This is not a traditional Product Director role. You will not be managing a SaaS backlog or optimizing incremental features. As Director, AI Product Management, you are a senior strategic operator deployed into Brightstar’s portfolio companies to drive enterprise-wide AI transformation.
You will own the vision, roadmap, and execution of high-stakes AI interventions—partnering directly with executives, shaping strategy, and leading cross-functional pods of engineers, data scientists, and designers to deliver production-grade AI systems. Your mandate is to turn bold ideas into deployed systems that unlock millions in EBITDA uplift, operational efficiency, and risk reduction.
Your success will be defined by the measurable business value you create. This is a rare opportunity to combine C-suite strategy, deep product leadership, and financial accountability in one role, while shaping the future of how AI rewires industries.
Lead AI Product Strategy
Define the vision, roadmap, and business case for AI interventions across portfolio companies.
Prioritize initiatives based on financial impact, feasibility, and strategic fit, ensuring AI products directly move P&L levers.
Drive AI Interventions
Partner with C-suite executives to diagnose high-impact opportunities and translate them into concrete product strategies.
Reimagine core processes from first principles with an AI-first lens, not incremental automation.
Own the Product Lifecycle
Lead cross-functional pods (engineers, data scientists, SMEs, UX) to design, build, and scale production-grade AI systems.
Operate as the accountable owner from concept through deployment and sustained adoption.
Bridge Business & Technology
Serve as the connective tissue between portfolio company leadership, Brightstar’s investment team, and technical teams.
Translate financial targets into technical requirements and ensure engineering efforts align to measurable business outcomes.
Institutionalize Product Excellence
Capture insights from deployments and codify them into reusable frameworks, roadmaps, and best practices that scale across companies.
Scout and assess emerging AI technologies and vendors, ensuring portfolio products stay at the leading edge.
Build AI fluency across portfolio leadership and teams, ensuring that adoption is not only successful but sustainable.
10–15+ years of product management experience, including leading technical, data-driven, or AI-enabled products at scale.
Proven track record of shipping complex enterprise-grade systems from ambiguous concept to full production.
Deep conceptual understanding of AI/ML technologies (LLMs, RAG systems, predictive modeling, agentic AI) and how to apply them in real business contexts.
Strong systems thinking skills, with working knowledge of data infrastructure, APIs, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
Demonstrated financial acumen: experience building quantitative business cases, linking product roadmaps to P&L, EBITDA, ROI.
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to influence executive leaders and inspire technical teams.
A hands-on, ownership-driven mindset with the ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
An MBA or advanced degree with focus on business, technology, or strategy.
Prior experience at a top-tier consulting firm (digital, AI, or transformation focus).
Hands-on coding or technical background (Python preferred).
Direct experience in Private Equity, Venture Capital, or AI-native startups.
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What We Do
Brightstar.AI is a boutique consulting firm dedicated to partnering with flagship organizations. We focus on designing, implementing, and evolving transformational value creation plans deeply anchored in applied AI and technology.
