Local Hero is seeking a collaborative and strategic Product Owner to join our Product & Technology team!
We operate an AI-first environment where agents are prompt-configured, trained and continually optimized to manage the entire digital advertising lifecycle, including ad creation, media buying, trafficking, reporting, analysis and optimization
This Product Owner will be highly involved in the continuing design, and delivery of agent-driven experiences powered by LLMs, structured data, APIs, and workflow automation. This role sits on the Product team working closely with our Product Manager and is responsible for executing the product strategy for the Digital Ad Media buying platform.
Schedule: This role requires flexibility to occasionally work during early morning hours to align with our development team based in India.
A Day in the Life:
- Support the Product Manager in refining and executing the agentic AI digital media platform strategy
- Own end-to-end delivery of AI-powered features from concept to production
- Design new intuitive user experiences powered by intelligent automation
- Partner with engineering to define AI system behavior and interaction patterns
- Translate new business workflows into scalable product functionality
- Improve evaluation metrics for AI-driven features (accuracy, reliability, latency, ROI impact)
- Lead experimentation to improve AI-driven feature performance
- Improve human-in-the-loop review and escalation workflows
- Collaborate with engineering to implement APIs and integrations
- Support stakeholder analysis to understand user behavior and requirements
- Improve user testing programs to validate assumptions
- Contribute to product roadmap definition and own detailed roadmap execution and prioritization
- Translate business requirements into product specifications and user stories
- Manage backlog, sprint planning, and delivery cadence
- Prioritize initiatives based on ROI and technical feasibility
- Collaborate with sales, marketing, and customer success for launches
- Monitor product performance and drive continuous improvement
Here’s what you need to get our attention:
- 3–5 years of Product Management experience in SaaS or technology platforms
- Strong understanding of Agile development practices
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineering and design
- Analytical mindset with ability to define measurable KPIs
- Strong understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI system behavior
- Experience shipping AI-powered features
- Familiarity with prompt engineering and AI workflow design
- Experience defining evaluation metrics for AI systems
- Understanding of latency, token cost trade-offs, and model performance considerations
- Experience designing conversational or AI-assisted user experiences
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
What will make us call you for sure:
- Experience in ad tech or marketing platforms
- Experience working with AI-driven product features
- Familiarity with automation technologies
- Technical background (Computer Science, AI, Data Science)
- Experience working with analytics or data platforms
What Will Make You Stand Out:
- Systems thinker who designs beyond individual features
- Comfortable experimenting and iterating rapidly
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to balance customer needs, technical trade-offs, and business goals
- Passion for building products that drive measurable impact
And if we haven’t convinced you yet, here’s why you’ll want to be part of our team:
- Remote work available with the possibility of onsite or hybrid if in commuting distance of our Boulder, CO office
- Time off is as important as hard work! Salaried employees are on a Flex PTO plan
- Generous holidays including a reduced schedule between Christmas and New Year’s
- We make sure our team is well cared for with strong health plans — We even cover our employees' dental and vision premiums
- Access to Flexible Spending Accounts Plan
- Matching traditional and Roth 401k
- Employee Assistance Program
- Life Insurance
- Legal Assistance plan
- Pet Insurance discount through the ASPCA
A killer culture with team members who have your back!
Compensation: $105,000-$125,000/year DOE
Come as You Are:
Your gender, your gods, your skin tone, and who you love don’t make a difference here. We’re all about building a team where talent shines and uniqueness is respected. At Local Hero we hire based on smarts, skills, experience, and potential—nothing else. Whoever you are and wherever you come from, if you’re great at what you do, we want to hear from you!
Pay: $110,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Work Location: Remote
