Lead Technical Product Manager

Northwestern Mutual - Milwaukee, WI

Full-time - Mid Level

Milwaukee, WI

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About the position

The Lead Technical Product Manager for Test Data Capabilities at Northwestern Mutual is responsible for enhancing the developer experience by simplifying, standardizing, and automating processes. This role involves engaging with internal customers to understand their needs and formulating solutions that improve efficiency and product quality across the organization. The position focuses on providing enterprise capabilities such as Data De-Identification and Synthetic Test Data Generation, contributing to the overall success of the engineering delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead voice of customer sessions in both small and large group forums to understand customer needs and problems
• Build strong relationships with enterprise partners
• Contribute to delivery roadmap for enterprise capabilities by prioritizing needs in alignment with company, technology and department strategies
• Contribute to planning for the organization including yearly, program increment (PI), and sprint planning to influence prioritization of work and drive strong delivery outcomes through key results and metrics
• Design, organize, and implement high impact solutions for use across teams within and outside their division
• Establish, aggregate, and share enterprise standards and best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• 6-8 years of professional experience in product owner, product management or engineering delivery role
• Experience developing and leading solution delivery using agile methods including experience with test automation and varying test data solutions
• Ability to synthesize information from many sources and make recommendations on solutions and next steps while balancing conflicting needs and priorities
• Ability to effectively communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences in varying forms and levels of detail
• Experience with data architecture, data engineering, and data integration patterns
• Experience with the various phases of software development with a focus on development and testing
• Solid understanding of design patterns and architecture
• Proven track record of successfully designing and delivering significant and impactful technology solutions.

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules
• Concierge service
• Comprehensive benefits
• Employee resource groups