Ascend Learning - Leawood, KS
posted about 2 months ago
As a Sr Manager Technical Product Platform at Ascend Learning, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction and operational effectiveness of our platform offerings. This position is designed to enhance the end-to-end customer experience by aligning high-value capabilities with a user-focused approach. You will be responsible for developing and managing a long-term platform strategy and roadmap that supports a strategic category of business within Ascend. Your role will involve collaborating closely with the Director of Technical Product Management (TPM) to formulate aggregate platform strategies that simplify technology prioritization and minimize hand-offs across Product and Tech teams. This will ensure a seamless transition of business requirements into the development phase of the product lifecycle. In this role, you will develop and execute a long-term strategic platform roadmap that aligns with Ascend's overall strategy and market trends. You will analyze and synthesize data points to make informed decisions about the platform's direction. Your responsibilities will include conducting research to achieve a high-value platform roadmap vision in partnership with Business Product Managers (BPM). You will also be tasked with effectively communicating and driving alignment to the platform vision across various teams, ensuring that training, documentation, and overall alignment to value are prioritized in every collaboration. As a trusted partner and technical Subject Matter Expert (SME), you will represent the Technology teams within core Product Delivery Teams (PDTs), bridging the gap between technology and other stakeholders. You will convey product requirements to development teams and provide regular updates on platform health and development. Additionally, you will provide technical guidance to development teams, orchestrate the implementation of tracking mechanisms to gather insights on platform usage, and manage a team of high-performing platform product managers to support the business category. Your leadership will be crucial in driving thoughtful advancements to the platform in partnership with product and technical leadership.