Senior Product Manager - Private Equity Engagement Platform

Apex Leaders custom-recruits industry experts for private equity firm clients and is evolving into an intelligence partner through an AI-powered platform. The Senior Product Manager will own the product vision and lifecycle, translating business needs into technical requirements, guiding AI functionality, and delivering secure B2B software for private equity decision-makers.

Responsibilities:

• Guide Non-Technical Agent Owners: Interface directly with internal business leads ("agent owners") to help them articulate operational pain points, refine business logic, and scope AI agent functionality prior to technical hand-off
• Translate Requirements to Specs: Turn abstract business needs and manual workflows into clear, developer-ready requirements, user stories, and actionable technical specifications
• Own the Product Lifecycle: Maintain a prioritized backlog and lead sprint planning for internal engineering teams and external development partners
• Design for High-Stakes Users: Build intuitive B2B software tailored to Private Equity decision-makers where data privacy, source attribution, and "human-in-the-loop" UI are essential
• Cross-Functional Execution: Partner closely with executive leadership, UI/UX designers, and dev vendors to maintain a predictable, high-velocity release cadence

Requirements:

• 5–8+ years of B2B SaaS Product Management experience
• Proven track record of bridging the gap between non-technical business stakeholders and engineering teams—helping internal business leads refine raw ideas into structured product requirements
• Demonstrated experience shipping AI-integrated products, with an understanding of how to weave AI into practical workflows while solving for trust, hallucinations, and source attribution
• Ability to interview high-value users, extract core pain points, and validate prototypes before writing code
• Comfortable navigating database architecture, API integrations, and managing third-party dev vendors alongside internal teams
• Thrives in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment with high autonomy
• ideally with exposure to Financial Services, Private Equity, M&A, or complex enterprise workflow tools