Episode 50
Output to Outcomes: AI Product Management at Verizon
Data Science Leaders | 43:00 | July 07, 2023
The conversation focuses on how product management principles are being applied to data science at Verizon, leading to better outcomes, increased efficiency, and improved innovation. Alek Liskov discusses the importance of having strong top-down support, finding the right sponsors, and starting with the basics to transition from project-driven to product-driven approaches. The benefits include faster delivery, higher quality, and increased team motivation. By organizing data science teams with product managers and a long-term vision, Verizon has been able to scale the value of its data science initiatives significantly and expects even more potential for delivering value in the future.
When it comes to driving business impact with AI, there are no silver bullets, but data science product management comes pretty close. It could well be the key to bridging the gap between business and technical teams, designing solutions to meet the business need, spurring ideas from experimentation to implementation, and driving continuous improvement. But how do you build a product management capability for data science?
In this episode, Alek Liskov, Director of AI & Data Product Management at Verizon, shares their hard-won best practices in building data science product teams and their phenomenal successes in delivering AI-driven impact.
Join us as we discuss:
- The emerging discipline of data science product management
- How to build durable product teams for data science
- Where to find and how to develop data science product managers
