Product Architect/ Product Strategist (m/f/d)
Procure Ai, New Bremen, OH, United States
Overview
About The Company: Our mission is to enable companies to run the world’s most intelligent procurement – human and artificial. More than 50% of today’s procurement tasks will be automated in the next 5 years, but companies face massive data gaps, hindering their path to automation. Our Augmented Procurement Platform combines augmented guided buying and autonomous procurement operations enabling enterprise procurement to reach new heights.
About The Role: We Don’t Have Product Managers. We Have Product Architects. We believe traditional product management structures are outdated in an AI-native environment.
Role Role: Instead of separating product, design, specification, and engineering into disconnected layers, we operate with a tightly integrated model built around three roles:
Product Engineers: They build our agents and applications. They don’t just implement tickets — they think in outcomes and ship production-ready software.
AI Systems Engineers: They operate deep in the technical stack. They design and build AI systems, model orchestration layers, agent architectures, and performance infrastructure.
Product Architects: They own the end-to-end product lifecycle — from insight to implementation to adoption.
Product Engineers and AI Systems Engineers work in
small, focused squads of 2–5 people , optimized for speed, ownership, and technical depth. Product Architects operate
across multiple squads , ensuring strategic coherence, product consistency, and outcome alignment. This setup combines strategic thinking, deep technical expertise, and execution power — amplified by extensive AI assistance. We are now looking for a
Product Architect
to join this model.
As a Product Architect, you are not a backlog manager. You are the driver of the product system. You translate business needs and customer insight into structured product solutions. You define what we build and why and you collaborate with multiple engineering squads to bring it to life. You leverage AI across every step of the lifecycle to operate at exceptional clarity and speed.
Our Operating Model Engineering Squads (2–5 People)
Each Squad Consists Of
Product Engineers
AI Systems Engineers (where required)
These Squads
Own specific domains or capabilities
Ship production-ready functionality
Move fast with high autonomy
Are optimized for tight technical collaboration
They focus on execution depth and technical excellence.
The Product Architect (Across Squads)
Works across multiple squads
Ensures strategic alignment across domains
Maintains coherence in user experience and system logic
Prevents fragmentation between features
Aligns roadmap priorities with company strategy
Ensures product decisions reflect real customer value
You are the connective tissue between squads
You ensure we don’t just build fast — we build the right things, in a coherent system.
How Collaboration Works
Product Architect × Product Engineers: Product Engineers build production-ready applications and agents inside squads.
Collaboration Model
Align early on problem framing.
Involve engineers during concept validation.
Provide AI-assisted draft tickets and structured logic.
Engineers refine, split, optimize, and implement.
Review together against outcome definitions.
Iterate rapidly based on feedback.
This is not a top-down relationship. It is shared ownership of product outcomes.
Product Architect × AI Systems Engineers: AI Systems Engineers operate deep in the AI and infrastructure layer.
Collaboration Includes
Validating feasibility of AI-driven features
Understanding architectural trade-offs
Shaping capabilities based on system constraints
Pushing technical boundaries responsibly
Who does what in this process?
You bring clarity of intent.
Engineers bring depth of systems knowledge.
Together, you expand what’s possible.
Why This Setup Is 10x Traditional Organizations Fragment Product Development: PM → Designer → Spec Writer → Engineering → Marketing. Every handoff introduces delay and loss of context.
Our Model
Small, high-ownership engineering squads (2–5 people)
Product Architects working horizontally across squads
Deep AI assistance embedded in daily workflows
Shared ownership between product and engineering
Reduced translation layers
Faster feedback cycles
This Structure Is Beneficial Because It
Minimizes coordination overhead
Preserves strategic alignment
Keeps engineers close to product intent
Uses AI to remove repetitive cognitive work
Enables parallel squad execution with central coherence
The result is a product and engineering organization that operates at
10x traditional speed , without sacrificing depth or quality.
What You Will Do
Own the End-to-End Product Lifecycle
Define problem statements and outcomes
Translate strategy into structured initiatives
Drive initiatives from idea → prototype → tickets → release → adoption
Architect Features in Depth
Design workflows and interaction logic
Create structured prototypes or visual representations
Define system behaviors and edge cases
Think in systems, not isolated tickets
AI-Augmented Product Creation
Use AI To
Draft and refine user stories
Generate structured squad-ready tickets
Analyze edge cases
Draft release notes and documentation
Support marketing enablement
You operate faster and with greater clarity because AI is embedded in your workflow.
Ensure Cross-Squad Coherence
Prevent duplication or divergence between squads
Align roadmap priorities
Maintain consistency in UX and system logic
Act as strategic bridge between teams
What will make you successful in this role?
A strong systems thinker
Deeply user-oriented
Comfortable reasoning about APIs, workflows, and data
Highly structured in communication
AI-native in how you work
Comfortable operating across multiple parallel initiatives
Biased toward ownership and clarity
English and German languages - C1-C2 (hard requirement)
Benefits
Regular in-person team offsites across Europe
30 vacation days
Competitive compensation package
A culture grounded in our core values:
Make it happen
Embrace humility
Foster creative disruption
Empower growth
This Is a Next-Generation Product Role: This is not traditional product management. This is a cross-squad, AI-augmented product leadership role inside a modern engineering model. If you want to help build a product organization fundamentally designed for the AI era — we would love to talk.
