Senior AI Product Builder, Inventory Optimization

As a member of the ShipBob Team, you will...  

Grow with an Ownership Mindset : We champion continuous learning and innovation. You'll take on real problems, create tangible solutions, and drive results that move the needle for ShipBob, our merchants, and for your own professional growth. If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career, this is the place.  

Collaborate with Peers and Leaders Alike:  At ShipBob, leaders are accessible; feedback flows in both directions, and everyone, regardless of their seniority or role, steps up to help when needed. We hold each other to high standards because we trust each other to meet them. That combination of transparency and mutual respect is what makes the work here feel worth doing.  

Experience a High-Performance Culture and Clear Purpose:  We are results-driven and clear about what that means: our goals are specific, accountability is shared, and every team member can see how their work connects to our mission. When we hit milestones, we celebrate them together. When we fall short, we learn and move forward.  

Title:  Senior AI Product Builder (Inventory Optimization)  

Location:  Remote in these states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, KS, KY, IA, ID, IL, IN, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI    

Role Description:  

AI Builders is ShipBob’s new job family — the deliberate next step for Product Management in the AI-native era. The thesis is simple: when AI tools can generate working code from precise specs, the slowest step is no longer the spec — it is the PM→Engineer handoff. AI Builders close that gap by owning discovery, specs, prototypes, and production PRs themselves, accelerated by an AI-native pod.  

As a Senior AI Product Builder at ShipBob, you own the full build loop for your product domain: discovery, story/specs, AI-augmented prototypes, and production-ready PRs. This is not the traditional PM role — you are a builder. You use the AI development toolchain (e.g., Claude Code, Driver.ai) to understand ShipBob’s codebase architecture, generate working code against the actual repo, and ship with minimum engineering rework. The minimum technical floor for this role is real: you must read ShipBob’s data model, evaluate AI-generated scaffolding for correctness, and write story/specs precise enough that AI tools can act on them without follow-up questions.  

Your domain is Inventory Optimization — the decision systems that determine where a merchant's inventory should live across ShipBob's fulfillment network, how much should be positioned at each node, and when to replenish before stockouts or overstock erode margin. IO sits at the intersection of demand forecasting, inventory placement, Promise, and the broader Merchant Tech surface. Placement quality is upstream of delivery speed, fulfillment cost, and the promises ShipBob can make to shoppers — it is one of the highest-leverage product surfaces in the company.  

This role is for someone energized by speed, uncomfortable with waste, and who measures success by outcomes shipped — not documents approved. You operate in an AI-native pod alongside talented engineers who are ready to support you and push back on solution when needed. This role reports to a Director, AI Product Builder.  

What you'll do:  

Own the full product loop end-to-end: AI-augmented discovery → story/spec → prototype → production PR → outcome measurement. You are accountable for the outcome, not just the handoff.  

Own the forecasting, placement, and replenishment decision surface end-to-end. Define the product contracts for demand forecasts and distribution recommendations, ship them into merchant workflows, and measure adoption and forecast accuracy.   

Run customer discovery yourself; use AI tools to synthesize research across tickets, interviews, behavioral data, and competitive signals.  

Demonstrate deep functional and technical knowledge of owned products end-to-end. Demo to merchants and partners yourself; understand competitive landscape and key differentiators.  

Use AI tools to analyze product metrics, identify usage patterns, and surface anomalies. Define success metrics and kill thresholds at spec time — without coaching.  

Maintain a prioritized roadmap ranked by impact × speed. Use AI tools to synthesize competitive intelligence, market trends, and customer insight into strategic inputs.  

Evaluate whether a proposed solution fits ShipBob’s architecture without Engineering translation. Understand service boundaries, data structures, and how merchant and partner API usage shapes data contracts.  

Route changes through prototype-then-PR. Write clear story/specs and review AI-generated code before raising. PR promotion rate improves consistently.  

Set experiment hypotheses with explicit kill thresholds. Make day-7 rollout/kill decisions on AI-surfaced data.  

Participate in architecture reviews alongside Engineering as the product judgment seat — the person making the build-vs-buy-vs-defer call on the room’s behalf.  

Additional duties and responsibilities as necessary.  

Your first 90 days:  

Days 1–30 — Map the domain.  Understand the ShipBob operating and commercial mode, examine the IO codebase, anchor on the purpose and value of the domain, and stakeholder conversations to triangulate the top three active bets. Demo a throwaway prototype back to the pod.  

Days 30–60 — Ship your first PR.  Small and safe is fine. The point is proving the loop, not the size of the change.  

Days 60–90 — Make a real call.  Define and instrument the metric for one real bet, with the kill threshold set at spec time. Make at least one rollout-or-kill call on the data, in front of the team.  

What you'll bring to the table:  

5+ years of product management, product engineering, or equivalent experience, with demonstrated hands-on AI tool usage in a professional context.  

Demonstrated ability to write story/specs that AI tools can act on directly — state machines, business rules, data contracts, edge cases — not narrative PRDs.  

Technical fluency: can read a data model, evaluate an API contract, and identify when AI-generated code deviates from the target architecture.  

Track record of shipping working prototypes or production code, not just Figma mocks or slide decks.  

Sound outcome ownership: sets success metrics and kill thresholds at spec time and tracks them after launch.  

Experience working in supply chain, fulfillment, logistics, transportation, or e-commerce technology.  

Comfortable operating in a fail-fast culture. Being wrong fast is a feature here — staying slow to look right is the failure mode.  

Excellent written communication: you write specs, not meeting notes.  

Nice to have:  

Hands-on experience with the AI development toolchain (e.g., Claude Code, Driver.ai, Cursor, Replit, V0, Figma AI).  

Working knowledge of Python, SQL, or TypeScript — enough to debug AI-generated code and interrogate the data behind a forecast.  

Experience with inventory planning, demand forecasting, replenishment, or multi-node placement and distribution optimization at scale.  

Prior experience transitioning a product team from traditional SDLC to an AI-native operating model.  

ShipBob  believes in transparency while providing a competitive total compensation package with a  pay for  performance approach. The full base pay range for this position in our compensation architecture is  $ 151,080 - $251,800 . In addition to base salary, this role includes the opportunity to be eligible for participation in the Company's discretionary bonus plan based on Company's plans and  in accordance with  Company’s policies.  

Perks & Benefits:  

Medical, Dental, Vision & Basic Life Insurance    

Paid Maternity/Parental Leave Program    

Paid Holidays & Flexible Time Off Program    

Paid Sick Leave     

Wellness Days (1 day/quarter)    

401K Match     

Comprehensive Benefits Package >>>  https://www.shipbob.com/careers/    

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We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions.  

About You:  

Building the world’s leading full-stack fulfillment platform is challenging work. The problems we solve are complex, the pace is fast, and the bar is high. That means ShipBob’s environment isn’t the right fit for everyone, and that’s okay. If you are ready to take ownership, push boundaries, and grow alongside a team that genuinely supports each other, we would love to hear from you.  

Learn more about our core values and how we perform at a high level in our day-to-day work on our Culture page ( https://www.shipbob.com/careers/culture/ ).  

About Us:  

ShipBob is a leading global supply chain and fulfillment technology platform designed for SMB and Mid-Market ecommerce merchants to provide them access to best-in-class capabilities and to deliver a delightful shopper experience. Merchants can outsource their entire fulfillment operations, utilize ShipBob’s proprietary warehouse management system for in-house fulfillment, or take advantage of a hybrid solution across ShipBob’s dozens of fulfillment center network in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. ShipBob is backed by leading investors like Menlo Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and is one of the fastest-growing tech companies headquartered in Chicago.  

At ShipBob, every full-time employee gets access to our best-in-class AI and productivity tools from Day 1 at no cost. This isn't a pilot or a perk for select teams. It's standard for everyone. We believe innovation isn't owned by one department. Whether you're in Talent, Operations, Finance, Engineering, or Customer Success, we expect you to ask: how can this be done better, faster, or smarter? These tools are our investment in your ability to find those answers.

We may use AI-powered tools during our interview process to support things like notetaking and organizing feedback so our teams can stay focused on getting to know you. These tools help create a more consistent and thoughtful experience. That said, every hiring decision is made by a human.

ShipBob provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.     This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, c ompensation and training.  

There is no deadline to apply for this position, as ShipBob accepts applications on an ongoing basis .