technical product manager

$87,360 - $99,840/Yr

Randstad - Framingham, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Framingham, MA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Technical Product Manager III is a pivotal role responsible for defining and executing the technical strategy for a platform, ensuring that it aligns with business objectives and meets customer needs. This position requires a deep understanding of both technical and business aspects, as the manager will prioritize tasks and features based on technical feasibility, business impact, and user feedback. Collaboration with engineering teams is essential to translate requirements into actionable plans, overseeing the entire product development lifecycle, managing the roadmap, and ensuring the platform's technical integrity and quality. In this role, the Technical Product Manager will partner with key stakeholders, product managers, and cross-functional engineering teams to design and build technical platforms that enable the development and integration of various applications, products, or services. The successful candidate will own and drive the platform's vision, strategy, and roadmaps, ensuring that they are comfortable working with business stakeholders, product management, technical architects, engineers, and design UX teams. The Technical Product Manager will also be responsible for developing a holistic capabilities strategy with a strong focus on revenue growth and technical platform evolution. They will lead the improvement of user experience through the development of new and innovative solutions and product capabilities, ensuring that the platform roadmap aligns with business goals. Regular communication of priorities, progress, and impact to stakeholders is crucial, as is the ability to define and evangelize platform visions, translating them into detailed execution plans. Additionally, the role involves maintaining roadmaps, breaking down large-scale initiatives into user stories, mapping processes, identifying process improvements, and documenting user requirements, including launch and ongoing KPIs to monitor product health and business value. The Technical Product Manager will manage schedules and tasks related to all aspects of product development, launch, and enhancements, while leading the adoption and maturing of agile practices based on SAFe best practices. They will also identify and mitigate technical risks during development, collaborating with teams to address roadblocks and develop contingency plans for project risks.

Responsibilities

• Shape the future by partnering with key stakeholders, product managers, and cross-functional engineering teams to design and build technical platforms.
• Own and drive platform vision, strategy, and roadmaps.
• Comfortably work with business stakeholders, product management, technical architects, engineers, and design UX.
• Handle multiple projects, evaluating priority and ensuring accuracy and timeliness in delivery.
• Develop the near, mid, and long-term holistic capabilities strategy with a strong focus on revenue growth and technical platform evolution.
• Lead improvement of experience through development of new and innovative solutions and product capabilities.
• Ensure alignment of platform roadmap to business goals and drive execution and evolution of the platform.
• Lead cross-functional, cross-channel teams in shaping future platform decisions and strategies.
• Provide regular impactful communication of priorities, progress, and impact to stakeholders.
• Define and evangelize platform visions, translating vision into roadmaps and detailed execution plans.
• Maintain roadmaps, including iterations, and break down large-scale initiatives into user stories.
• Map processes, identify process improvements, and influence team and stakeholders.
• Document user requirements, including launch and ongoing KPIs to monitor product health and ongoing business value.
• Manage schedules and tasks related to all aspects of product development, launch, and enhancements.
• Lead in the adoption and maturing of agile practices based on SAFe best practices.
• Manage multiple tasks concurrently and work within tight deadlines to balance workload effectively.
• Create specifications for both functional and non-functional requirements (NFRs) of the product, ensuring alignment with architecture designs and key integration points within the platform, accounting for DR, resilience, stability, and security.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks during development, collaborating with teams to address roadblocks and develop contingency plans for project risks.

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of experience in a related field.
• Strong program management skills.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• 401K contribution
• Incentive and recognition program