakeholders
• Pragmatic, outcome-focused decision-making
• Ability to balance client needs, delivery constraints, and business realities

Nice to have

• Experience delivering AI or data-driven products
• Background in enterprise, regulated, or complex domains
• Experience mentoring junior PMs or shaping PM practices
• Familiarity with Agile / Lean product delivery frameworks

Benefits

• Work on meaningful, complex problems across industries
• Collaborate with experienced product, design, and engineering leaders
• Strong emphasis on learning, feedback, and professional growth
• Opportunity to help shape how modern, AI-enabled products are built

About the company

TribalScale is a digital innovation and consulting firm that helps organizations build, modernize, and scale digital products. They work at the intersection of strategy, product, design, and engineering to solve complex business problems.