About this Senior Product Manager - Sequoia (Remote) role at First American
Who We Are
Join a team that puts its People First! Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for eleven consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.What We Do
We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Senior Product Manager who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys solving complex business problems through AI enabled software. You will lead one of Sequoia’s highest priority product initiatives, partnering closely with Engineering, Operations, Underwriting, Data Science, and Design to deliver measurable business outcomes.This role is ideal for a product leader who enjoys working deeply with cross functional teams to define product strategy, translate ambiguous business problems into clear product requirements, and lead AI product development from concept through launch and continuous improvement. As priorities evolve, you may lead different key initiatives, giving you the opportunity to solve some of the organization’s most important product challenges.
We are building a modern product organization that values curiosity, data driven decision making, rapid learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement. We are looking for people who challenge assumptions, think creatively, and help a large organization operate with greater speed and agility.
This is a remote position open to candidates located in the United States. Candidates must be able to work within time zones from Pacific through Eastern to support collaboration across distributed teams. Quarterly travel to Southern California is expected.
HOW YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE
Own product strategy, roadmap, and execution for one of Sequoia’s highest priority initiatives.
Partner closely with Engineering, Operations, Underwriting, Data Science, and Design to understand complex business problems and transform them into clear product direction.
Develop high-quality product requirements, PRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting documentation that enable engineering teams to execute with confidence.
Exercise sound product judgment by making timely decisions, clarifying tradeoffs, and transforming ambiguous business problems into clear, testable product requirements.
Partner with engineering throughout implementation by answering questions, refining requirements, resolving edge cases, and making product decisions that keep development moving.
Partner with AI engineers and data scientists to define truth data, evaluation frameworks, experimentation strategies, and iterative AI product development practices that improve product quality and business outcomes.
Use qualitative and quantitative data to identify opportunities, estimate potential impact, prioritize investments, and measure realized impact after launch.
Balance customer value, business impact, technical feasibility, quality, and implementation risk when making product tradeoffs.
Communicate product strategy, roadmap, progress, decisions, and outcomes to executive leaders and cross functional stakeholders.
Coordinate across teams to manage dependencies, resolve blockers, and deliver cohesive outcomes.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
8+ years of software or technology product management experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and demonstrated impact, leading complex software products.
Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business problems into clear, actionable product requirements.
Experience writing high quality PRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and other product documentation for engineering teams.
Experience partnering closely with engineering teams throughout discovery, development, launch, and post launch improvement.
Strong data fluency and a track record of using qualitative and quantitative evidence to identify opportunities, estimate impact, test assumptions, prioritize work, and measure results after launch.
Experience with AI product development practices, including truth data, evaluations, experimentation, and iterative quality improvement.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills across technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive audiences.
Demonstrated ability to influence cross functional teams and drive alignment without direct authority.
Highly curious and growth oriented, with the ability to quickly learn complex business domains, emerging technologies, and customer workflows.
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast moving environments; willing to challenge assumptions, think creatively, and find practical paths forward.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience developing AI enabled or machine learning products, including LLM based applications or human in the loop workflows.
Experience in title production is a strong plus; related experience in mortgage, real estate, insurance, fintech, or another regulated and operationally complex domain is also valuable.
Experience scaling enterprise software across products, markets, geographies, or business units.
This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.
** Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County. **
First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act).
First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant’s criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.
