Senior Product Manager, AI

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.    

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, with a brand-new HQ based in Kanata North in Ottawa. As one of Canada’s Top Employers, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.   

At Kinaxis, we power the world’s supply chains to help preserve the planet’s resources and enrich the human experience. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries, with more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries. We are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers. 

Location

Out offices in Ottawa or Toronto - hybrid

About the role

The Senior AI Product Manager, AI is responsible for defining, delivering, and scaling AI‑powered products,

platforms, or capabilities that are strategically critical and highly visible across the organization.

The incumbent will own end‑to‑end outcomes for complex AI‑driven products or product lines, where value is delivered through various AI techniques such as machine learning (supervised and unsupervised), deep learning, natural language processing and generative AI.

As a trusted advisor to senior leadership, the Senior Product Manager, AI shapes long‑term AI product strategy, translates business and user needs into AI‑specific product requirements, and leads cross‑functional teams through the uncertainty, risk, and iteration inherent in AI‑based systems.
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he Senior AI Product Manager is also a leader and mentor within Product Management, strengthening AI product practices, rigor, and credibility across the organization.

Vacancy Status

This is an existing job vacancy

What you will do

What we are looking for

Primary Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Operations, Supply Chain, or related field. MBA or relevant advanced degree is an asset.
• 7–10 years of experience in Product Management within a complex, global SaaS or technology organization, with meaningful ownership of AI‑enabled products.
• Strong product leadership experience across the full product lifecycle, from discovery and strategy to go-to-market (launch, scaling) and optimization.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast‑evolving problem spaces; able to pivot based on learning, data, and business priorities.
• Exceptional analytical, critical‑thinking, and problem‑solving skills.
• Clear, confident communicator able to explain complex AI concepts and trade‑offs to senior and executive stakeholders.

Role‑Specific Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience managing AI‑centric products (machine learning, deep learning, NLP, intelligent automation, or generative AI).
• Experience or demonstrated leadership in AI Agents, agentic workflows, or autonomous decision systems, beyond single‑model or prediction‑only AI
• Strong knowledge of AI and machine learning fundamentals
• Proven ability to define success criteria across AI product engineering, user experience, and business impact.
• Experience partnering with Services teams, AI and platform engineering, and design teams using agile product development practices.
• Strong financial and business acumen, including experience influencing investment decisions, prioritization, and pricing or packaging strategy.
• Highly influential leader with a track record of gaining senior stakeholder buy‑in for complex, long‑term product strategies.
• Exceptional relationship‑building skills across technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%

Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day, when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Yamaha, P&G, Honda, and more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to a long-term net-zero operations strategy. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the third Friday of every month)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs, training, and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons

For more information, visit the Kinaxis website at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com.

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.com. Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description to identify candidates whose education, experience, and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.