Senior Technical Product Manager

About

Our client is seeking for a Senior Technical Product Manager to lead our enterprise database and storage product area, powering reliable, secure, and cost-effective file, block, and object storage plus modern database services across on-prem and cloud. You’ll define the service catalog (tiers, SLAs/SLOs), set standards for automation and lifecycle management, and elevate backup, recovery, and DR capabilities so engineering teams can ship faster with confidence.

Key Responsibilities

Core

• Learn what engineering teams need by talking with them, watching how they work, and checking what others are doing in the market.
• Work with both internal teams and outside specialists to decide which product features matter most.
• Find, collect, and study data to solve problems internally and its engineers.
• Build strong working relationships with people from different teams.
• Turn engineering customer needs into clear requirements and help set the product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable software.
• Partner with engineering teams on product adoption and achieving desired outcomes.
• Define and communicate the domain-level product vision and strategy, ensuring that roadmaps align with both technical objectives and business goals across the organization.
• Collaborate with Directors / Senior Directors of Engineering to align product strategy with organizational goals and technical vision.
• Lead regular product review sessions with Directors / Senior Directors of Engineering to assess progress, gather, and refine feature priorities.

Function Specific

• Own the strategy and roadmap for database and storage platforms (file, block, and object/blob) across on prem and cloud.
• Define the storage and database services we offer (RDBMS, document DB, cache/in-memory, immutable backup, DR), including tiers and SLAs/SLOs.
• Set standards and automation for provisioning, scaling, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management to reduce operational work.
• Own backup and recovery, including immutability, retention, encryption, ransomware recovery, and DR testing.
• Choose the right solutions (cloud and on-prem, vendor and open source) using data, cost models, and clear adoption and reliability metrics.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Science, Math, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Work Experience

• 7+ years of experience as a Technical Product Manager, Product Manager, Engineer, or Engineering Manager (or equivalent experience in a technical product or platform environment).
• Experience working in a cross-functional, matrixed organization.
• Experience assessing open-source and vendor solutions, including time to market and total cost of ownership.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• You can define a clear technical product vision, create effective product strategies, and build roadmaps for technical and non-technical audiences.
• You demonstrate entrepreneurial drive and can influence teams and stakeholders.
• You communicate clearly in writing, speaking, and presentations, and build strong working relationships across teams.
• You evaluate Open Source and vendor solutions, considering time to market and total cost of ownership.
• You understand engineering workflows, deployment practices, and facilitate the design of solutions for complex technical problems.
• You seek continuous improvement and innovation, stay up to date with emerging technologies, and encourage creativity and agility.
• You work effectively in cross-functional and matrixed organizations, even in ambiguous situations and under tight deadlines.
• You use strong analytical and quantitative skills to assess relative value and prioritization
• You guide and motivate team members to achieve results, take ownership of the work, and act with urgency.

Compensation

• Rate: $70-$85/hour (depends on experience level).
• This is a contract position with candidates expected to work 40 hours/ week.