Technical Product Manager

Kunai

$100K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of product management experience, ideally with technically complex platforms.
  • Familiarity with event-driven architecture and streaming systems like Kafka.
  • Ability to discuss microservices and system design with engineering teams.
  • Exposure to Python products, either through coding or collaboration with developers.
  • Experience running agile ceremonies and managing a successful product backlog.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills across technical and senior roles.
  • Proven track record of launching products, not just conceptualizing them.
  • Excellent communication skills to bridge business and engineering conversations.

Responsibilities

  • Own the product roadmap for streaming and event-driven architecture.
  • Translate technical capabilities into clear product requirements.
  • Collaborate with engineering to prioritize tasks based on complexity and value.
  • Define and track success metrics for data-driven products post-launch.
  • Conduct discovery sessions with stakeholders to identify impactful projects.
  • Write clear specifications for engineers to follow without extensive revisions.
  • Align cross-functional teams around a cohesive product roadmap.
  • Make informed trade-offs when faced with scope, timeline, or technical limitations.
  • Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on a massive global payment network.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams including engineering, design, and business.
  • Ability to impact high throughput data products meaningfully.
  • Engagement in technical discussions with an emphasis on product innovation.
  • Work in a dynamic environment that values data-informed decision making.
Full Job Description
As a Technical Product Manager, you'll own the roadmap for products built on high throughput, event-driven systems, working closely with engineers to turn complex technical capabilities into tools that drive a massive global payment network.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
  • Own the product roadmap for systems built on streaming and event-driven architecture
  • Translate technical capabilities like Kafka, microservices, and cloud infrastructure into clear product requirements
  • Partner with engineering to prioritize backlog items based on technical complexity and business value
  • Define success metrics for high throughput data products and track them post launch
  • Run discovery with technical and business stakeholders to identify the highest impact work
  • Write clear specs and acceptance criteria that engineers can build against without back and forth
  • Align cross-functional teams (engineering, design, data, business) around a shared roadmap
  • Make data-informed tradeoffs when scope, timeline, or technical constraints collide
  • Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and business context to engineers

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • 5+ years of product management experience, ideally on platforms with real technical depth
  • Working familiarity with event-driven architecture and streaming systems like Kafka
  • Comfortable talking through microservices, system design, and AWS with an engineering team
  • Some exposure to Python products, whether you've written code yourself or worked closely with those who have
  • Experience running agile ceremonies and owning a backlog with clear accountability for outcomes
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, including with technical and senior audiences
  • A track record of shipping products, not just planning them
  • Curious, clear communicator, comfortable being the translator between business and engineering


Minimum Degree Required:

  • Bachelor's Degree, in lieu of a degree, demonstrating in addition to the minimum years of experience required for the role, three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible work experience in technology for each missing year of college is required

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