AI-First Product & Engineering: How PMs and EMs Are Redefining the Build Loop

AI is reshaping how products get built—and who builds them.
Product managers are no longer just writing specs. With AI tools, they’re rapidly prototyping, validating ideas, and in some cases shipping functional experiences themselves. This shift is changing the expectations placed on engineering teams and redefining the partnership between PMs and EMs.
In this session, we’ll explore:

• What it means to be an “AI-first” product team
• How PMs are evolving into builders and prototypers
• How engineering managers and teams need to adapt their workflows, expectations, and boundaries
• Where traditional handoffs break down—and what replaces them

We’ll discuss real-world patterns, tensions, and opportunities as the line between product and engineering continues to blur.

About the Speaker
Samir Boudjebla is a Principle Product Manager with 17 years of experience building developer-facing products in the intersection of AI, data, and open source. He has owned product strategy at AWS for Amazing MQ and SNS, and most recently worked at Quandri, a Vancouver-based insurtech startup, where he helped build AI technologies that automate policy reviews at scale. He has worked closely with the Apache open source communicate and brings a rare combination of deep technical fluency and product leadership to the PM and EM collaboration conversation.

Agenda (in PST)
5:00 – 5:15 PM — Welcoming + Social (small breakout groups)
5:15 – 6:25 PM — Talk + Q&A
6:25 – 6:30 PM — Wrap-up

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