Manager, Product – Engineering

Jobtailor; Kansas; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Kansas is seeking a seasoned Product Manager to lead product and engineering teams, delivering customer-facing web apps, APIs, and digital experiences that support critical initiatives.

You will translate business requirements into actionable delivery plans, guide DevOps and security practices, and foster collaboration with product, architecture, and engineering to achieve on-time, high-value outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree with related work experience in software/product development.
• 5+ years in Product Management within an agile software environment.
• Proven experience with Agile Scrum and backlog management tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication tailored to diverse audiences.
• Experience delivering large, complex business/technology initiatives.
• Ability to influence leadership and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead product and engineering teams to deliver business outcomes.
• Oversee delivery of customer-facing web apps, APIs, and digital experiences.
• Manage technical vendor relationships for digital platforms and tools.
• Guide solutions with modern CMS, cloud-native architectures, and API integrations.
• Drive development practices including Agile, DevOps, security, and performance.
• Translate business requirements into actionable delivery plans and priorities.
• Stay current on web development trends, AI-enabled experiences, and related technologies.
• Recruit and hire qualified team members as needed.
• Prioritize work and allocate resources to meet scope and timeline.
• Conduct performance evaluations and foster team development.

Skills

Product management

Agile/Scrum

Requirements elicitation

Communication with leadership

Analytical skills

Backlog/project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Initiatives/Features/User Stories

AI/Generative AI awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CMS platforms

Cloud architectures

APIs

Contentful/AEM/Sitecore/Optimizely/WordPress VIP/Headless CMS

Job description

Responsibilities

• Manage product and engineering teams to deliver business outcomes through direction, coaching, feedback, technical leadership, and performance management.
• Lead delivery of customer-facing web applications, APIs, and digital experience capabilities supporting critical Postpaid Apps (Service Management) initiatives.
• Oversee technical vendor relationships for digital experience platforms, web technologies, and supporting tools, driving feature and functionality requests for future product releases.
• Evaluate and guide technical solutions involving modern CMS platforms, cloud-native architectures, API integrations, and front-end application frameworks to ensure scalability, security, maintainability, and business value.
• Implement continuous improvements in development practices across technical disciplines including Agile delivery, DevOps, application security, quality engineering, web performance optimization, and operational excellence.
• Partner with product, architecture, and engineering teams to translate business requirements and high-level solution designs into actionable delivery plans, technical workstreams, and execution priorities.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and industry trends related to web development, API integration, digital experience platforms, cloud-native solutions, and AI-enabled customer experiences.
• Recruit and hire qualified team members to strengthen product and project teams, including contract staff as needed.
• Prioritize work and allocate resources effectively to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations, provide constructive feedback, establish development goals, and hold team members accountable for results.
• Also responsible for other duties/projects as assigned by business management as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree plus 5 years of related work experience OR Advanced Degree with 3 years of related experience
• 4-7 years Product Management experience in an agile software product development environment
• Knowledge in software with Agile Scrum methodologies and other commonly used tools
• Strong requirements elicitation, and proven writing skills including the ability to write concisely and clearly for different audiences
• Experience with Agile backlog/project management tools
• Experience in delivering large and complex business/technology initiatives
• Proven ability to effectively and efficiently communicate with Leadership, while employing a high degree of collaboration and influence
• Experience with successive elaboration and ability to develop Initiatives, Features and User Stories that the DevOps teams can ingest
• Strong analytical skills with ability to identify/analyze/ synthesize product use data
• Modern CMS and Digital Experience Platforms (Contentful, AEM, Sitecore, Optimizely, WordPress VIP, Sanity, Acquia) (Preferred)
• Node.js and Microservices Architectures (Preferred)
• Docker and Kubernetes (Preferred)
• Web Performance Optimization and Core Web Vitals (Preferred)
• Automated Testing Frameworks (Jest, Cypress, Playwright, Selenium) (Preferred)
• AI-Powered Digital Experience Technologies (Preferred)
• Generative AI, LLM Integration, Intelligent Search, and Personalization Solutions (Preferred)
• OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Google Vertex AI, Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic Claude, or similar enterprise AI platforms (Preferred)
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Vector Search, and AI Orchestration Concepts (Preferred)
• Responsible AI, Security, Privacy, and Governance Practices (Preferred)