Vice President, Product & AI

Reports to: CTO

Location: Detroit or Dallas (Remote acceptable for select candidates)

DeepHow Overview

DeepHow is transforming the way industrial knowledge is captured, organized, shared, and turned into measurable operational impact using AI.

Our platform uses advanced computer vision, vision-language models, and large language models to transform expert know-how into intelligent, searchable, and multilingual training & verification workflows. Deephow empowers manufacturers to digitize tribal knowledge, accelerate onboarding, ensure standard work, and drive operational excellence at scale.

With 100+ enterprise customers and strong integrations across MES, LMS, and ERP systems, DeepHow uses AI and industrial expertise to connect people, processes, and performance across the enterprise.

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Primary Purpose and Role

As Vice President, Product & AI, you will define and lead DeepHow’s product and AI strategy, owning the full charter across product vision, roadmap execution, and applied AI innovation.

We are seeking a customer- and market-facing product leader with a natural ability to synthesize market and customer insights and translate them into a scalable SaaS platform.

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Primary Responsibilities

1. Product & AI Strategy

● Lead the development and execution of an actionable product and AI strategy aligned to DeepHow’s growth objectives.

● Develop a strategic assessment of the market and adjacency, and create a compelling expansion vision for the product.

● Define long-term product and AI bets, sequencing, and investment priorities.

● Partner with the executive team to align product direction with company strategy, revenue goals, and customer outcomes.

2. Product Innovation & Delivery

● Own end-to-end product discovery, user research, prioritization, and delivery.

● Drive the roadmap across platform capabilities, multimodal AI, workflows, video editing, and mobile platforms.

● Ensuring product execution is tightly linked to adoption, retention, and measurable business impact.

● Establish strong product operating rhythms, planning cadences, and release discipline in partnership with engineering.

3. Customer‑Centered Product Outcomes

● Maintain deep engagement across current and future customers

● Translate customer needs into productized outcomes applicable for broader market.

4. Go‑to‑Market & External Leadership

● Support the GTM motion by partnering with Sales & Marketing.

● Represent DeepHow’s product and AI strategy with customers, investors, and industry audiences.

Travel Requirement:

This role requires approximately 20%+ travel, including regular time on-site with customers and attendance at key industry seminars, conferences, and events to support product adoption, strengthen market presence, and build strategic relationships.

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Key Skills and Attributes

Product & Leadership

● 12+ years in product, engineering, or applied AI leadership roles.

● Proven experience with AI‑powered SaaS products.

● Experience scaling product organizations in growth‑stage environments.

2. AI & Technical

● Strong grasp of modern AI systems (LLMs, multimodal models, RAG systems).

● Experience building and operating AI platforms.

3. Domain (Strong Plus)

● Manufacturing, industrial technology, and frontline operations

● Familiarity with operational workflows, training ecosystems, and standard work.

4. Leadership Profile

● Easy to work with

● Strategic product thinker and hands-on operator.

● High-energy, reliable, and responsive leader who moves at market speed without sacrificing quality.

● Demonstrates intellectual curiosity, challenges assumptions, and learns quickly.

● Proactively identifies issues before they escalate.

● Strong executive presence with the ability to connect technical depth to real-world outcomes.

● Bias for action, accountability, and ownership.

DeepHow is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.