About PanasonicWELL:

PanasonicWELL is a new venture business incubator from Panasonic, committed to innovating new services and technologies to improve the lives of modern families. Our teams are relentlessly focused on improving health, wellness and overall well being outcomes for families, nuclear and extended. By connecting hardware, software and services through industry-leading, responsible AI, our ecosystem of solutions helps families create harmony and live healthier and happier every day.

PanasonicWELL is a division of Panasonic Holdings Corporation, and operates both in the US and Japan.

About The Role:

Our vision is to build a comprehensive wellness solution for every modern family, addressing a wide range of needs across the spectrum of wellness supported by a combination of human and AI assistants. To help bring this to market, we are looking for a senior-level product leader to take full responsibility for the creation, delivery and ongoing improvement of the Generative AI Assistant that frictionlessly integrates with humans-in-the- loop. This leader will be a key driver of the planning, strategy, and execution of our Generative AI fabric to enable high-fidelity, desirable and ethical interactions to enable greater wellbeing across the collective family. Working in close partnership with executive leadership, design, engineering and strategy, this person will rely on creativity, innovation and step-change thinking to inspire and guide engineering teams and TPMs, as well as collaborate cross-functionally throughout the full product lifecycle.

You’ll be expected to utilize your full range of skills across people management, product lifecycle, user empathy and understanding, and the art of the possible in a rapidly evolving Generative AI ecosystem to make recommendations, decisions and ultimately deliver exceptional products. You’re passionate about the details, and bring stellar product instincts, and an analytical mindset to truly think through end-to-end experiences. You are comfortable rolling up your sleeves, and working independently under tight deadlines or in close partnership across the leadership team and key functions to drive towards a coherent and delightful product experience. This role is a good fit for someone who is adept at navigating ambiguity and can drive business impact from day one.

PanasonicWELL is able to employ individuals who reside in (or that are willing to relocate to) the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.

What You’ll Get To Do:

• Drive evaluation and ongoing improvement of a Generative AI engine to facilitate ongoing relationships with our consumer families, surfaced through a range of apps, hardware devices and additional devices across the Panasonic portfolio.
• Work closely at all levels of the organization, both in the US and Japan
• Partner closely with executive leadership to drive and facilitate roadmaps, as well as across all disciplines to drive prioritization and deliver new features and consumer experiences
• Work extensively with 3rd party vendors to deliver in an agile manner.
• Develop partnerships with technology and product providers to ensure successful working relationship
• Collaborates closely with cross-functional partners in Product, Engineering, User Experience and Design, Data Analytics, Backend, Partnerships, IT, Risk, Marketing, Operations, Compliance and other functions.
• Build strong relationships and communication channels with cross-functional and cross-Company (Panasonic) partners to collaborate and advocate for Product Management's roadmap, manage risks, and facilitate tradeoffs.
• Market Landscape – conducts user and market research, anticipating needs of the business and customers. Keeps abreast of competitive offerings, smart * sensor hardware trends, and wellbeing apps & services.
• Build and iterate on various processes with leaders and teams to drive alignment, simplify execution, launch products, monitor OKRs, and improve quality and efficiency.
• Responsible for project execution and roll out strategy
• Advocate for the prioritization of ongoing, iterative refinements and improvements

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent technical experience); MBA or Master's Degree a plus
• 5 years of Product Management experience with a focus on consumer experiences company.
• Hands-on experience as a product manager implementing consumer focused solutions leveraging Generative AI is a must.
• Track record of execution and launch of successful ML-based products or services with complex data creation and labeling pipelines – even better if your experience includes GenerativeAI models.
• Deep understanding of latest AI technologies such as LLMs and NLP, trade-offs between models, their abilities, inference speed/cost, safety, factuality, as well as opinions about training data and the techniques to finetune with it.
• Prior work on chat bots / digital assistants a big plus
• You have experience in taking new products and/or businesses from zero to one with the ability to point to measurable success
• You have strong product design experience delivering complex customer-facing features that drive tangible business value
• You have demonstrated experience in transforming the complex into simple, meaningful, and strategic product milestones
• You have sound business judgment and can easily communicate a business case for a new opportunity
• You are extremely data driven and have extensive experience with A/B testing and collaborating closely with data science partners
• You have demonstrated technical fluency and a track record of partnering with engineering teams to build extensible and flexible systems.
• You drive influence and alignment across cross functional partners while spearheading projects and leveraging powerful storytelling techniques
• You have a strong sense of ownership and a desire to be accountable; can roll up your sleeves and drive end-to-end product development for innovative customer experiences
• You are adept at ruthless prioritization in the face of competing priorities
• You have a bias for action and are able to execute flawlessly

What We Offer:

The future of work at PanasonicWELL is flexibility. Like many other leading Silicon Valley based businesses, we follow a hybrid workplace model post-pandemic. We believe this model is consistent with our goals of fostering a highly collaborative culture, promoting employee well-being, and developing a workplace that is engaging, equitable, and innovative.

Local (Bay Area) employees are expected to come into the office on Mondays & Wednesdays and optional on the other days of the week. Fully remote (Work From Home) employment may be available for select positions.

This position may be eligible for participation in our employee bonus program. Grade level and salary ranges are determined primarily through the scope and complexity of the role along with a review of the applicant’s experience and skills, as well as alignment with geographic market data and equity with other team members.

Employee benefits include:

• Opportunity to join a hyper-growth startup on a mission to make well-being attainable for modern families
• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match
• Life & Short Term Disability Insurance
• Supplemental Medical Coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• 12 Company Holidays
• Paid Maternity & Parental Leave
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Group and 1-on-1 Career Coaching
• Pet Insurance
• Casual Dress Code
• Catered Lunch & Snacks
• Discounts on Panasonic products
• Company Social Events

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law or company policy. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Pre-employment drug testing is required for safety sensitive positions or as may otherwise be required by contract or law. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. Thank you for your interest.