Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- Product
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Salary
- 111.300 to 139.100€ gross/year
- Location
- Leverkusen
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will communicate the AI strategy and maintain the product roadmap while closely collaborating with R&D experts to drive AI solution implementation and gather feedback.
Your role in the team
- Communicate the Digital R&D AI Strategy to stakeholders and maintain organizational buy-in.
- Verantworte die Produkt-Roadmap und das Priorisierungs-Framework.
- Prioritize opportunities based on user value, business impact, scientific relevance, data readiness, technical feasibility, risk, and adoption potential.
- Balance near-term delivery of practical AI features with the long-term development of AI-native R&D capabilities.
- Maintain a transparent roadmap that supports agile delivery while remaining understandable to R&D leadership and expert users.
- Build trusted relationships with R&D chemists, simulation experts, and other end users.
- Run structured discovery through Jobs-to-be-Done interviews, workflow analysis, value-stream mapping, prototyping, pilot groups, user testing, and feedback loops.
- Manage leadership expectations and communications on product progress.
- Coordinate with IT, security, and external vendor on product-level needs.
- Define clear problem statements, target users, success metrics, and adoption assumptions before scaling a use case.
- Drive use case validation and ROI quantification with measurable value propositions and business cases for AI product initiatives.
- Manage budget priorities and resource allocation decisions.
- Own vendor selection for non-technical product services.
- Track and report on product metrics, adoption, and business outcomes.
- Translate validated R&D problems into product requirements, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, experiment plans, and release scopes.
- Work closely with Lead AI Experts, data scientists, software engineers, UX designers, architects, and external partners to shape feasible product solutions.
- Unterstützung bei der agilen Umsetzung durch Backlog-Refinement, Sprint-Planung, Review-Sitzungen, Release-Planung und Priorisierungsentscheidungen.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- PhD in a science or engineering field with 5+ years' experience conducting R&D or process optimization in an industrial setting; OR Master's degree in a science or engineering field with 6+ years' experience conducting R&D or process optimization in an industrial setting.
Qualifications
- Proven ability to translate complex scientific, technical, or operational problems into clear product requirements and delivery priorities.
- Strong product discovery skills, including user research, problem framing, prototyping, validation, prioritization, and impact measurement.
- Practical understanding of AI, machine learning, generative AI, RAG, AI agents, data products, or algorithmic decision-support systems.
- Strong stakeholder management skills across expert users, technical teams, middle management, and senior leadership.
- Vertrautheit mit wissenschaftlichen Daten, experimentellen Arbeitsabläufen, Laborsystemen, Wissensmanagement, ELN/LIMS, Simulationswerkzeugen, Patent-/Literatursuche oder technischer Dokumentation.
- Abgeschlossenes Studium und Zertifizierungen in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, AI Agents, Software Engineering mit KI.
Experience
- 5+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, digital product development, AI product development, or comparable roles management in large global and cross-functional initiatives.
- Experience working with technical teams such as data scientists, software engineers, AI engineers, architects, UX designers, or platform teams.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in data science/ data analytics/ generative AI.
- Experience building AI products for enterprise users, expert users, or internal knowledge workers.
- Experience in defining AI product evaluation methods, model-quality metrics, human-in-the-loop workflows, and responsible AI guardrails.
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What we offer
- In addition to our diverse benefits, a full-time position comes with an attractive starting salary between €111,300/year and €139,100/year, plus a variable component.
- The starting salary is based on your qualifications and professional experience.
- Flexible working hours, work-life balance, active health promotion, and the option to convert part of your salary into long-term or retirement savings.
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Benefits
Health, Fitness & Fun
Work-Life-Integration
Food & Drink
Topics You Will Work On
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About Your Employer
Covestro AG
As one of the world's leading polymer companies, Covestro generated a revenue of 12.4 billion euros in 2019. We focus on producing high-tech polymer materials and developing innovative solutions for products that are used in many areas of daily life. Our key customer industries include the automotive industry, construction, the wood processing and furniture industry, and the electronics and electrical sector.
Description
- Company Size
- 250+ Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Pharmaceutical Sector, Chemical Industry, Biotech
R&D AI Product Owner
- Salary
- 111.300 to 139.100€ gross/yearEstimated net salary based on the gross salary in the job ad using tax class I.63.932 to 78.781 € net/year · Tax class I
- Location
- Leverkusen
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
