The D. E. Shaw group seeks an experienced product manager to join its Application Engineering team. This group develops and maintains a range of internal software solutions, including developer tools, infrastructure libraries, and web applications used throughout the firm, and integrates both proprietary and third-party technologies. This role offers the chance to lead product ownership for a growing portfolio of AI vendor tools—such as Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini—working closely with groups across Systems and the broader firm in a collaborative environment.

Manage some of the firm’s largest AI vendor products and related integration efforts, liaising between stakeholders across the firm to drive project strategy and roadmaps.
Evaluate product capabilities, gather and synthesize business needs and feedback, set priorities, define requirements, and coordinate execution across technical and non-technical teams.
Lead efforts to integrate external vendor solutions into the firm’s environment, ensuring seamless and effective adoption.
Prototype lightweight solutions, such as dashboards or other tools, to help evaluate product capabilities, communicate opportunities, and accelerate decision-making.
Help build out and manage a small team responsible for maintaining and supporting these vendor tools, including more technical individual contributors.

Product Manager — AI Vendor Tools