TITLE: Senior Product Manager, AI – Full Time Position

LOCATION: Bellevue, WA, USA    

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Senior Product Manager, AI – Full Time Position

TerraPower is seeking a Senior Product Manager, AI to lead the identification, prioritization, and deployment of high-value AI capabilities across the company’s digital product ecosystem.

This role sits within the Digital Products & AI organization and focuses on ensuring that AI is applied where it delivers measurable impact across enterprise, engineering, plant delivery, and future plant operations. You will translate emerging AI capabilities into deployed, production-grade functionality within TerraPower’s internal digital platforms and tools, enabling faster decision-making, improved efficiency, and stronger program execution.

This is not a research or strategy-only role. The successful candidate will define and execute an actionable AI use case roadmap and drive delivery of real, adopted capabilities into TerraPower’s core digital products and workflows. The Senior Product Manager will report to the Director of Digital Products & AI and play a central role in shaping TerraPower’s digital product portfolio for First of a Kind delivery and fleet deployment.

Responsibilities

Identify and Prioritize High-Value AI Use Cases

•    Establish and maintain a clear, prioritized portfolio of AI use cases across engineering, construction, and operational workflows

•    Evaluate opportunities based on value creation, feasibility, and alignment with TerraPower’s digital architecture

•    Partner with product managers, engineering teams, IT, and stakeholders to identify where AI can materially improve outcomes.

•    Drive decisions on which AI initiatives to pursue, sequence, or decline.

Drive Deployment into Digital Products and Workflows

•    Work closely with product managers, engineering teams, and IT to integrate AI-enabled capabilities into TerraPower’s core internal platforms and tools.

•    Translate AI/ML capabilities into practical features and workflow improvements within existing systems.

•    Ensure AI initiatives move from concept to deployed functionality with real user adoption.

•    Define success metrics and track value realization for AI-enabled capabilities.

Connect AI Capabilities to Business Value

•    Develop clear business cases and deployment plans for priority AI initiatives.

•    Coordinate with internal technical teams and external partners to deliver AI-enabled functionality.

•    Ensure AI deployments improve decision quality, reduce manual effort, accelerate timelines, or mitigate risk.

•    Communicate roadmap, progress, and outcomes to leadership and stakeholders.

Operate Within a Regulated and Secure Environment

•    Ensure AI initiatives align with export control requirements and regulated engineering environments.

•    Work with legal, IT, and engineering teams to support responsible and compliant use of AI technologies.

•    Support maturation of practical guardrails for safe deployment of AI within TerraPower’s digital ecosystem.

Key Qualifications and Skills

•    Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field.

•    7+ years of product management, technical product management, or equivalent experience.

•    Experience delivering software or data-driven capabilities in complex technical environments.

•    Familiarity with AI/ML technologies and their practical application within enterprise or engineering tools.

•    Experience working in regulated, security-sensitive, or export-controlled environments.

Preferred Qualifications

•    Experience deploying AI-enabled capabilities into production enterprise tools or workflows.

•    Background in engineering software, technical platforms, or data-rich environments.

•    Experience working across multiple teams to deliver cross-functional technology initiatives.

•    Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and translate them into practical product direction.

•    Experience in energy, infrastructure, aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated industries.

Job Functions

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position.  These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation.  Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations.  An applicant's ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

•    Motor Abilities: Sitting and/or standing for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)

•    Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds

•    Repetitive work: Prolonged

•    Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work

•    Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hrs./day

•    Travel required: 0-5%

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government.  TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements.  To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States.  Government export authorization approval times vary.  Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower will not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.  

Job Details

Salary Range Level 11: $125,257 - $208,762

* We typically place offers in the lower to middle portion of the range to maintain internal equity and allow room for growth. Any salary offered within the posted salary band is based on market data and commensurate with the selected individual’s qualifications experience.  This range is specific to Washington State.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

•    Competitive Compensation

•    Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments

•    Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits

o         Medical

o         Vision

o         Dental

o         Life

o         Life and Disability

o         Gender Affirmation Benefits

o         Parental Leave

•    401k Plan

•    Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)

o         21 days of annually accrued PTO

•    Generous Holiday Schedule

o         10 paid holidays

•    Relocation Assistance

•    Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

•    Flexible Work Schedule

TerraPower Career and Benefits information: https://www.terrapower.com/contact-us/careers/