Senior AI Product Manager / Agent Builder

About
the Opportunity
RK Industries is building an enterprise AI Agent capability using Microsoft AI technologies, and
we’re
looking for a
Senior AI Product Manager / Agent Builder
to help lead the journey.
This is a unique
product leader + hands-on builder
role for someone who can translate operational needs into scalable AI products that deliver measurable business value.
You’ll
own enterprise AI Agents from
business opportunity through prototype, production, adoption, and measurable business value
—starting with RK Mechanical and expanding across RK as our AI capability grows.

About the Role

You are
first
and foremost
an
AI
Product Manager
.
You’ll
work directly with business leaders and frontline users to understand how work gets done, redesign workflows, define the right AI solution,
establish
evaluation and human-in-the-loop controls, and drive adoption and measurable outcomes.
What
You’ll
Do
Discover high-value AI opportunities by working directly with business users.
Own AI Agents end-to-end:
problem → product → prototype → evaluation → production → adoption → value
.
Build and iterate agents using
Microsoft Foundry / Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Microsoft Fabric
.
Design enterprise
RAG, grounding, tools, integrations, and human-in-the-loop workflows
.
Personally create
rapid prototypes, lightweight coded agents, integrations, and evaluation harnesses
.
Use AI-assisted development tools such as
GitHub Copilot, Codex, and comparable coding assistants
.
Define
evaluation
datasets, acceptance thresholds, and production-quality standards.
Partner with Engineering, Architecture, Data, Security, Responsible AI,
MLOps
/
LLMOps
, Change Management, and external AI development partners.
Measure adoption and prove business value through
revenue generation, time savings, cost avoidance, cycle-time reduction, quality improvement, or risk reduction
.
As RK builds dedicated AI/Agent Engineering capacity, production engineering will progressively transition to those specialists.
You’ll
continue to own the
product, agent behavior,
evaluation
quality, adoption, and business value
.
We’re
looking for a Product Manager who can build
and
not
necessarily
a full
-time software engineer.
What
We’re
Looking For
5–8+ years
of
product-management
experience in software, data, AI, enterprise SaaS, or related technology environments.
2+ years
of meaningful AI, generative AI, or AI Agent product experience.
Hands-on experience with
Microsoft Foundry / Azure AI Foundry
.
Hands-on experience with
Copilot Studio
and practical understanding of
Microsoft 365 Copilot
.
Working knowledge of
Microsoft Fabric
.
Strong understanding of
enterprise RAG, grounding, retrieval, and evaluation
.
Experience defining
evaluation
datasets, acceptance thresholds, and human-in-the-loop controls
.
Hands-on prototyping experience using
GitHub Copilot, Codex, or comparable AI coding tools
.
Strong product discovery, workflow mapping, roadmap, backlog, adoption, and business-value skills.
Ability to work comfortably with executives, frontline users, engineers, architects, data teams, security teams, and vendors.
Preferred Experience
Experience in construction, MEP, specialty contracting, industrial operations, manufacturing, or related domains is a plus.
How We Lead
We expect this role to
demonstrate
seven leadership principles equally:
Ownership | Bias for Action | Earn Trust | Dive Deep | Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit | Invent and Simplify | Insist on the Highest Standards
The Opportunity
This is an opportunity to help shape how RK builds enterprise AI from the ground up—combining
business-process understanding, product leadership, Microsoft AI platform fluency, hands-on Agent building, evaluation discipline, governance, adoption, and measurable business value
Location:
Aurora, Colorado
Working Model:
Hybrid — approximately three days per week in the office, with periodic visits to RK Mechanical offices, shops, fabrication facilities, and project sites.
Equal Opportunity Employer
RK Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any
characteristic
protected by applicable law.