PTC Inc - Portland, ME
posted 9 days ago
Full-time - Senior
Portland, ME
5,001-10,000 employees
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
About the position
The Senior Director of Technical Product Management at PTC is responsible for leading the technical product direction for development teams focused on the Kepware product line. This role acts as a key liaison between development and product management, ensuring alignment between business objectives and technical implementations. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with Engineering to design functionality and strategy, manage a team of Technical Product Managers, and oversee the product backlog to drive successful product outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Manage and mentor a team of Technical Product Managers that provide product expertise and manage the product backlog for multiple development teams.
- Collaborate with product management to establish product roadmap and release goals, and provide feedback on feature definition.
- Collaborate with Engineering and UX to architect functionality and set the overall vision for the development teams, ensuring high-quality, sustainable outcomes.
- Develop and maintain future product backlog with feedback from Product Management.
- Collaborate with Engineering to prioritize technical debt and enablers in support of product vision and quality standards.
- Supervise development/refinement of product backlog through product lifecycle.
- Collaborate with release management to establish release dates.
- Ensure inter-dependencies between teams and products are being managed across functions.
- Proactively assess process efficiency and drive improvements.
Requirements
- At least 10 years in software or agile product development, including 3 in a management capacity.
- Experience managing backlogs for multiple teams in a TPM, Product Owner, or similar role.
- In-depth knowledge of agile methodology for the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
- Ability to drive product development features and functions towards desired business value.
- Familiarity with the technology utilized in product development.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the capacity to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders.
