Technical Product Manager

Ascend Learning - Leawood, KS

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Leawood, KS

Management of Companies and Enterprises

About the position

The Technical Product Manager (TPM) at Ascend Learning is responsible for developing and managing the long-term capability strategy and roadmap to enhance capability management. This role aims to streamline technology prioritization and minimize hand-offs across Product and Tech teams, ensuring alignment with Ascend's overall strategy and market trends.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute long-term strategic capability roadmap in alignment with overall Ascend strategy and objectives and market trends.
• Ensure roadmap is inclusive of and enables clear implementation.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Ascend, leveraging market data trends and customer feedback to improve capability maturity.
• Support efforts to ensure accurate and deeply connected integrated roadmaps.
• Work closely with Senior TPM and Platform TPMs to review, rationalize, and prioritize capability requirements.
• Guide and support Product Delivery Teams to ensure alignment to customer and strategic value/priorities.
• Own, oversee, and provide regular updates to stakeholders on capability development.
• Provide guidance to development teams responsible for capabilities build and maintenance.
• Plan, manage and prioritize features and product increment cycles (PIs) for agile development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related fields.
• 5+ years of combined experience in product management, technical product management, business management, or consulting, preferably in a technical or software-related environment.
• Experience working in an agile environment is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with data analysis, market research related to SaaS/technology trends, and customer feedback methodologies.
• Proven ability in managing a complex strategic roadmap with multiple dependencies.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, to collaborate effectively with product teams and stakeholders.
• Strong technical acumen with a deep understanding of the customer/markets being served.
• Strong understanding of software development principles, technologies, and agile methodologies.
• Proven expertise in making critical technology-related decisions and trade-offs to drive business value.
• Ability to align capability roadmap with product requirements and overall business objectives.
• Ability to derive insights from technical trends to champion improvements to capability.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong project management skills to oversee development of capability requirements.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the healthcare education sector.
• Familiarity with assessment and instructional content development.

Benefits

• Flexible and generous paid time off
• Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• 401(k) employer matching program
• Parental leave
• Wellness resources
• Charitable matching program
• Hybrid work
• On-site workout facilities
• Community outreach groups
• Tuition reimbursement