What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Product Manager, AI position at Suffolk Construction?
| ID | 2025-10130 | Job Location : Location | US-MA-Boston | Type | Regular Full-Time | Category/Department | Artificial Intelligence |
About Suffolk
Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates, and invests. We provide value across the entire project lifecycle through our core construction management services and complementary business lines in real estate investment, design, self-perform construction, and technology start-up investment (Suffolk Technologies). By integrating data, artificial intelligence, and advanced technology through our Seamless Platform, we connect design, construction, and operations to deliver smarter, more predictable results and redefine how America builds.
Suffolk - America's Contractor - is a national company with more than $8 billion in annual revenue, 3,000 employees, and 17 offices, including Boston (headquarters), New York City, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Herndon, U.S. Virgin Islands, and other key markets. Suffolk manages some of the most complex and transformative projects in the country, serving clients across healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, aviation, transportation, government, mission critical, and commercial sectors. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #8 on ENR's list of "Top CM-at-Risk Contractors." For more information, visit www.suffolk.com and follow Suffolk on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.
At Suffolk, we believe that our total rewards program should offer you and your family the support you need when it matters most. That's why we have created a program that provides employees with access to a wide variety of options that can be personalized to support you and your loved ones physically, emotionally, and financially.
Benefits include, competitive salaries, auto allowances and gas cards for certain roles, access to market leading medical and emotional and mental health benefits, dental, and vision insurance plans, virtual care options for physical therapy and primary care, generous paid time off, 401k plan with employer match and access to expert financial resources, company paid and voluntary life insurance, tax deferred savings accounts, 10 backup daycare days each year, short- and long-term disability, commuter benefits and more. For more information, clickhere.
Role Summary
The Technical Product Manager, AI will lead the definition and delivery of AI solutions that transform Suffolk's core business functions, including Finance, HR, Legal, Marketing and others. This role bridges functional expertise and technical execution-partnering with business leaders to identify opportunities, shaping requirements into scalable AI solutions, and ensuring adoption that delivers measurable value. The Technical Product Manager will collaborate closely with engineers, and data teams to design, pilot, and scale solutions, while maintaining clear visibility into ROI and impact for leadership. Success in this role requires strong product management discipline, applied AI expertise, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes.
Product Management & Business Partnership
Lead discovery and scoping sessions with business stakeholders across corporate functions (Finance, HR, Marketing, etc.) to identify high-value AI opportunities.
Build strong relationships with functional leaders to understand workflows, pain points, and success measures.
Translate business requirements into clear technical requirements that guide design, engineering, and vendor evaluation.
Drive user experience design by ensuring solutions are intuitive, accessible, and aligned with employee needs.
Prepare clear documentation of requirements, workflows, and decision rationale to support transparent delivery.
Lead Agile sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of product features in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
AI Solution Design & Delivery Support
Partner with engineers to shape solution approaches, balancing build/buy/partner considerations.
Contribute to solution architecture discussions, ensuring designs are scalable, secure, and compliant with Suffolk standards.
Collaborate closely with delivery teams to validate functionality against requirements, proactively evaluate feature effectiveness and accuracy, and resolve scope or design ambiguities to ensure product quality and alignment with user needs.
Support testing, pilot deployment, and adoption efforts, incorporating user feedback into iterative improvements.
Document and communicate lessons learned, value metrics, and impact stories to demonstrate business outcomes.
Value & Impact Measurement
Define success metrics and measurable outcomes for each AI initiative in partnership with business stakeholders.
Work closely with the Data Analytics team to design and maintain value tracking reports and dashboards.
Monitor adoption, efficiency gains, and ROI, and proactively identify areas for improvement.
Present value realization updates to leadership, ensuring clear visibility into the business impact of AI solutions.
At least 5 years of experience in technical product management with a minimum of 2 years in AI related products.
Bachelor's and Master's in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or associated quantitative fields.
Have proven experience and knowledge of corporate functions (Finance, HR, Legal, Marketing etc)
Exceptional facilitation and communication skills-comfortable running discovery sessions, white-boarding with PMs, and demoing prototypes to senior leaders.
Demonstrated product-management mindset: roadmap ownership, KPI definition, and budget/risk trade-off communication.
Hands-on experience leading change initiatives and measuring adoption by teams.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Deep understanding of AI applications, tools, and methodologies
Proven ability to apply AI/ML techniques (e.g., NLP, document intelligence, predictive modeling, generative AI) to solve business problems in corporate functions.
Hands-on experience with modern AI/ML tools and platforms (e.g., OpenAI, Azure AI, AWS SageMaker, AWS Bedrock or similar).
Familiarity of the latest trends in AI (e.g., agentic AI, multimodal models, RAG) and ability to evaluate their relevance for Suffolk's use cases.
Candidate must possess Suffolk's Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; and reach with arms and/or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level. Job site walking.
Suffolk provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, disability, protected veteran, gender identity, age or any other status protected by law. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Suffolk will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination toward, or harassment of, applicants or employees by anyone at Suffolk, or anyone working on behalf of Suffolk.
The expected salary range for this position (Product Manager, Functional AI) in Boston, MA is between $151,000 and $212,000 USD. This represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Suffolk's total compensation package for employees. Actual salaries may be based on several factors including, but not limited to, an employee's/ candidate's skill set, experience, education and other qualifications, including budgetary objectives. Suffolk offers a comprehensive benefits package as part of its overall compensation strategy. Salary ranges may differ by geography and are reviewed regularly to reflect market trends.
Suffolk Construction and Liberty Construction are equal opportunity employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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