NDS AI Integration Product Owner

Nelnet

AI Integration Product Owner prioritizing AI-enabled capabilities for Nelnet's software delivery lifecycle. Collaborating with stakeholders to define, prioritize, and deliver AI integration solutions.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeLincoln • Colorado, New York, Texas, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $100,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Engage stakeholders to understand needs and prioritize AI/automation features by value, risk, and feasibility
Communicate requirements, progress, value, and AI assumptions/limitations at the right level of detail
Partner with users and SMEs to define actionable requirements and testable acceptance criteria, including quality, safety, and compliance expectations
Report status, blockers, and risks (data, model, compliance) to the Product Manager and escalate as needed
Partner with the Product Manager to maintain product vision and strategy for AI-enabled capabilities
Support roadmap planning aligned to strategy, release plans, and measurable outcomes
Promote transparent delivery and decision-making
Own and prioritize the backlog; break AI work into clear epics/stories
Maintain backlog visibility and clarity with a definition of done
Track development progress and readiness; coordinate demos, acceptance, releases, and post-release AI monitoring
Strong stakeholder influence skills, ability to influence adoption without direct authority
Drive adoption of AI-enabled practices across delivery teams through communication, training coordination, and feedback loops, in addition to feature delivery
Help monitor investment and ROI; support cost/benefit analysis for AI and automation.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Product Owner/Manager (or similar) experience in agile; delivery of technology products with cross-functional teams
Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management
Strong analytical/problem-solving; able to explain AI tradeoffs and limitations to technical and non-technical audiences
Working knowledge of modern software delivery practices (branching strategies, CI/CD, code review, sprint cadences, and delivery metrics)
Familiarity with agentic AI patterns (multi-step reasoning, tool-calling, orchestration) and the risk controls needed to govern autonomous actions in development workflows
Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, Cursor, AI-driven testing, or prompt-based automation) and the ability to write testable acceptance criteria for AI features, including non-deterministic behavior, guardrails, and fallback conditions
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA
generous earned time off
401K/student loan repayment
life insurance & AD&D insurance
employee assistance program
employee stock purchase program
tuition reimbursement
performance-based incentive pay
short- and long-term disability
robust wellness program

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI/automation featuresagiletechnology product deliveryanalytical problem-solvingsoftware delivery practicesCI/CDtestable acceptance criteriaAI-assisted development toolscost/benefit analysisagentic AI patterns

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementcommunicationleadershipinfluence skillstraining coordinationfeedback loopstransparency in deliveryprioritizationrisk managementcollaboration

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeProduct Owner certificationAgile certification