API Product Manager

eTeam; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 75,864 - 96,969; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech consulting firm is seeking an API Product Manager in Minneapolis for a 4+ month contract. The role involves bridging business and technology for API Developer Platform projects, requiring expertise in product management and API design. Candidates should have strong organizational skills and a commitment to high-quality product standards. This position operates on a hybrid model and offers competitive pay.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience working with APIs.
• 3+ years of experiencing managing financial technology Products.
• Strong PowerPoint skills with high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into user stories and API specifications using Swagger framework.
• Manage the API backlog, prioritize feature requests, bug fixes, and new initiatives based on data.
• Collaborate with other teams including other enterprise platforms, engineering, architecture, and UX.

Skills

Product Management

API Design

Agile methodologies

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Confluence

MS Teams

SharePoint

Job description

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Title: API Product Manager
Location: Minneapolis, MN 55402 OR Atlanta, GA 30328- (Hybrid 3 Days Onsite & 2 Days Remote)
Duration: 4+ Months Contract with possible extension
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Top Requirements: Product Mgmt 3 - 5 years, API Design 3 - 5 years

Do you have a passion for the convergence of technology and business? Have you worked with APIs? Client is seeking API Product Managers to help us build the bridge between business and technology teams for API Developer Platform projects.
Client treats APIs as products. Our API Product Managers create APIs, influence the product life cycle and evangelize our API as a Product culture. As a candidate you deeply understand the developer persona and ensure API products are easy to implement, well documented and designed to our high standards. You also understand RESTful concepts, JSON structure and API architecture principles.

In addition to technical and product knowledge you, as a candidate, have an insane drive for organization and details.
You’re proficient and capable of managing daily team events and organizing team communication using a variety of toolsets such as Confluence, MS Teams, SharePoint, etc.

And finally, you’re a doer, you’re not afraid to jump into complex financial service systems and tools to analyze workflow, understand architecture, document business requirements and propose solutions.

About the Team
Client Enterprise API Developer Platform team contributes significantly to enabling our customer-focused experience through product management, enterprise governance, standardized customer experience and developer portal properties. We combine all those to extend the reach of lines of business and innovation to bank partners.

Responsibilities
• Translate business requirements into user stories and API specifications using Swagger framework.
• Serve as the bridge between Line of Business partners and Engineering teams and ensure that everyone is working towards a shared goal.
• Work with internal and external partners to create and validate business critical use cases.
• Help establish OKRs and own development outcomes
• Create and manage user personas and brainstorm new API ideas.
• Help develop product charters to provide an understanding and vision for the API offering.
• Manage the API backlog, prioritize feature requests, bug fixes, and new initiatives based on data and user feedback.
• Collaborate with other teams including other enterprise platforms, engineering, architecture, and UX.
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies including daily standup, planning, grooming and Quarterly Planning sessions
• Oversee the development process, ensuring APIs adhere to established standards, naming conventions, and design principles.
• Review API design with Sr. Product Manager, API engineering team, QA, Compliance and other impacted teams
• Ensure APIs adhere to established standards, security protocols, naming conventions, and design principles.
• Track API performance, identify areas for improvement, and work with engineering teams to ensure APIs remain scalable and reliable.
• Apply product management, industry, and market expertise to brainstorm and create additional use-cases for the API
• Participate with business lines and marketing team to develop a marketing plan for the API
• Work with the QA team for test case creation and ensure all critical use cases are accounted for.
• Own all API documentation including documents for developer support, security, sales, sales training and marketing.
• Help set up and run Hackathons
• Participate in API monetization strategy if required

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 2+ years’ experience working with APIs
• Understanding of RESTful concepts and JSON
• 3+ years of experiencing managing financial technology Products
• 2+ year of Agile experience
• Strong communication skills including verbal, written and collaboration tools.
• Strong PowerPoint skills with high attention to detail and visual presentation

Preferred Qualifications
• 2+ years of designing, programming, testing, or supporting APIs (though no API programming will be required for this specific role)
• 3+ years of Agile experience
• 1+ years of technical writing experience
• Excellent presentation skills and comfort presenting complex information to senior leadership
• Wireframing experience
• Working knowledge of Apigee.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Banking and Financial Services

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