About the Company
We are seeking a hands-on, execution-focused Principal AI Product Manager to lead the development and delivery of cutting-edge AI products that serve our Industrial and Public Sector customers. In this role, you will work closely with engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to bring AI-powered solutions to life. You’ll be the connective tissue between customer needs, technical capabilities, and business goals ensuring we ship the right product, at the right time, with measurable impact.
This is a roll-up-your-sleeves position for a product leader who thrives on shipping high-quality products in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. You will focus on driving execution, owning the product lifecycle, and making AI innovation real for our customers.
Location: This role is office-based at our Bellevue, Washington office.
What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)
- Drive Execution: Own the end-to-end delivery of AI products from requirements, Epics and user stories to development, QA, and launch in close collaboration with engineering and design teams.
- Product Delivery: Translate high-level product strategy into detailed, actionable product plans. Define and refine product requirements, user flows, and acceptance criteria for AI features and tools.
- Customer Engagement: Partner with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to validate product decisions, gather feedback, and iterate based on real-world usage.
- Roadmap Input: Contribute to and maintain a tactical product roadmap that aligns with overarching goals. Prioritize features based on technical feasibility, customer value, and time-to-market.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work day-to-day with ML engineers, platform engineers, designers, and QA to ensure successful and timely delivery of product milestones.
- AI Use Case Implementation: Partner with engineering and data science teams to turn promising AI use cases (e.g., image classification, generative AI, predictive analytics) into reliable, production-ready features.
- Testing and QA: Coordinate user testing, manage edge cases, and proactively mitigate delivery risks through clear specs and alignment with technical leads.
- Launch Execution: Support product launches with documentation, training materials, go-to-market inputs, and customer-facing support in coordination with sales and marketing.
- Product Analytics: Monitor product usage and performance metrics post-launch to validate success and inform ongoing improvements.
- Ensure Compliance: Collaborate with legal and policy teams to ensure product compliance with privacy, ethical AI, and regulatory standards.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s or MBA a plus but not required).
- 15+ years of Product Management experience, including at least 3–5 years delivering AI/ML-powered solutions.
- Demonstrated success in shipping production-grade AI products in B2B or industrial/public sector environments.
- Deep understanding of AI and ML technologies including supervised learning, transformers, neural nets, and generative AI with an emphasis on real-world deployment challenges.
- Experience working on hardware-integrated products such as IoT devices (e.g., drones, body cams, cameras, sensors).
- Strong UX sensibility and experience partnering with design teams to create user-friendly, AI-driven experiences.
- Excellent documentation and communication skills, with a focus on clarity, alignment, and driving progress.
- Experience working in agile environments, using tools like Jira, Confluence, Azure Dev Ops, and Figma for collaboration.
- Customer-first mindset with a strong bias toward action and impact.
Compensation & Benefits
For U.S. Based candidates: To ensure fairness and transparency, the starting base salary range for this role for candidates in the U.S. are listed below, varying based on location experience, skills, and qualifications.
In addition to base salary, this role will also be offered equity and subsidized benefits (details available upon request).
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and equity
- Medical, dental, and vision (subsidized cost)
- Health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and dependent care FSAs (DCFSA)
- Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth 401(k)
- Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- 14 paid company holidays per year
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You're a Great Fit if You're
- A go-getter with a growth mindset. You're intellectually curious, have strong business acumen, and actively seek opportunities to build relevant skills and knowledge
- A detail-oriented problem-solver. You can independently gather information, solve problems efficiently, and deliver results with a "get-it-done" attitude
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment. You're energized by an entrepreneurial spirit, capable of working quickly, and excited to contribute to a growing company
- A collaborative team player. You focus on business success and are motivated by team accomplishment vs personal agenda
- Highly organized and results-driven. Strong prioritization skills and a dedicated work ethic are essential for you
Equal Opportunity Statement
At Armada, we are committed to fostering a work environment where everyone is given equal opportunities to thrive. As an equal opportunity employer, we strictly prohibit discrimination or harassment based on race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment decisions, including hiring, promotions, and compensation. Our hiring is guided by qualifications, merit, and the business needs at the time.
Unsolicited Resumes and Candidates
Armada does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from external agencies or recruiters. All candidates must apply directly through our careers page. Any resumes submitted by agencies without a prior signed agreement will be considered unsolicited and Armada will not be obligated to pay any fees.