Full Time Product Manager Technical (PMT)
Apex Systems · Westlake, TX · 2 mo ago
MarketingFull-time
We are seeking a detail-oriented and collaborative Product Manager to support our product and delivery teams during the execution phase of our agile lifecycle. The ideal candidate will clarify requirements, contribute to peer-reviewed artifacts, and serve as the face of the product during delivery.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Product Managers and delivery teams to gather, document, and clarify business requirements.
- Create, refine, and maintain user stories, acceptance criteria, and epics in JIRA.
- Participate in peer reviews of user stories and other documentation to ensure clarity and completeness before grooming.
- Collaborate with PMTs and engineers to validate requirements during sprints and clarify intent when questions arise.
- Proactively ask questions and surface gaps in documentation or understanding to drive product success.
- Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams during the execution phase, ensuring product intent is carried through development.
- Help query and synthesize JIRA metrics (e.g., story closure rates, carryover items) to support decision-making and sprint retrospectives.
- Support the product team with grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives as needed.
- Contribute to the creation and ongoing refinement of best practices, including documentation standards and metrics tracking.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager or in a similar role within agile software development environments.
- Strong experience with Agile tools like JIRA; able to query and extract relevant sprint data.
- Understanding of the product lifecycle, especially the execution and delivery phase.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to convey complex ideas clearly.
- Comfortable with cross-functional collaboration and flexible role boundaries.
- Ability to influence without authority and clarify vague requirements.
- Experience contributing to peer-reviewed documentation and process improvement initiatives.
- Familiarity with PRFAQs, NSS, and other product artifacts is a plus.
Skills
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Ability to understand concepts, ask clarifying questions, and quickly get acquainted with new subject matter.
- Ability to write high-quality user stories (core differentiator).
- Adaptability and willingness to learn best practices, especially in user story writing and product management.
- Preferred: Experience working in highly matrixed environments with multiple stakeholders.
- Preferred: Comfortable navigating ambiguity and helping drive clarity from limited inputs.
- Preferred: Background in performance tracking, product metrics, or product operations.
- Preferred: Knowledge of Postman, API Integration, API Documentation/Analysis.
Schedule
- Fully onsite, 5 days per week (Monday-Friday) in Westlake, TX. No exceptions.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans.
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
- 401K program with company match after 12 months of tenure.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan.
- SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.
- Corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
- On-demand training program and access to certification prep, technical/leadership courses, books, and seminars after 6+ months of tenure.
- Certification discounts and perks for associations like CompTIA and IIBA.
- Dedicated customer service team and certified Career Coach for consultants.