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Product Manager (Agentic AI Software) REMOTE

Sears Home Services · 25914: ILLINOIS - REMOTE (Central), United States

About this role

The Product Manager, Tech Hub defines the product vision for AI-driven dispatch and routing at Sears Home Services. The role leads automation initiatives intended to improve routing efficiency, dispatch accuracy, service delivery speed and customer satisfaction while reducing delays and operating costs. It reports to the Chief of Staff to the Chairman.

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of intelligent routing algorithms and AI-powered solutions that automate dispatch workflows and reduce manual dependencies.
  • Work with engineering, data science and operations teams to implement machine learning algorithms, integrate new technologies and introduce self-learning systems for real-time dispatch decisions.
  • Integrate AI-based forecasting tools and models that use historical data to anticipate customer needs and service demand. Use real-time performance data to refine models and optimize operations.
  • Prioritize high-impact product features, translate data into roadmap decisions, and communicate progress to stakeholders across departments to maintain alignment with business goals.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Analytics, Mathematics or Statistics; 5–10 years of related experience and at least 5 years in product management.
  • Proven digital transformation experience, particularly in logistics, dispatch or field service management. Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder-influence skills, with the ability to turn complex data into product decisions.
  • Experience with data visualization and AI tools such as Python, Excel, Tableau and ChatGPT. Applicants must be at least 18 years old.

Preferred

A master’s degree in one of the listed fields and experience with API-based tools such as OpenAI Chat Completions.

This is a full-time, Illinois-based remote role. The posting lists up to 25% travel and separately describes travel as moderate (15–30%). The stated compensation range is 150,000–175,000.

For full details about this role, click “Apply on company site” to view the employer’s original posting.

Skills for this role

Product managementAI-driven automationMachine learningForecastingDispatch and routingDigital transformationData visualizationPythonExcelTableauChatGPTOpenAI Chat CompletionsStakeholder managementCross-functional leadershipProduct roadmappingAPI integration

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01

Understand the role

What matters most

  • Set the AI dispatch and routing vision

    Role duty: Define a product vision aligned with company strategy and lead intelligent routing solutions. Preparation suggestion: Be ready to explain how you would turn routing outcomes into a focused product direction.

  • Automate daily dispatch workflows

    Role duty: Reduce manual dependencies, improve dispatch accuracy and delays, and bring AI into daily operations with engineering, data science and operations. Preparation suggestion: Frame a phased approach to introducing automation into an existing workflow.

  • Connect forecasting to real-time decisions

    Role duty: Use historical data to forecast service demand and customer needs, then use real-time performance data to adjust models and optimize dispatch. Preparation suggestion: Describe how forecast results would inform operational decisions and subsequent refinements.

  • Prioritize and align the roadmap

    Role duty: Select high-impact features that improve service speed, cost and customer satisfaction, and communicate progress across departments. Preparation suggestion: Show how you would use evidence to explain trade-offs and maintain stakeholder alignment.

Likely challenges to think through

  • Balancing competing dispatch outcomes

    Preparation hypothesis, not a stated employer problem: A routing change might improve speed while increasing cost or affecting customer experience. Prepare to discuss how you would compare these outcomes and make a defensible feature decision.

  • Introducing self-learning decisions responsibly

    Preparation hypothesis, not a stated employer problem: More automated, real-time decisions could reduce manual work but make operational oversight harder. Prepare to explain how you would assess performance and decide when human review remains useful.

  • Keeping forecasts useful as conditions change

    Preparation hypothesis, not a stated employer problem: Historical demand patterns may not fully reflect current service demand. Prepare to discuss how real-time performance data could reveal drift and guide model or product adjustments.

03

Practice your answers

Technical practice

How would you define a product vision for AI-driven dispatch and routing?

What to coverThe posting calls for a vision aligned with company strategy. Preparation suggestion: explain how you would connect routing efficiency and service delivery to measurable product goals, while distinguishing the vision from a list of features.

How would you evaluate an intelligent routing approach?

What to coverThe role leads development of intelligent routing algorithms to improve efficiency and reduce delays. Preparation suggestion: discuss how you would define operational constraints, compare an approach with current routing, and assess trade-offs between efficiency and dispatch accuracy.

Which parts of a dispatch workflow would you automate first?

What to coverThe posting emphasizes reducing manual dependencies and improving dispatch accuracy. Preparation suggestion: describe how you would identify repetitive decisions, prioritize them by impact and risk, and retain a way to handle exceptions.

How would you assess a service-demand forecasting model?

What to coverThe role integrates models using historical data to anticipate customer needs and forecast demand. Preparation suggestion: cover data quality, comparison with existing forecasts, and how forecast errors would affect dispatch decisions.

How would you use real-time data to refine dispatch decisions?

What to coverThe posting calls for real-time performance data and self-learning systems in dispatch. Preparation suggestion: explain which outcomes you would monitor, when a model or decision rule might need adjustment, and how you would detect harmful changes.

How would you measure whether dispatch automation is working?

What to coverStated goals include faster service delivery, lower operating costs, greater customer satisfaction, better accuracy and fewer delays. Preparation suggestion: propose a balanced set of measures and explain how you would avoid treating an improvement in one measure as proof of overall success.

How would you introduce an AI solution into daily dispatch operations?

What to coverThe role works with engineering, data science and operations to integrate new technologies into daily processes. Preparation suggestion: discuss operational requirements, testing with users, rollout decisions and how you would respond when the solution does not fit a real dispatch situation.

How would you prioritize competing AI and automation features?

What to coverThe posting requires high-impact feature prioritization and turning complex data into roadmap decisions. Preparation suggestion: explain how you would weigh expected service and cost outcomes against effort, uncertainty and dependencies.

