Technical Product Manager

Core Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between business units (e.g., Engineering, Planning, Operations), executive leadership, and internal/external engineering teams.
• Lead discovery sessions to uncover and analyze deep user needs, transforming vague business requests into highly structured, prioritized product backlogs.
• Translate complex business processes into technical specifications, system architecture maps, user stories, and clear acceptance criteria for developers.
• Collaborate closely with enterprise architects, security teams, and database administrators to evaluate technical feasibility, manage system dependencies, and mitigate technical risks.
• Ensure all product features conform to internal IT governance frameworks, state agency security protocols, and strict regulatory or federal compliance standards.
• Evaluate APIs, data integration plans, and existing software capabilities within the IT and Transportation Tech markets to determine buy-vs-build strategies.
• Establish and enforce a protocol for consistent and detailed documentation for all developed solutions to be used by both internal and external resources (GDOT and suppliers).
• Document and present status updates to stakeholders and management.
• Identify opportunities to optimize the IT project intake, evaluation, and prioritization processes using data-driven insights.
• Develop, standardize, and maintain guidelines, templates, operating procedures, and training materials to help business users submit high-quality project requests.
• Draft formal technical policies, agency guidance documentation, and system regulations for management approval within assigned timeframes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience: 4+ years of product management or technical program management experience, preferably within a government agency, enterprise IT, or transportation technology ecosystem.
• Technical Acumen: Familiarity with data pipelines, GIS/spatial data systems, cloud infrastructure (Azure/AWS), or enterprise service platforms (e.g., ServiceNow).
• Vendor Management: Experience overseeing outsourced or contractor-led software development efforts is highly desirable.