Tech Driver (Technical Product Manager)

Tech Driver

Employment Type : W2

Duration : Long Term

Onboard Timing: ASAP

Location : Kansas City, MI or Atlanta, GA or Dallas, Texas

Visa : USC (citizens only)

Desired Skill : JIRA for Feature Creation and Team Planning and Tracking,
Write access to AgilePlace for Quarterly Planning and Tracking,
Other applications (Figma, Confluence, etc.) used to create agile artifacts like customer journeys, road mapping.

Technical Execution Lead

As a fully engaged technical execution lead, the Product Tech Driver defines and communicates a shared technical vision and helps the Product Business Owner make final calls daily around what work in Capabilities and Features need to be done next.

What is this role responsible for?

• Leading overall technology strategy and governance for the product, in collaboration with technical and architectural stakeholders.
• Defining and communicating a shared understanding of the objectives of an initiative.
• Driving decisions on what scope is in vs. out of each initiative.
• Assisting the Product Owner in sequencing deliverables and work (i.e., features).
• Ensuring adherence to cost guardrails by balancing capacity, resourcing, scope, and technical needs.
• Managing risks and dependencies while ensuring continuous technical delivery of the most valuable product capabilities across the workflow.
• Defining and communicating the technical vision with the technical enablers to achieve it.
• Ensuring the 52-week Product Level CBE is updated with key milestones in collaboration with the Product team.
• Ensuring products and teams maintain good data hygiene for feature self-assessments and championing the activity dashboard (backlog health, Feature Cycle Time).

Who does this role work with?

• Platform owners, architects, and developers for technical and solution guidance and verification of features, focusing on compliance, security, scalability, and stability.
• Tech Product Owner for technical vision and supporting artifacts.
• Product Business Owner/Product Managers for feasibility of initiatives and capabilities and managing within budgets.
• Interacting with team coaches for team deliverables.
• Portfolio Tech Driver for technical escalations and alignment on 52-week CBE.
• Agile coaches to sync on adopting and implementing agile principles, data hygiene, tracking, and improving.
• Tech & Enterprise Program Management.

Which Systems & Tools does this role interact with?

• Planview for Capability Creation, Feature and Capability Mapping, Dependency Tracking, and Quarterly Planning and Tracking.
• JIRA for Feature Creation and Team Planning and Tracking.
• Write access to AgilePlace for Quarterly Planning and Tracking.
• Other applications (Figma, Confluence, etc.) used to create agile artifacts like customer journeys and road mapping.
• FIT for 52-week CBE.