Senior Technical Product Manager - AI, R&D

Transforming the Future of Enterprise Planning

At o9, our mission is to be the Most Value-Creating Platform for enterprises by transforming decision-making through our AI-first approach. By integrating siloed planning capabilities and capturing millions—even billions—in value leakage, we help businesses plan smarter and faster.

This not only enhances operational efficiency but also reduces waste, leading to better outcomes for both businesses and the planet. Global leaders like Google, PepsiCo, Walmart, T-Mobile, AB InBev, and Starbucks trust o9 to optimize their supply chains.

Role: Senior Technical Product Manager - AI, R&D

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)

About o9 Solutions:

o9 Solutions is a leading enterprise AI software platform provider dedicated to transforming planning and decision-making capabilities for the world's largest organizations. We are building the next generation of AI-powered solutions to help businesses optimize their operations and drive innovation. Our Next-Gen AI R&D team is at the forefront of this mission, pushing the boundaries of what's possible with artificial intelligence and enabling enterprises to capture billions in value through our AI-driven platform – the o9 Digital Brain. We leverage cutting-edge AI/ML, data science, and advanced analytics to provide integrated business planning solutions across supply chain, commercial, and financial functions.

About the role...

As a Technical Product Manager for the AI platform, you will be a pivotal member of our dynamic AI R&D Team. You will own and drive product and platform initiatives that significantly accelerate o9’s strategy to drive AI transformation for large enterprises. This role bridges the gap between complex AI capabilities and real-world business problems, ensuring our solutions provide exceptional value to global enterprises.

What you will do in this role:

• Thought Leadership: Be a thought leader internally on Agentic GenAI platforms and tools, continuously researching new technology trends in this space. Actively stay updated on advancements in AI and ML technologies and apply them to evolving product strategies, tracking market-leading tools and technologies defining the entire stack for AI Agents.

• Product Definition & Development: Translate complex business problems and customer needs into detailed product requirements, functional specifications, use cases, and mock-ups, with a strong focus on AI/ML applications. Define requirements in the form of PRDs, User stories, and Product acceptance criteria documents to be used during PDLC.

• AI/ML Solutioning & Collaboration: Work closely with AI/ML engineers and software development teams to conceptualize, design, and productize cutting-edge AI/ML models (e.g., time series forecasting, optimization, predictive/prescriptive analytics) into scalable, user-friendly features.

• Hands-on Prototyping & Testing: Build demos and Proofs of Concept (PoCs) on new agentic AI platforms to demonstrate key capabilities and approach differences. Be a hands-on UAT tester, acting as a proxy for users who build agents and workflows powered by enterprise knowledge sources on our platform. Validate newly developed features working with QA and track key metrics around PSR and Regressions.

• Agile Leadership: Run and drive scrum meetings, weekly and daily standups as appropriate to ensure on-time and high-quality delivery of features and product capabilities.

• Stakeholder & Customer Engagement: Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including engineering, sales, pre-sales, and delivery to prioritize features, manage backlogs, and ensure seamless product development and launch. Attend customer calls and presales/sales calls to stay close to the customers, especially as it relates to platform capabilities to build AI agents. Collect and analyze customer feedback and leverage that to partner with leadership to make roadmap changes.

• Market & Customer Insight: Conduct market research, analyze competitive landscapes, and gather in-depth customer feedback to identify product gaps, new opportunities, and areas for continuous improvement. Participate in client engagements to solicit feedback and demonstrate product value.

• Product Evangelism: Act as a subject matter expert and evangelist for your AI/ML products, clearly articulating innovations and differentiators to internal and external stakeholders. Provide product training and support to sales, pre-sales, and delivery teams. Evangelize product capabilities for Product marketing, sales, customers, market analysts, and media.

What you’ll have...

Must Have:

• Experience: 5+ years of product management experience, with at least 2 years focused on AI/ML-driven software solutions, and a strong desire to be a hands-on senior member of the product management team that partners closely with engineering.

• Technical Acumen: Possess a deep understanding of Agentic frameworks, RAG, AI/ML fundamentals, CI/CD pipelines and the technical intricacies of deploying and maintaining AI solutions in an enterprise SaaS environment.

• Problem-Solving: Strong capability to think on the feet, analyze, imagine, and solve problems with high attention to detail. Proven ability to analyze complex problems, synthesize information, evaluate alternative solutions, and make data-driven decisions.

• Communication: Excellent written, oral communication, and presentation skills. Exceptional ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise, and compelling narratives for diverse audiences. Strong product storytelling mindset.

• Collaboration: Highly collaborative and skilled in forging strong relationships across key stakeholders. Comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, able to think big while paying careful attention to detail Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior-level leaders and executives.

Nice to Have:

• Ex-founders and substantial startup experience in a high-pace environment.

• Data Science/engineering experience with hands-on exposure to GenAI technologies such as RAG, Fine Tuning, AI agents, etc.

What we’ll do for you:

• Flat organization: With a very strong entrepreneurial culture (and no corporate politics).

• Great people and unlimited fun at work.

• Possibility to really make a difference in a scale-up environment.

• Support network: Work with a team you can learn from every day.

• Diversity: We pride ourselves on our international working environment.

• AI is firmly on every CEO's agenda, o9 @ Davos & Reflections:  https://o9solutions.com/articles/why-ai-is-topping-the-ceo-agenda/

• Work-Life Balance: https://youtu.be/IHSZeUPATBA?feature=shared

• Feel part of A team: https://youtu.be/QbjtgaCyhes?feature=shared

How the process works...

• Respond with your interest to us.

• We’ll contact you either via video call or phone call - whatever you prefer, with the further schedule status.

• During the interview phase, you will meet with the technical panel for 60 minutes. We will contact you after the interview to let you know if we’d like to progress your application.

• There will be 2-3 rounds of technical discussion followed by a Managerial round.

• We will let you know if you’re the successful candidate.

Good luck!

Why Join o9 Solutions?

At o9, you'll be at the forefront of AI innovation, working with a dynamic team that's shaping the future of enterprise solutions. You'll work on an AI-driven platform that delivers significant value and digital transformation to leading global enterprises. We offer a stimulating and rewarding environment where your contributions directly impact cutting-edge projects. You'll gain invaluable experience with the latest AI technologies and significantly grow your skills. Join one of the fastest-growing technology companies with a flat organizational structure and an entrepreneurial culture, and be part of an international working environment that values diversity and collaboration. Be a key player in building the next generation of intelligent solutions that truly transform businesses!

More about us… 

At o9, transparency and open communication are at the core of our culture. Collaboration thrives across all levels—hierarchy, distance, or function never limit innovation or teamwork. Beyond work, we encourage volunteering opportunities, social impact initiatives, and diverse cultural celebrations.

With a $3.7 billion valuation and a global presence across Dallas, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid, London, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul, and Munich, o9 is among the fastest-growing technology companies in the world. Through our aim10x vision, we are committed to AI-powered management, driving 10x improvements in enterprise decision-making. Our Enterprise Knowledge Graph enables businesses to anticipate risks, adapt to market shifts, and gain real-time visibility. By automating millions of decisions and reducing manual interventions by up to 90%, we empower enterprises to drive profitable growth, reduce inefficiencies, and create lasting value.

o9 is an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, ensuring a fair and unbiased hiring process. Join us as we continue our growth journey!