Job description

A leading organization is seeking a Technical Product Manager to support a data-focused platform used for annotation and review workflows. The Technical Product Manager will help expand adoption of the platform by defining features, improving operational workflows, and translating business needs into actionable product requirements. The position will work closely with data science and engineering teams to manage features throughout the product lifecycle and establish clear priorities for technical development.

Responsibilities

• Translate internally identified requirements into clear, actionable product features.
• Own and manage product features throughout their lifecycle.
• Establish priorities for product enhancements and technical work.
• Partner closely with data science and engineering teams to define and deliver product capabilities.
• Support the creation and operationalization of templates and review workflows.
• Help define processes for moving data into and out of the platform.
• Improve and standardize annotation and review processes.
• Identify product improvements that increase workflow efficiency and reduce manual effort.

Required experience and skills

• Product management experience supporting technical products or platforms.
• Experience collaborating directly with data science and engineering teams.
• Ability to translate requirements into actionable product features.
• Strong product prioritization and feature management skills.
• Experience managing features across the product lifecycle.
• Ability to understand technical workflows and communicate effectively with technical teams.
• SQL knowledge is a plus.
• Experience with Tableau or Power BI is a plus.

FAQs

1. What does a Technical Product Manager do?

A Technical Product Manager defines product direction while working closely with engineering and technical teams to turn business and user needs into deliverable solutions. The role typically covers product strategy, requirements, prioritization, technical trade-offs, roadmap planning, and delivery coordination.

2. How does a Technical Product Manager translate business needs into technical requirements?

The Product Manager works with stakeholders to understand the underlying problem, desired outcomes, constraints, and success criteria. These requirements are translated into clear product specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, and technical priorities that engineering teams can implement.

3. How does a Technical Product Manager prioritize the product roadmap?

Roadmap decisions typically consider customer impact, business value, technical dependencies, strategic objectives, risk, development effort, and time to value. The Product Manager balances new capabilities with technical debt, platform improvements, reliability work, and other engineering priorities.

4. How much technical knowledge does a Technical Product Manager need?

A Technical Product Manager should understand software architecture, APIs, databases, integrations, cloud environments, security, and development workflows well enough to participate in technical discussions. The role does not generally require writing production code, but strong technical fluency helps with evaluating trade-offs and communicating effectively with engineers.

5. How does a Technical Product Manager work with engineering teams?

The Product Manager partners with engineers and technical leads throughout discovery, planning, development, testing, and release. They clarify requirements, resolve scope questions, manage dependencies, make prioritization decisions, and ensure technical work remains connected to the intended product outcome.

6. What role do APIs and integrations play in technical product management?

APIs and integrations often determine how products exchange data and interact with internal or external systems. A Technical Product Manager may define integration requirements, data flows, authentication needs, error handling, service dependencies, and acceptance criteria for these capabilities.

7. How does a Technical Product Manager measure product success?

Success metrics depend on the product and may include adoption, engagement, conversion, performance, reliability, customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, or revenue impact. Technical measures such as API performance, availability, error rates, and system usage may also be important for technology-focused products.

8. How does a Technical Product Manager manage technical debt?

Technical debt is evaluated alongside new product development based on its impact on reliability, scalability, security, developer productivity, and future delivery. The Product Manager works with engineering to prioritize technical improvements and communicate their business or operational value to stakeholders.