Procure Ai is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees—regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, or disability.
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About The Role: We Don’t Have Product Managers. We Have Product Architects. We believe traditional product management structures are outdated in an AI-native environment.
Role Role: Instead of separating product, design, specification, and engineering into disconnected layers, we operate with a tightly integrated model built around three roles:
Product Engineers: They build our agents and applications. They don’t just implement tickets — they think in outcomes and ship production-ready software.
AI Systems Engineers: They operate deep in the technical stack. They design and build AI systems, model orchestration layers, agent architectures, and performance infrastructure.
Product Architects: They own the end-to-end product lifecycle — from insight to implementation to adoption.
Product Engineers and AI Systems Engineers work in
small, focused squads of 2–5 people , optimized for speed, ownership, and technical depth. Product Architects operate
across multiple squads , ensuring strategic coherence, product consistency, and outcome alignment. This setup combines strategic thinking, deep technical expertise, and execution power — amplified by extensive AI assistance. We are now looking for a
Product Architect
to join this model.
As a Product Architect, you are not a backlog manager. You are the driver of the product system. You translate business needs and customer insight into structured product solutions. You define what we build and why and you collaborate with multiple engineering squads to bring it to life. You leverage AI across every step of the lifecycle to operate at exceptional clarity and speed.
Our Operating Model Engineering Squads (2–5 People)
Each Squad Consists Of
Product Engineers
AI Systems Engineers (where required)
These Squads
Own specific domains or capabilities
Ship production-ready functionality
Move fast with high autonomy
Are optimized for tight technical collaboration
They focus on execution depth and technical excellence.
The Product Architect (Across Squads)
Works across multiple squads
Ensures strategic alignment across domains
Maintains coherence in user experience and system logic
Prevents fragmentation between features
Aligns roadmap priorities with company strategy
Ensures product decisions reflect real customer value
You are the connective tissue between squads
You ensure we don’t just build fast — we build the right things, in a coherent system.
How Collaboration Works
Product Architect × Product Engineers: Product Engineers build production-ready applications and agents inside squads.
Collaboration Model
Align early on problem framing.
Involve engineers during concept validation.
Provide AI-assisted draft tickets and structured logic.
Engineers refine, split, optimize, and implement.
Review together against outcome definitions.
Iterate rapidly based on feedback.
This is not a top-down relationship. It is shared ownership of product outcomes.
Product Architect × AI Systems Engineers: AI Systems Engineers operate deep in the AI and infrastructure layer.
Collaboration Includes
Validating feasibility of AI-driven features
Understanding architectural trade-offs
Shaping capabilities based on system constraints
Pushing technical boundaries responsibly
Who does what in this process?
You bring clarity of intent.
Engineers bring depth of systems knowledge.
Together, you expand what’s possible.
Why This Setup Is 10x Traditional Organizations Fragment Product Development: PM → Designer → Spec Writer → Engineering → Marketing. Every handoff introduces delay and loss of context.
Our Model
Small, high-ownership engineering squads (2–5 people)
Product Architects working horizontally across squads
Deep AI assistance embedded in daily workflows
Shared ownership between product and engineering
Reduced translation layers
Faster feedback cycles
This Structure Is Beneficial Because It
Minimizes coordination overhead
Preserves strategic alignment
Keeps engineers close to product intent
Uses AI to remove repetitive cognitive work
Enables parallel squad execution with central coherence
The result is a product and engineering organization that operates at
10x traditional speed , without sacrificing depth or quality.
What You Will Do
Own the End-to-End Product Lifecycle
Define problem statements and outcomes
Translate strategy into structured initiatives
Drive initiatives from idea → prototype → tickets → release → adoption
Architect Features in Depth
Design workflows and interaction logic
Create structured prototypes or visual representations
Define system behaviors and edge cases
Think in systems, not isolated tickets
AI-Augmented Product Creation
Use AI To
Draft and refine user stories
Generate structured squad-ready tickets
Analyze edge cases
Draft release notes and documentation
Support marketing enablement
You operate faster and with greater clarity because AI is embedded in your workflow.
Ensure Cross-Squad Coherence
Prevent duplication or divergence between squads
Align roadmap priorities
Maintain consistency in UX and system logic
Act as strategic bridge between teams
What will make you successful in this role?
A strong systems thinker
Deeply user-oriented
Comfortable reasoning about APIs, workflows, and data
Highly structured in communication
AI-native in how you work
Comfortable operating across multiple parallel initiatives
Biased toward ownership and clarity
English and German languages - C1-C2 (hard requirement)
Benefits
Regular in-person team offsites across Europe
30 vacation days
Competitive compensation package
A culture grounded in our core values:
Make it happen
Embrace humility
Foster creative disruption
Empower growth
This Is a Next-Generation Product Role: This is not traditional product management. This is a cross-squad, AI-augmented product leadership role inside a modern engineering model. If you want to help build a product organization fundamentally designed for the AI era — we would love to talk.
Procure Ai is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees—regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, nationality, or disability.
#J-18808-Ljbffr