AI Program and Product Management Leader - USA - CA - San Jose (Ridder), United States
$193,050 - $275,800 USD yearly
Originally posted 11 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role will coordinate across business stakeholders, product owners, data and engineering teams, and external partners to ensure AI initiatives are prioritized, executed effectively, and delivered on schedule.
What you'll do
- Manage the portfolio of AI products and initiatives across functions, including intake, assessment, prioritization, sequencing, and status tracking.
- Partner with business stakeholders to identify high-value AI use cases and clarify goals, expected outcomes, dependencies, and success metrics.
- Coordinate closely with internal engineering, data, analytics, product, and operational teams to move initiatives from concept to delivery.
- Establish and run operating cadences for AI portfolio reviews, delivery check-ins, risk escalation, and executive reporting.
- Track milestones, schedules, resource dependencies, and delivery risks across multiple AI programs and workstreams.
- Support development of portfolio governance processes, intake frameworks, prioritization criteria, and decision-making mechanisms.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business, operations, or related discipline.
- 15+ years of experience in transformation, strategy, program management, digital innovation, or AI-adjacent leadership roles.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives in a global, matrixed organization.
- Strong understanding of AI, including generative AI, enterprise AI, automation, data-driven workflows, and related technologies.
- Experience working in manufacturing, industrial, engineering, or similarly complex operational environments.
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Comfort with AI tools and the ability to evaluate and prototype ideas.
Nice to have
- Modern, transformation-oriented mindset with a bias toward action and measurable business impact.
- Able to operate effectively in ambiguity and create structure where needed.
Skills: AI products, portfolio management, prioritization, stakeholder management, roadmap
This role has been open 34 days — well below the 44-day median for Product Management roles.
Product Management · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
66
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Median days open
44 d
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Median salary
$248k
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| Metric | Lumentum | All employers we track in this specialty (66 roles · 21 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 66 |
| Median days open | 34 d | 44 d (−10 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $248k |
Skills observed across this category: AI products, portfolio management, prioritization, stakeholder management, roadmap
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 21 open roles · median 41 d
- Qualcomm · 10 open roles · median 63 d
- AMD · 7 open roles · median 48 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 4 open roles · median 14 d
- Analog Devices · 3 open roles · median 33 d
- Intel Corporation · 2 open roles · median 33 d
How we counted: 66 open Product Management (AI ML Hardware) roles from 21 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.