AI Technical Product Manager II (Supply Chain Operations)

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Job Description: AI Technical Product Manager II (Supply Chain Operations)

Role Summary:

As a Technical Product Manager specializing in AI Solutions this role will be critical in driving the development of generative AI products and solutions within Cencoras global supply chain role requires a seasoned product management professional with supply chain / logistics domain expertise who can independently own and drive AI initiatives across inventory optimization demand forecasting logistics warehouse automation and strategic will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product vision prioritize features and deliver innovative AI-enabled tools that meet business needs.

The AI Technical Product Manager will own stakeholder engagements and end-to-end solution delivery for our supply chain AI solutions this role they will lead product discovery define and document requirements manage product development cycles with internal and external vendor resources engage with stakeholders and users to elicit and document requirements and oversee and/or execute on testing and support.

The successful candidate will have a deep knowledge of and passion for AI technology particularly its application in enterprise environments to drive impactful business outcomes. This position requires an experienced product manager who can work independently while collaborating with the broader AI IT and business stakeholders. This role resides within our Global Data and Technology Services organization (GDATS) as part of the Data Analytics and AI domain at Cencora.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with business partners and the broader IT organization to deliver impactful AI solutions.

• Conduct analysis and gather insights to identify and prioritize high-value use cases for AI-enabled tools.

• Advise and consult stakeholders on build vs buy decisions employing a strategic data-driven approach to decision-making.

• Collaborate with the team to define product goals align with business priorities and ensure product roadmaps reflect stakeholder needs.

• Develop detailed product requirements documents (PRDs) write user stories and create functional specifications to guide the development of AI-driven business solutions.

• Oversee the creation of test plans perform system integration testing validate test results and address any issues during testing phases.

• Work closely with end users to optimize product adoption provide training and offer support for prompt engineering and tool usage.

• Create test iterate and publish production-ready prompts for supply chain and operations use cases ensuring optimal performance and accuracy

• Mentor product specialists and business analysts with potential to build and lead a team as the portfolio grows

Experience and Educational Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Business Supply Chain or a related field

• 7-10 years of relevant product management or related work experience required.

• Demonstrated experience defining and executing on AI products in an enterprise or B2B/B2C product environment.

Minimum Skills Knowledge and Ability Requirements:

• Strong leadership and collaboration skills within cross-functional teams.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with a passion for exploring the capabilities of AI in enterprise environments.

• Enthusiasm for AI technology and its innovative application in enterprise settings including a functional understanding of AI language models APIs and software tools.

Preferred Domain Expertise:

• 5 years of hands-on experience in supply chain/logistics operations management

• Familiarity with supply chain operations platforms such as Manhattan Associates or similar

• Demonstrated success implementing AI/ML solutions supply chain context preferred

• Experience with supply chain analytics; Databricks or other data fabric platforms a plus

• Hands-on prompt engineering experience including creating testing and optimizing prompts for production use

• Enterprise AI platform experience(Azure OpenAI Services preferred but experience with OpenAI Anthropic AWS Bedrock or similar platforms acceptable)

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation benefits and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members ability to live with purpose every addition to traditional offerings like medical dental and vision care we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical emotional financial and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families which may include backup dependent care adoption assistance infertility coverage family building support behavioral health solutions paid parental leave and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth we also offer a variety of training programs professional development resources and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs employee resource groups volunteer activities and much more. For details visit

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