Product Manager AI

About The Bridgespan Group

The Bridgespan Group (“Bridgespan”) is a global nonprofit that aims to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations, philanthropists, impact investors, and corporations to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society’s most important challenges and opportunities.

Founded in 2000, Bridgespan has offices in Boston, Johannesburg, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco, and Singapore. Across these six locations, we have a diverse team of staff with varied backgrounds and experience across multiple sectors. We work with social change organizations such as TaRL Africa, Tiko, and CAMFED; philanthropies and foundations such as OSF, Women First Fund, and The Ford Foundation; impact investors such as TPG’s Rise Fund, Black Ambition, and AfricInvest; and bold funding collaboratives such as TED’s Audacious Project and Co-Impact.

Bridgespan aims for a world where all people have the opportunity to flourish. Given how society works today—as manifest in systems and mindsets that have developed over time—that opportunity is not accessible to all. We are committed to equity, specifically to doing work to help ensure that race, gender, and other dimensions of identity are not determinants of life outcomes and to building an organization where the diverse set of individuals we need can thrive in pursuit of their full professional potential, and to proactively addressing the systems that help or hinder these goals. It is a commitment to both external equity work and internal inclusivity that gets Bridgespan closer to achieving its mission.

Position

We are seeking a Product Manager, AI to help shape how artificial intelligence is applied across Bridgespan’s workflows, tools, and systems to improve how we work and how we deliver impact.

This role focuses on identifying high-value opportunities to apply AI, structuring and testing solutions, and driving the development of scalable, secure, and effective AI-enabled workflows.

It complements existing product management efforts by focusing on AI-driven opportunities across workflows, tools, and systems.

This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of business, technology, and emerging AI capabilities, helping Bridgespan thoughtfully incorporate AI into how we operate and deliver our work.

This role will operate across both experimentation and scaling of AI-enabled solutions, with specific focus areas evolving based on organizational priorities.

Who you are

You are an experienced Product Manager who enjoys working in ambiguity and bringing structure to new problem spaces.

You are comfortable working across business and technology teams, and you have a strong ability to translate real-world problems into practical, testable solutions.

You are excited about the potential of AI, but you approach it with a pragmatic, outcome-oriented mindset. You are equally comfortable exploring new ideas and driving toward tangible impact.

You thrive in collaborative environments and are energized by working with stakeholders to identify opportunities, test ideas, and evolve solutions over time.

What you’ll do

As a Product Manager, AI, you will work closely with business stakeholders, Technology, and cross-functional partners working alongside existing product management efforts, to structure, test, and scale AI-enabled solutions across Bridgespan’s workflows, tools, and systems.

Key responsibilities include:

Opportunity Identification & Discovery

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand workflows, pain points, and opportunities for applying AI
• Clearly frame problems and identify where AI can create meaningful value

Experimentation & Prototyping

• Structure and drive experiments to test AI-enabled approaches, including defining hypotheses, success criteria, and prototypes
• Leverage available tools to rapidly explore and validate solutions
• Evaluate results and synthesize learnings to inform next steps

Solution Development & Workflow Design

• Drive the development of scalable AI-enabled workflows and solutions for use cases ensuring solutions are grounded in real-world needs and ways of working
• Translate business needs into clear solution approaches and requirements, applying appropriate structure and rigor based on context
• Partner with Technology and external vendors, as needed, to implement solutions
• Ensure solutions are designed for reuse and scalability across teams, avoiding one-off implementations

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Technology to ensure solutions align with data security, governance, and architectural standards
• Maintain strong communication with stakeholders, providing clarity on progress, tradeoffs, and outcomes

Continuous Improvement & Scaling

• Monitor usage, adoption, and performance of AI-enabled solutions
• Identify opportunities to improve, simplify, and expand workflows over time
• Promote reuse and consistency across solutions to avoid duplication and fragmentation

The ideal candidate should have:

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience, including 3+ years in product management or a similar role
• Hands-on experience applying AI tools, automation, or data-driven workflows to solve real-world problems
• Experience working with internal systems, workflows, or enterprise applications
• Strong ability to translate business needs into product solutions and drive execution
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work across technical and non-technical teams
• Comfort working in ambiguous and evolving environments
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in consulting, professional services, or mission-driven organizations
• Familiarity with enterprise systems such as CRM, ERP, or knowledge management platforms
• Experience working in agile environments and managing product backlogs

Why this role matters

AI is rapidly changing how organizations operate. At Bridgespan, we have an opportunity to apply AI thoughtfully in ways that improve how we work and increase our impact. This role will help ensure that our approach to AI is structured, practical, and aligned with real business needs—while maintaining the governance and rigor required for a mission-driven organization.

PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE US WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP, THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE VISA SPONSORSHIP

At Bridgespan, we are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion because we are passionate about helping our clients achieve breakthrough results. An organization that reflects the diversity of our clients and their beneficiaries will produce deeper relationships, engagement, and insights. Bridgespan is committed to providing equal opportunities. We serve diverse organizations and are committed to non-discrimination. Bridgespan will not discriminate against any employee with respect to any term or condition of employment, including but not limited to less favorable treatment, exclusion from employment or employment opportunities (including hiring, assignment, performance assessment and promotion) on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, gender (including pregnancy), gender identity, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, expression, veteran’s status or other protected characteristics or status. We actively partner with organizations representing minority concerns and interests to build high-performing teams that mirror the communities we serve.

All company sponsored programs including training, job, social and recreational activities are required to be nondiscriminatory and all human resource practices are monitored to ensure equal opportunity.