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BECU · 1 month ago

Staff AI Product Strategy & Innovation Manager

Tukwila, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$118K/yr - $220K/yr

7+ years exp

BECU is a financial institution focused on serving its members and communities since 1935. As a Staff AI Product Strategy & Innovation Manager, you will define and execute the strategy for new AI products, ensuring they provide meaningful experiences for employees and members while driving innovation across the organization.

Banking

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead Product Strategy: Define and communicate the vision, roadmap, and priorities for our new AI products, ensuring alignment across teams and leadership

Own Outcomes: Take full responsibility for product success, including executive-level narratives, trade-offs, and decision-making

Translate Needs into Action: Convert stakeholder requirements into clear product roadmaps, PRDs, and actionable stories for engineering teams

Drive Delivery: Partner with engineering to execute across retrieval, ranking, UX, and analytics, ensuring timely and high-quality releases

Measure Impact: Establish dashboards and analytics to track adoption, performance, and member experience improvements

Champion Enablement: Develop training, job aids, and communication plans to drive adoption and understanding of AI tools

Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with AI engineers, contact center teams, marketing, compliance, and leadership to deliver impactful solutions

Mentor and Share Knowledge: Coach junior team members and lead information-sharing sessions to foster innovation and growth

Qualification

AI product strategyProduct execution skillsAdvanced knowledge of AIEnterprise knowledge systemsProject managementResearch skillsWriting skillsPresentation skillsCollaboration skills

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in technology, business, or related discipline

7+ years of experience in product ownership, project management, or development roles

Preferred

Advanced degree preferred

Exceptional writing, editing, and presentation skills

Ability to research and learn new concepts to accelerate innovation

Proven experience identifying business and customer needs and formulating solutions

Advanced product execution skills (roadmaps, PRDs, prioritization, experimentation, KPI design)

Advanced knowledge of AI concepts (prompting, grounding/RAG, evaluation, safety/guardrails) and data governance basics

Experience with enterprise knowledge systems and release processes

Familiarity with LLM evaluation, online/offline testing, and human-in-the-loop review

Benefits

401(k) Company Match (up to 3%)

4% annual contribution to your 401(k) by BECU

Medical, Dental and Vision (family contributions as well)

PTO Program + Exchange Program

Tuition Reimbursement Program

BECU Cares volunteer time off + donation match

Company

BECU

Glassdoor3.7

As a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative, BECU is guided by the credit union philosophy of “people helping people.” In fact, putting people over profit guides our everyday business decisions.

Founded in 1935

Tukwila, Washington, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.becu.org/landing/fintech-incubator

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