Director of Product Development, Emerging AI Products

Location: St Louis Park, MN

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The Director of Product Development, Emerging AI Products, is responsible for the planning, delivering and business management of innovative product offerings throughout its commercial lifecycle, from concept to launch. You will develop a vision for the product, set the roadmap and forecast path based on input from internal stakeholders, customers, market research, and your own industry insight.

How you will make an impact:

• Define the product strategy and roadmap
• Manage the product throughout its lifecycle: concept, launch, maintenance, sunset
• Collect and maintain traceability of requirements from all stakeholders across product releases
• Write and validate product requirements
• Run trials and MVPs to develop a go-to-market launch plan
• Monitor, report, and improve product performance
• Oversee work of product teams to ensure timely and relevant delivery
• Run beta and pilot programs as part of MVP cadence
• Develop awareness of competitive landscape to contribute to pricing conversations
• Commission competitive research activities
• Promote the product to sales teams through sales training sessions, webinars, newsletters, and other vehicles
• Represent the voice of the customer across all organizational levels
• Deliver regular (e.g. monthly or quarterly) forecasts on volume, revenue, and profit
• Develop and deliver training to sales and marketing support
When necessary, build business cases to justify increased investment

What we look for:

• 8 to 10 years of product development experience, including 3 years managing cross-functional teams
• Mastery of AI tools, including ChatGPT, DALL-E, Claude, Synthesia, QuillBot, Bard, ElevenLabs, Tome, Zapier, etc.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a product-related field in design or development
• Proven experience collaborating and leading a cross-functional product and technology team with revenue-impacting goals
• Experience with developing cloud-based platforms and products.
• Knowledge and experience in Agile development methodologies.
• Strong task planning and project coordination skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced product development environment

About Wiley:

Wiley is a trusted leader in research and learning, our pioneering solutions and services are paving the way for knowledge seekers as they work to solve the world's most important challenges. We are advocates of advancement, empowering knowledge-seekers to transform today's biggest obstacles into tomorrow's brightest opportunities.

With over 200 years of experience in publishing, we continue to evolve knowledge seekers' steps into strides, illuminating their path forward to personal, educational, and professional success at every stage. Around the globe, we break down barriers for innovators, empowering them to advance discoveries in their fields, adapt their workforces, and shape minds.

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees, for example we offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wiley's good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles either in the UK, Canada or USA. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for UK, Canada and USA based roles.

When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.

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