AI product manager for consulting

Simon-Kucher’s AI Lab develops AI-powered products that convert our expertise in pricing, commercial strategy, marketing and sales into reusable technology assets for consultants and clients. We are seeking a highly experienced, hands-on product leader who combines genuine AI product management expertise with consulting fluency, commercial judgment and exceptional executive communication.

• Own the product, not just the backlog. Define product direction, target users, value proposition, and measurable outcomes for AI applications that productize Simon-Kucher know-how and improve consulting delivery or client results.
• Partner with consulting leaders, consultants and end users to turn complex, sometimes unfamiliar industry problems into validated use cases and clearly defined product decisions.
• Frame lean MVPs, make explicit scope trade-offs, and prioritize the highest-value capabilities for 6–8-week target cycles and subsequent fast iterations.
• Create clear problem statements, lean specifications, user journeys and acceptance criteria; prioritize ruthlessly based on evidence, value, technical feasibility and risk.
• Evaluate when GenAI, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, conventional analytics or non-AI approaches best solve a business problem, in partnership with engineering.
• Define product-level quality benchmarks and AI evaluations covering accuracy, grounding, reliability, user trust, cost, latency, security and appropriate human oversight.
• Work as a credible peer to experienced software engineers, AI specialists and designers; challenge and resolve trade-offs while respecting technical ownership.
• Drive decisions with Partners and Senior Partners, communicate options and trade-offs crisply, address conflicting priorities and constructively push back when required.
• Lead pilots, user feedback, adoption and iterative improvement; manage product risks including confidentiality, data protection, responsible AI and enterprise requirements.

• Extensive end-to-end product experience (typically 7+ years in product leadership or an equivalent consulting/product combination), with clear accountability for outcomes—not only delivery coordination.
• Hands-on ownership of AI/GenAI products, from zero-to-one MVP through launch, evaluation and improvement; evidence of multiple meaningful AI product iterations.
• Strong practical grasp of LLM-based product patterns—including retrieval-augmented generation, tool use and agentic workflows—as well as evaluation methods, limitations, failure modes and AI-versus-non-AI trade-offs.
• Enough technical depth to work confidently with senior engineers on APIs, data flows, integrations, model and architecture choices, deployment constraints and quality/cost/latency trade-offs. Coding proficiency is not required.
• Product Owner or Agile certification
• Genuine familiarity with strategy consulting or professional-services businesses, consultant workflows, partner-led decision-making and the challenge of transforming expert know-how into reusable client-facing or internal tools.
• Excellent business judgment and structured thinking; able to understand unfamiliar industries rapidly and identify opportunities in pricing, revenue growth, sales or marketing.
• Executive presence and excellent communication; able to influence and constructively challenge Partners and Senior Partners without formal authority.
• A high-ownership, entrepreneurial operating style: comfortable making decisions amid ambiguity, prioritizing hard choices, adapting to feedback and being accountable for results under aggressive timelines.
• Strong user research, experimentation and analytics skills; clear judgment on the viability, desirability and feasibility of enterprise AI products, including confidentiality, privacy and responsible-AI considerations.
• Fluent professional English
• Будет плюсом: German is an advantage

• Advance your career with exciting professional opportunities in our thriving company with a startup feel.
• Innovate by transforming ideas into cutting-edge AI products, championing AI and Generative AI through creative experimentation to push boundaries and deliver transformative solutions.
• Voice your unique ideas in a culture defined by our entrepreneurial spirit, openness, and integrity
• Feel at home working with our helpful, enthusiastic colleagues who have great team spirit
• Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning programs (e.g. LinkedIn Learning)
• Speak your mind in our holistic feedback and development processes (e.g. 360-degree feedback)
• Satisfy your need for adventure with our opportunities to live and work abroad in one of our many international offices
• Enjoy our benefits, such as hybrid working, daycare allowance, corporate discounts, and wellbeing support (e.g. Headspace)
• Unwind in our break areas where you can help yourself to the healthy snacks and beverages provided
• See another side of your coworkers at our frequent employee events, World Meetings and Holiday Parties