General Information
Job Title: Expert Manager Product Management & Innovation Job ID: 102758 Work Areas: Product Management & Innovation Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time Locations: New York, San Francisco
Description & Requirements
WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK
We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the worlds best places to work. We are currently the top-ranked consulting firm on Glassdoors Best Places to Work list and have earned the #1 overall spot a record seven times.
Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, but these dont happen by chance. They require intentional focus on bringing together a broad set of backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive and inclusive work environment. We hire people with exceptional talent and create an environment in which every individual can thrive professionally and personally.
WHO YOULL WORK WITH
Vector is Bains integrated digital and analytics capability, bringing together Enterprise Technology and AI Insights & Solutions. AIS delivers cutting-edge innovation.
Youll join our Product Management & Innovation experts within the AIS team, which includes a group of experts in analytics engineering, product management, user researchers, and design. Together, we create human-centric solutions that leverage the power of data and artificial intelligence to drive competitive advantage for our clients.
WHERE YOULL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM
As an Expert Manager Product Management & Innovation, youll work on integrated teams alongside our general consultants and clients to lead development of omnichannel solutions across a wide range of industries and problems-driving the strategic vision with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, feasible, and client-aligned experiences, products, and businesses.
You have a passion for designing and developing customer-centric, innovative solutions, a foundation in product development, technical aptitude, and a collaborative mindset. With a special focus on driving innovation, youll work closely with engineering, design, and strategy teams to explore emerging technologies, validate new ideas, and guide agile development from research and planning to execution. Youll contribute to high-impact client-facing solutions while building your technical and strategic skills in a fast-paced experimentation & data-driven environment.
WHAT YOULL DO
Apply Human-Centered Design to Product Strategy and Innovation
Integrate human-centered design into product strategy, aligning research with business and customer goals, turning insights into product vision. Guide ideation sessions, journey mapping, and service design workshops to align teams around user-centric solutions. Lead collaboration with design and research teams to support prototyping and testing to ensure continuous validation while applying a strategic lens to balance user needs, reliable tech solutions, business needs, and alignment.
Support the Strategy Setting and Delivery of Proof of Concepts, POCs, and Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) and Products
Partner closely with Bain teams and clients to understand business challenges, deliver on business needs, and drive results. Apply agile and product management best practices to drive excellence-from agile ceremonies to managing risks and optimizing roadmaps. Recommend solutions that are grounded in insights and lead to measurable outcomes for users and the business.
Support Product Planning Roadmap Definition and Execution
Apply your deep expertise to generate insights across user needs, reliable tech solutions, business needs, and strategic alignment. Support the development and evolution of product roadmaps, ensuring initiatives align with broader strategic goals. Guide decision-making and effectively translate complex technical concepts into clear and non-technical language for all stakeholders. Leverage business and user insights to define size and prioritize product roadmap opportunities, articulating associated tradeoffs and mitigating risks throughout the product lifecycle.
Contribute to Building an Inspired Team
Play an active role and lead in creating a collaborative case team culture across AIS clients and other stakeholders.
Quickly integrate into client environments, building trust and influence through strong collaboration and consistent engagement. Create alignment across stakeholders through transparency, shared ownership, and momentum toward results.
Support Building Capabilities and Skills of AIS, Bain, and Client Teams
Mentor junior team members and continue building your skills in human-centered design, agile technical fluency (e.g., how products are built and scaled, and innovation-driven product management).
Contribute to internal initiatives and intellectual property in Product Management and Innovation. Capture and share learnings from client work to strengthen institutional knowledge within AIS and Bain communities.
Maintain a curious and proactive mindset, adopting emerging tools and technologies, such as generative AI, to boost productivity and enhance team outcomes.
About You
Education & Years of Experience
Bachelors or Masters degree in Business, Engineering, Design, or related field, or equivalent experience.
8 years of experience delivering innovation in consulting, tech industries, or startups.
Technical Skills and Knowledge
Proficiency using insights to guide product decisions that consider business value, technical feasibility, user needs, and business goals, with the ability to assess and lead technical feasibility.
Ability to run two to three dimensions simultaneously.
Proficient in product managing software development, with hands-on experience in AI solutions.
Experience using Gen-AI powered product development tools effectively (e.g., Synthetic, VoiceOver, Loveable, etc.).
Experience in design thinking principles and leading or facilitating workshops to cultivate design thinking innovation process.
Able to explain the technical aspects of the products worked on.
Able to rapidly absorb and interpret technical information with a deep understanding of modern design and development principles.
Experience in applying agile and scrum methodologies to lead cross-functional teams.
Experience in Lean Startup methodology and applying its principles.
Experience in product managing the architecting and implementing of AI-tech solutions at an enterprise scale (a plus).
Interpersonal Skills
Ability to manage cross-functional, inter-disciplinary teams, including engineers, designers, and researchers.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to explain and discuss approaches and technicalities of solutions with colleagues and clients from other disciplines.
Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and collaborate effectively in complex, ambiguous situations.
Passion for delivering high-impact client results in fast-paced, evolving environments.
Curiosity, proactivity, and critical thinking.
Ability to collaborate with people at all levels and with multi-office, region teams.
Working Location and Travel
This role requires a minimum of three days per week working together in person, either at a client location or at your Bain home office.
Travel is required. This position requires regional travel away from your home office, primary working location. Travel frequency and destinations will vary based on project needs.
U.S. Compensation Information
Compensation for this role includes:
Estimated annualized compensation for this role is $224,300 in New York and California.
Additional Benefits