How would you communicate a dispatch performance finding using data tools?

What to coverThe required skills mention data visualization and tools such as Python, Excel, Tableau and ChatGPT. Preparation suggestion: describe how you would check an analysis, present the finding clearly to stakeholders, and state its limitations before recommending a product decision.

When might an API-based AI tool be appropriate for this product?

What to coverExperience with API-based tools such as OpenAI Chat Completions is preferred, not stated as a required implementation. Preparation suggestion: discuss a plausible dispatch-workflow use case, how you would test its value, and when a simpler solution would be preferable.

Behavioural practice

Tell me about a digital transformation initiative you led.

What to coverThe posting seeks a track record of digital transformation, particularly in logistics, dispatch or field service management. Preparation suggestion: use a real situation, your specific actions and the result; explain what changed in the operational process.

Tell me about aligning teams with conflicting priorities.

What to coverThe role requires cross-functional leadership and stakeholder alignment. Preparation suggestion: describe a real disagreement, how you surfaced the trade-offs and influenced a decision, and what happened afterward.

Tell me about working with technical and operations partners on a product change.

What to coverThe posting names engineering, data science and operations as close collaborators. Preparation suggestion: use a real situation to show your role in translating between technical and operational needs, the actions you took and the result.

Tell me about changing a roadmap decision because of data.

What to coverThe role calls for synthesizing complex data into product decisions and roadmap priorities. Preparation suggestion: give a real example of the original decision, the evidence that challenged it, your action and the resulting outcome.

Tell me about communicating progress when an initiative faced uncertainty.

What to coverThe posting calls for regular progress updates and alignment with business goals. Preparation suggestion: describe a real situation, how you communicated risks and next steps across stakeholders, and the result.

02

Sharpen your knowledge

Topics to prepare

  • Dispatch and routing product trade-offs

    The role owns the vision for AI-driven dispatch and routing. Suggested revision exercise: explain how you would weigh dispatch accuracy, delays, service speed, operating cost and customer satisfaction when defining a routing improvement.

  • Forecasting service demand

    The posting calls for AI models that use historical data to anticipate customer needs and service demand. Suggested revision exercise: outline what historical patterns you would examine and how you would check whether a forecast remains useful.

  • Real-time automation decisions

    The role aims to remove manual dispatch dependencies and use real-time performance data to refine models. Suggested revision exercise: sketch a dispatch decision loop, including what performance feedback would prompt a product or model adjustment.

  • Outcome-led product prioritization

    The posting links feature priorities to service speed, cost and customer satisfaction. Suggested revision exercise: compare two hypothetical automation features and explain which you would prioritize, what evidence you would use and what trade-off you would communicate.

  • Digital transformation across teams

    Experience driving transformation in logistics, dispatch or field service is required, alongside cross-functional leadership. Suggested revision exercise: map the decisions engineering, data science and operations would need to make together to introduce an automated dispatch workflow.

Skills to revise

  • Analyze dispatch data with Python or Excel

    Experience with Python and Excel is listed. Suggested practice: use a hypothetical dispatch dataset to calculate delays and dispatch accuracy, then identify one finding that could inform a product decision.

  • Visualize operational performance

    The posting requires experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau. Suggested practice: build a simple view of hypothetical dispatch performance over time and explain which change would warrant investigation.

  • Turn evidence into a roadmap decision

    The role must synthesize complex data into roadmap priorities. Suggested practice: write a short decision brief that states a dispatch problem, supporting evidence, proposed feature, expected outcome and key uncertainty.

  • Communicate a cross-functional rollout

    The role works with engineering, data science and operations and regularly updates stakeholders. Suggested practice: rehearse a concise progress update that distinguishes a demonstrated result from an unresolved integration or operational question.

  • Evaluate an AI-assisted workflow

    The posting lists ChatGPT among relevant AI tools; OpenAI Chat Completions API experience is preferred, not required. Suggested practice: draft a hypothetical dispatch-support use case and explain how you would assess the usefulness of its output before incorporating it into a product workflow.

04

Your preparation checklist

  • Map the stated requirements to evidence

    Prepare a one-page evidence map for product management, digital transformation in logistics, dispatch or field service, cross-functional leadership, and data-driven roadmap decisions. Note which examples you can substantiate; the posting specifies 5+ years in product management and 5–10 years of related experience.

  • Build a dispatch transformation walkthrough

    Prepare one project story covering the problem, your product decisions, collaboration with engineering and operations, measured outcomes, and lessons learned. Choose a relevant example if you have one; do not present a hypothetical project as past work.

  • Practice an AI-routing design exercise

    Sketch a proposed dispatch workflow showing where intelligent routing and automation could reduce manual work. Explain how you would measure dispatch accuracy, delays, service speed, operating cost and customer satisfaction—outcomes named in the posting.

  • Outline a forecasting and feedback approach

    Prepare a short, hypothetical plan for using historical data to forecast service demand and real-time performance data to refine decisions. Identify data you would need and how you would test whether changes improve operations.

  • Show how you prioritize and communicate

    Bring a sample feature-prioritization table and a brief stakeholder update. Use them to explain how you turn complex data into roadmap choices and align engineering, data science, operations and other stakeholders.

  • Prepare relevant tool examples

    Be ready to describe work you have actually done with Python, Excel, Tableau or ChatGPT, which the posting names as required-skill examples. If applicable, prepare an API-based example; OpenAI Chat Completions experience is listed as preferred.

  • Write focused questions for the employer

    Ask about current dispatch pain points, available historical and real-time data, ownership of model performance, and how product success is measured. Clarify the travel expectation: the posting says both up to 25% and moderate (15–30%).

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