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 Skills:

• 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

Technical Execution Lead Responsibilities

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 needs to be done next.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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 & work (i.e., features)
• Ensuring adherence to cost guardrails by balancing capacity, resourcing, scope, and technical needs
• Ensuring continuous technical delivery of the most valuable product capabilities, managing risks and dependencies
• Defining and communicating the technical vision with technical enablers to achieve it
• Ensuring the 52-week Product Level CBE is updated with key milestones in collaboration with the Product team
• Championing good data hygiene for feature self-assessments and the activity dashboard (backlog health, Feature Cycle Time)

Collaboration:

This role works with:

• Platform owners, architects, and developers for technical and solution guidance
• Tech Product Owner for technical vision and supporting artifacts
• Product Business Owner/Product Managers for feasibility of initiatives and managing within budgets
• 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
• Tech & Enterprise Program Management

Systems & Tools Interaction:

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