Senior Technical Product Manager


The CP Product motto is...

Continuously deliver value that our clients/partners love – and work for the business

To do this we need a series of specialties working seamlessly together.

  • Viable
    • The cost of building and supporting it
    • The benefit of the value it provides
  • Usable
    • Low resistance / gravity toward the value intended by it
    • Ease and Joy of using it
  • Feasible
    • Can it be built w/in the appetite we have
    • Can it be iterated upon / extensible

  • = Valuable
    • Important to those it is trying to serve
    • Those with the desire are unsatisfied with their current solution

Usually, these responsibilities are broken into Designers own usability, Engineers own feasibility, and Product Managers own viability. Here, we actively try and blur those lines.

Your job as a Product Manager is to ensure we are always doing the most valuable work possible. You are a defacto leader on your squad... making sure everything is running smoothly. You have no more power than your trio-mates, but unlike the expectations of Product Owners or more junior Product Managers, as a senior PM, there is an expectation that you are going to guide the squad to success. But, very much like management, if success happens, you must ensure the credit is given to the squad – however, if there is a failure, you must be the first to take blame and get things back on track. Leading without authority is the name of the game for Product Managers.

Required responsibilities / assignments

Forward Progress Facilitator

A team/squad is a collection of individuals coming together to accomplish some mission. To accomplish a mission, the team needs to make forward progress. We are the facilitators of this forward progress... ensuring that with every action we take brings us closer to achieving our mission 💪🏾 We know it takes a team to succeed, and are committed to ensuring WTWT and collaboration. Regardless of our processes, meeting style and cadences, and communication methods; we ensure progress (next steps, priorities, and deliverables) are as clear as possible.

Forward Progress Facilitator’s must have the following skills, knowledge, and behaviors (aka Abilities):
Collaboration,Project Management,Process Knowledge,Stakeholder / feedback management

Launch Coordinator – Ops & CS

As an organization, we launch together. That means alignment and unity across multiple departments. Within Product, we have special responsibilities to ensure the success of the monthly product launches (as well as any insta-launches). We, launch coordinators, are the captains of the product launch journey.

Launch Coordinator – Ops & Cs’ must have the following skills, knowledge, and behaviors (aka Abilities):
Collaboration,Communication,Project Management,Business Knowledge,Product Knowledge

Customer Insight Excavator

We take in stories, feedback, complaints, and solution requests (from customers) – and convert them into Product gold called Insights

Customer Insight Excavator’s must have the following skills, knowledge, and behaviors (aka Abilities):
Process Knowledge,Qualitative Research,Business Knowledge,Product Discovery

Insights to Opportunity Alchemists

We ensure the opportunities on our opportunity tree are organized and rich with evidence that supports further investment. This evidence comes from everywhere, but is primarily sourced from Insights.

Insights To Opportunity Alchemists’ must have the following skills, knowledge, and behaviors (aka Abilities):
Product Knowledge,Product Discovery,Communication,Qualitative Research

Sorcerex of Truth

We ensure that all stakeholders can rely on the product sources of truth. When they need to know... they can find out – just like ✨ magic 🪄

Sorcerex Of Truth’s must have the following skills, knowledge, and behaviors (aka Abilities):
Collaboration,Communication,Stakeholder / feedback management

Data Analyst

We seek evidence that helps us decide on the direction we will take. There is a saying "if all we have are opinions, let's use mine... but if we have data, let's use that". CareerPlug aspires to be data-influenced in all product decisions. We are the engine that powers that influence.

Data Analyst’s must have the following skills, knowledge, and behaviors (aka Abilities):
Data analysis / synthesis,Communication,Collaboration

Product Teammate

We are the builder, thinkers, the foundation for our business. Our business exists to provide value primarily via software – and we have the tremendous honor of being the caretakers of the software. Our motto as Product People is; Continuously Deliver Value – that Clients and Partners Love – and works for the business.

Product Teammate’s must have the following skills, knowledge, and behaviors (aka Abilities):
Product Knowledge,Process Knowledge,Business Knowledge,Goal Management,Collaboration

Value Shaper

We shape the solutions aimed at the desired outcome within Opportunities. We are the missionaries within Product obsessively focused on the five big value attributes while seeking continuously improved ways to deliver value that our clients/partners love and work for the business.

Value Shaper’s must have the following skills, knowledge, and behaviors (aka Abilities):
Business Knowledge,Collaboration,Data analysis / synthesis,Product Knowledge,Qualitative Research,Product Discovery,Decomposition & Sequencing

Post-launch--Built-in-quality Guard

There can be no Value without Quality. We ensure we are building that quality in. From selecting opportunities, to shaping solutions, how we decompose and sequence the build out, and even how we do staged rollouts of our launches. We are looking for ways to ensure quality at every turn.

Post Launch Built In Quality Guard’s must have the following skills, knowledge, and behaviors (aka Abilities):
Collaboration,Decomposition & Sequencing,Product Knowledge,Stakeholder / feedback management

Opportunity Tree Caretaker

We ensure the opportunities we focus on are in alignment with the product strategy and give us the best chance at achieving our ultimate goals of continuous value delivery. We succeed if the Oppties we select results in helping us meet our product strategy goals.

Technical Partner Manager

We ensure that our technical partnerships are healthy. That means clarifying expectations, managing communication, and ultimately being accountable for success (win-win makers).

Technical Partner Manager’s must have the following skills, knowledge, and behaviors (aka Abilities):
Business Knowledge,Collaboration,Communication

Optional responsibilities / Assignments

Builder Task Shaper

We take slices of work (epics/scopes) and break them into specific, actionable stories/tasks so that we can ship as effectively as possible.

Code Creator

We write the software that drives the value delivery of our offering

Code Reviewer

We put teammates first by using code reviews as a way to help them continuously improve while continuously delivering value

Escalation Mitigator

Escalations are inevitable, but we ensure recurring escalations are reduced/eliminated altogether

In-app guide admin

We collaborate on the in-app guide needs

Incident Communications Lead

We ensure everyone is aware of what is going on when there is an incident

Tier-3 Agent

We ensure Tier-II has what they need to succeed

Tiger Team Member

We take the ideals of "continuous improvement of daily work" to its most actionable level. We join Tiger Teams when we think we can help make something better. We see a need, and fill a need.

Eligibility

To be eligible for Technical Product Manager - 3.1 - Senior, you must meet all of the following:
Alternative / Equivalent titles
  • Official Internal Title:Technical Product Manager - 3.1 - Senior
  • Official External Title:Senior Technical Product Manager
  • --No other title alternatives configured--

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