Technical Product Manager
About the role
We are seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of shared platform capabilities that power products across Ascend Learning. This role sits at the intersection of product management, engineering, architecture, data, and AI.
Responsibilities
- Own Shared Platform Capabilities
- Lead one or more enterprise platform capabilities that enable product and engineering teams to build, integrate, and scale solutions more effectively across Ascend Learning.
- Develop and maintain product roadmaps that align platform investments with enterprise priorities, business needs, and long-term technology strategy.
- Product Discovery and Strategy
- Understand the needs of internal engineering teams, business product organizations, and enterprise stakeholders. Define product vision, strategy, outcomes, and success metrics for shared platform capabilities.
- Translate strategic priorities and customer needs into clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Prioritize product backlogs based on customer value, business impact, technical feasibility, and platform health.
- Partner closely with Engineering to deliver high-quality, reliable, and scalable platform capabilities.
- Define adoption, performance, and value metrics; monitor progress and use insights to guide roadmap decisions.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner across product, engineering, architecture, security, data, AI, UX, infrastructure, and program teams to align priorities, resolve dependencies, and ensure shared platform investments scale across the enterprise.
- Technical Leadership
- Apply working knowledge of APIs, cloud platforms, distributed systems, integrations, and modern software architecture.
- Participate in architectural discussions and help evaluate technical tradeoffs.
- Make informed prioritization decisions that balance customer value, engineering effort, risk, and long-term platform health.
- Help define platform standards, operating principles, and best practices that improve consistency and developer experience.
Requirements
- 5+ years of product management, technical product management, platform product management, or related experience.
- Experience working closely with software engineering teams to define, prioritize, and deliver technical products or platform capabilities.
- Strong understanding of APIs, cloud platforms, distributed systems, integrations, and modern software architecture.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear product requirements, roadmaps, and stakeholder communications.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Previous software engineering, systems engineering, enterprise architecture, or technical program experience.
- Experience with Azure or other public cloud platforms.
- Experience with AI platforms, large language models, data platforms, machine learning infrastructure, or developer platforms.
- Experience in healthcare, education technology, SaaS, or other regulated industries.
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Company paid Life Insurance
401(k) with company match
Paid time off and parental leave
Employee assistance program
Other employee wellness programs such as Headspace and Airvet
Charitable matching program
Hiring Range
The current full-time annualized hiring range for this role is $107,200.00-$153,340.00 and does not include discretionary bonus or sales incentives, if applicable. In accordance with applicable state laws, we are providing the expected salary range for this position. Individual compensation will be determined by various factors, including relevant experience, qualifications, current business needs and local market factors.