Sr. Director Product Management, AI

Weyerhaeuser is a leader in sustainable forestry and wood products, dedicated to innovation and operational excellence. As Senior Director of Product Management reporting to the Vice President of AI and Data, you will be accountable for defining and scaling a portfolio of AI-powered products that drive Weyerhaeuser's operations, AI initiatives, and digital transformation. You will lead the development of customer-centric products that deliver measurable business value - from EBITDA impact to customer experience - by embedding AI and data into critical enterprise workflows.

This role leads the enterprise AI product management function and is accountable for defining, scaling, and operationalizing Weyerhaeuser's AI product portfolio across Business Solutions, Industrial AI, Geospatial AI, and AI Foundations. The Senior Director will establish and lead a Product Management Center of Excellence (CoE), building consistent product management practices that translate strategy into prioritized roadmaps and measurable business outcomes. This leader will partner closely with business, data, and engineering teams to deliver AI-powered products that are embedded into enterprise workflows, adopted at scale, and directly tied to financial and operational performance, including pricing optimization, supply chain efficiency, manufacturing performance, and forest intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

AI Product Strategy and Portfolio Leadership

You will define and lead the enterprise AI product strategy, ensuring alignment to Weyerhaeuser's business priorities and financial outcomes.

• Lead the Product Management team to drive the portfolio of AI services and capabilities across Weyerhaeuser's business and corporate functions.
• Translate enterprise strategy into clear product visions, roadmaps, and prioritized backlogs.
• Anchor product investments to measurable EBITDA impact and operational performance improvements.
• Ensure strong linkage between service adoption and realized business value.
• Establish consistent product and service lifecycle management from ideation through scale.

Product Management Operating Model & CoE Leadership

You will build and lead a Product Management Center of Excellence (CoE) that scales best practices.

• Define and institutionalize product management standards, frameworks, and playbooks.
• Establish consistent practices for discovery, prioritization, roadmap management, and value measurement.
• Elevate product management capability through coaching, tooling, and governance.
• Create scalable and repeatable mechanisms to ensure high-value product delivery at scale.
• Drive clarity of ownership, accountability, and decision rights across products and teams.

AI Delivery and Adoption

AI only delivers value when embedded into workflows and adopted. You will ensure products are designed and delivered for real-world use.

• Drive tight integration of AI services and capabilities into business workflows and systems (e.g., SAP and other operational tools).
• Drive an AI-first mindset across product design and engineering by building AI-enabled decision support systems and leveraging AI-assisted development practices to accelerate delivery and improve business outcomes.
• Ensure services and products are intuitive, actionable, and trusted by end users.
• Partner with development teams, data teams, system integrators, and business teams to ensure scalable, production-grade delivery.
• Track and improve adoption, usage, and outcome realization.
• Champion a "No adoption = No value" mindset across the enterprise.

Cross-Functional Leadership and Alignment

You will operate as a senior leader across business, technology, and data domains.

• Partner with business leaders to identify high-impact opportunities and define product requirements.
• Align with Data Management, Engineering, and AI teams on delivery feasibility and sequencing.
• Collaborate with Finance and executive leadership on prioritization and value tracking.
• Serve as the primary voice of the product function in executive forums.

AI Enablement and Program Integration

You will oversee AI enablement capabilities that support product success.

• Lead AI enablement efforts including program management, change management, and adoption strategies.
• Ensure consistent execution across product initiatives through structured program oversight.
• Align product delivery with enterprise governance, risk, and compliance requirements.
• Enable scaling of successful products and services across regions, segments, and business units.

Leadership & Team Development

The Senior Director builds and leads a high-performing product organization.

• Lead and develop a team of Product Managers, Product Portfolio Managers, and AI Enablement resources.
• Recruit and retain top-tier product talent with strong business and technical acumen.
• Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and measurable outcomes.
• Elevate the role of product management as a strategic discipline within the enterprise.
• 10 years of experience in product management, with significant experience leading product organizations at scale.
• Proven success building and scaling product management functions that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Experience leading AI, data, or digital product portfolios in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience applying AI to both product innovation and software development, including AI-enabled decision support, AI coding assistants, and modern spec-driven development practices.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into product roadmaps and delivered solutions.
• Strong understanding of Generative AI, Machine Learning, data platforms, and enterprise systems (e.g., SAP, Snowflake, cloud platforms).
• Experience embedding services and products into operational workflows to drive adoption and value realization.
• Track record of influencing senior executives and driving cross-functional alignment.
• Experience establishing or leading a Product Management Center of Excellence or similar capability.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to build, inspire, and scale high-performing teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate strategy, priorities, and outcomes clearly.

What We Offer:

Compensation: This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of $194,767 - $296,148 based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 35% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.

This position is also eligible to receive $90,000 in restrictive stock units on an annual basis, as part of our Long Term Incentive Plan.

Benefits: When you join our team, you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.

Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our contribution equal to 5% of your eligible pay.

Paid Time Off or Vacation: We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment. In addition, after being employed for six months, eligible employees begin to accrue vacation for future use. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours and paid parental leave for all full-time employees.

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Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging, opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive environment that inspires people of all backgrounds to join, stay and thrive with our team.