Product Manager, Benevity API Ecosystem

Benevity; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Toronto is looking for a Product Manager to oversee the vision and strategy for their API Ecosystem. This role involves defining the long-term roadmap, ensuring compliance with modern architecture, and conducting market analysis for upcoming trends. The ideal candidate will have proven product management experience focusing on API strategy and backlog management. This position is vital for aligning business value with technological innovation and positioning the company for future developments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management with a focus on APIs.
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to align with technical teams.
• Experience with emerging trends in API technologies.

Responsibilities

• Define the API ecosystem roadmap aligning with architecture.
• Research trends to ensure platform competitiveness.
• Articulate ROI of major API initiatives to leadership.
• Manage backlog for multiple teams.

Skills

Product management

API strategy

Market analysis

Backlog management

Job description

Meet Benevity

Benevity is the way the world does good, providing companies (and their employees) with technology to take social action on the issues they care about. Through giving, volunteering, grantmaking, employee resource groups and microҚotions, we help most of the Fortune 100 brands build better cultures and use their power for good. We’re also one of the first B Corporations in Canada, meaning we’re asjd this, as we are to profits. We have people working all over the world, including Canada, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and more!

We are seeking a highly strategic and proactive Product Manager to own the vision, strategy, and execution for the Benevity API Ecosystem. This individual will treat the API as the core product, focusing intensely on Developer Experience (DX), enabling internal teams ("API Factory" adoption), and positioning Benevity for an agentic future where AI and automated systems seamlessly interact with our platform.

What you’ll do:

• API Vision & Strategy: Define the long-term roadmap for the API ecosystem, ensuring it aligns with microservices and event-driven architecture.
• AI-Ready Optimization: Future-proof APIs for an "agentic" future by incorporating semantic labeling and machine-to-machine optimizations.
• Market Analysis: Research emerging trends like GraphQL and API Gateways to keep the platform competitive and best-in-class.
• Executive Alignment: Clearly articulate the business value and ROI of all major API initiatives to leadership.
• Product Synergy: Partner with other PMs to ensure API development is prioritized to drive value across all Benevity product lines.
• Backlog Management: Own and groom a prioritized backlog for multiple teams usingipelips (e Pedra) of(...) etc.