Technical Product Manager

Our client is seeking an experienced Technical Product Manager to join their team in Atlanta, GA.

Responsibilities

• Work with product, design, and operations teams to deliver innovative ways to serve learners
• Determine what products to make, ensure those products get made, and report back on how users respond to products
• Collaborate with engineering and design teams to strategically plan products and their development
• Assess partnerships and licensing opportunities with external third parties, run beta and pilot programs with early-stage products, and analyze the competition
• Understand, discuss, and challenge architectural concepts, trade-offs, and new opportunities with technical team members
• Make informed decisions about prioritizing new product features, reducing technical debt, and improving resiliency
• Work with engineering and key teams to deliver scalable and extensible software solutions to support business needs
• Coordinate with business line product managers and other component teams to define your team's roadmap and delivery of product features
• Translate business needs, user needs, and technological capabilities into user stories and product specifications for successful implementations
• Document detailed acceptance criteria that developers and QA can rely upon to complete their tasks
• Drive Agile principles and methodologies, including owning the team backlogs, defining and prioritizing epics, features, user stories, and other artifacts to support development goals
• Define objective requirements with success criteria

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in product management, data engineering, or a related technical role, with at least 3 years focused on data governance or data platform products
• Hands-on experience with enterprise data governance tools such as Collibra or similar
• Strong working knowledge of Databricks Unity Catalog, including data access policies, attribute tagging, and Delta Sharing
• Demonstrated experience working on multi-cloud infrastructure platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and understanding cross-cloud data governance challenges
• Advanced SQL proficiency — able to write complex queries, debug pipeline failures, and validate data quality rules independently
• Practical experience with ETL/ELT pipeline technologies (e.g., Apache Spark, dbt, Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Airflow)
• Proven ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into structured, engineering-ready user stories and acceptance criteria
• Exceptional storytelling and communication skills — able to simplify complexity for both executive and technical audiences
• Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts and their application to data governance use cases (automated classification, PII detection, lineage inference)
• Experience running agile product delivery including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and stakeholder demos

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data mesh or data fabric architecture patterns
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and their technical implementation in data platforms
• Exposure to AI governance platforms and responsible AI principles (model lineage, bias detection, explainability)
• Knowledge of metadata standards such as Collibra, Open Lineage, Apache Atlas
• Certifications in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) or data governance tools (Collibra, Databricks)

Key Competencies

• Strategic Product Leadership
• Technical Curiosity & Analytical Thinking
• Cross-Functional Influence

Work Environment

This is a hybrid position located in Atlanta, GA.

Pay

The approximate pay range for this position is between $45.00 and $55.00 per hour. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and location.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• 401K