Senior Product Manager

Toronto / Waterloo
Venture Studio – Studio /
Full-time /
On-site
About Us:
AltaML is a leading North American applied AI company with extensive experience in building and operationalizing AI software solutions in 3 forms: The Services we offer, the Reusable IP that allows us to build faster, and the product solutions we develop through our Venture Studio. Together, this forms our business model and allows us to truly elevate our human potential through Applied AI.

We are a company like no other – we believe in making small bets, failing fast, and being better together. We are looking for creative problem-solvers who obsess about the customer to find wins across different industries.

We don’t hire for fit; we hire to add. We are looking for people who play our core values of being: Agile, Gritty Humble, and Happy. If you’re passionate about AI/ML, thrive in a dynamic environment, and want to work with a diverse team of wickedly smart people, we want to hear from you!

About The Role

The candidate will work within our LogicStream product development team as a Senior Product Manager, alongside Machine Learning and Software developers, product managers, and domain experts. LogicStream is a toolkit that allows our delivery team to efficiently deliver advanced generative AI solutions to our customers, solving their most complex problems. This role will focus on pushing the boundaries of generative AI and developing a successful platform product through rapid experimentation, customer deployment and productization of our features.

Please Note: This opportunity is available for those located within the province of Ontario and will require a certain level of face-to-face, in-person interaction based out of either our Toronto/Waterloo offices.

What You'll Do

    • Oversee the development and lifecycle of our generative AI development toolkit, including building and maintaining the product backlog, leading sprint planning, and capturing epics and user stories.
    • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to formulate a product vision, translate it into a product roadmap, and deliver product releases.
    • Conduct and crystalize user research to inform feature development and roadmap, and research product trends to stay up-to-date with AI advancements.
    • Align with our vision to develop our AI developer toolkit strategy, ensuring it meets the needs of our consulting services and supports scalability, faster delivery, and improved margins.
    • Understand client and business needs by engaging with clients to uncover technical constraints, workflows, and requirements, translating these insights into requirements that enhance our toolkit’s value.
    • Define innovative toolkit capabilities by leveraging your understanding of cloud-native technologies and AI/ML to propose new features and capabilities.
    • Shape developer-friendly interfaces by collaborating with stakeholders to design APIs and tools that enable efficient use of the toolkit’s infrastructure.
    • Drive delivery by working with the development team to set objectives and milestones to ensure the timely delivery of new components and infrastructure improvements.
    • Continuously examine and improve our processes to facilitate ongoing enhancements.

What You Bring:

    • 5 Years experience working as a Product Manager of multiple B2B software products, including platforms and/or SDKs
    • Experience as a tactical Product Manager - working with Agile methodologies and capturing epics and user stories, defining milestones and goals, working day-to-day with development teams delivering high-impact products
    • Proven experience taking a product to market
    • Strong knowledge of AI/ML and/or data science
    • Clear, and concise communication, both internally and externally
    • Professional interaction with customers and executives

Nice To Have's:

    • Experience in a startup, whether successful or not 
    • Experience with 0-1 product management
    • Experience with the full life cycle of a product, from conception to revenue
    • Experience with machine learning
    • Knowledge of additional functional areas such as Engineering, Sales, UX/UI, Customer Support, Marketing, or Finance
    • Certification or training in Product Management through organizations such as Pragmatic Marketing or Scaled Agile
    • Entrepreneurship training, for example going through Tech Stars, Y Combinator, and so on

Reports To:

    • Product Innovation Lead
Responsible AI (RAI)
AltaML employees, contractors, and associates must be trained and well-versed in the importance of Responsible AI and empowered to enact RAI principles by developing and deploying AI solutions. They should also be empowered to raise and escalate RAI concerns as required.

AltaML is responsible for elevating public discourse and awareness of AI through open, transparent communications with the broader public.

Equal Opportunities
AltaML is dedicated to fostering a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace as an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds, encompassing ethnicity, religion, disability status, gender identity, sexual orientation, family status, age, nationality, and educational backgrounds. If you are invited for an interview and require accommodations during the interview process, please don’t hesitate to let us know.

AltaML acknowledges that its head office is located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages, and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community.

We Look for A-Players Who:
- Express our core values
- Are hungry for knowledge
- Want to learn new skills
- Are respectful
- Collaborate with others across the whole company
- Share knowledge with coworkers
- Educate and promote AI and ML concepts both internally and externally
- Have a high work ethic and are self-motivated


Our Perks:
🌴Uncapped Vacation - For all full time, permanent employees. Seriously, take the time you need - when you need it.
🚀Make an Impact - Witness the impact your work contribution has on the success of our company.
👩🏿‍💻Working with PhD and Master Level Colleagues - Endless conversations around the latest in Machine Learning and Applied AI.
🩺Competitive Benefits - For all full time, permanent employees.
🏢 Office as a Resource -  Hybrid work environment with state-of-the-art office spaces that ignite collaboration.
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Our Culture:
You will be working in a high-paced environment focused on creating unique ML solutions to problems across multiple industries to generate impactful value. You will be working at a company with employees who have multiple years of industrial and academic experience in data science, software engineering, product development, and machine learning fields.
 
You will be able to experience a collaborative company culture, which means we believe in working hard, getting the job done, and enjoying the group social on Fridays. You’ll also get flexibility in where you work, what hours you work, how much vacation you take, and what you wear. We expect hard work but respect work/life balance.


Core Values:
At AltaML, we are driven by our core values. We believe that by embodying these values in everything we do, we will exceed our customer’s expectations while creating a positive and empowering work environment for our team members. We are dedicated to living our values and strive to make them the foundation for our success. 

Gritty - We are entrepreneurial, determined, and resilient, pushing through challenges to achieve our goals.

Agile - We make decisions based on “little bets” creating a safe space to take risks. We embrace an interactive process, allowing ideas to fail quickly or be scaled iteratively. Together, we continuously refine and improve our approach to reach the desired outcome. 

Humble - We listen to data, embrace new ideas, admit limitations and take ownership to solve problems. We constantly push ourselves to improve and excel.  

Happy - We ignite passion and purpose by fostering a dynamic work environment. We encourage tap dancing to work, common sense over rules, empowering team members to find joy in their contributions, and being your authentic self.