Technical Product Manager

Rocket Loans - Detroit, MI

Full-time - Mid Level

Detroit, MI

1,001-5,000 employees

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

The Technical Product Manager is responsible for the success of technology tools by defining the strategy, roadmap, and features throughout their lifecycle. This role combines market research with technology goals to create a product vision, ensuring the best user experience for internal users by translating their needs into a feature roadmap. The manager will also define key performance indicators to measure product success and deliver value with each product release.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and iteratively improve the product vision and roadmap.
• Evangelize a common understanding of the product vision and roadmap.
• Collaborate with technical stakeholders and leadership in defining the product's strategy.
• Maintain a healthy feature backlog to support a continuous flow of value.
• Collaborate on new features, ensuring that acceptance criteria are met prior to deployment.
• Translate technology requests and technical investment decisions into work items.
• Integrate usability research, product data analysis, and stakeholder ideas into requirements.
• Monitor feature progress, risks, and scope to anticipate and mitigate issues.
• Understand and anticipate user needs through market trends and user research.
• Collect user feedback using wireframes and proof-of-concept models.
• Enable an intuitive user experience through functional and non-functional requirements.
• Build and maintain relationships with technology stakeholders and leadership.
• Negotiate the scope of work with stakeholders.
• Inform priority of technical debt and technology requests.

Requirements

• 3 years of experience in technical product management or equivalent competency.
• 2 years of programming experience in an object-oriented or functional programming language.
• Undergraduate degree in computer science, information technology, or related field.
• Experience developing work items for technical teams.
• Experience crafting user interactions for technical users.
• Experience documenting technical user interactions and processes.
• Ability to communicate product vision concisely.
• Experience advocating for products using persuasive language.
• Experience proactively collecting user feedback.
• Knowledge of software systems, platforms, and infrastructures.

Nice-to-haves

• Associate-tier certification in AWS, GCP, or Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with financial institutions or the fintech industry.
• Knowledge of multiple functional areas such as product management, UI/UX, and vendor management.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance