Product Development Manager

Pslgroup; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pslgroup in the United States is seeking a product engineering analyst to translate technical roadmaps into coordinated work across engineering teams. You will connect business stakeholders, technical leadership, delivery teams, and QA to clarify requirements, account for architecture, and help move planned work through releases.

You will break goals into epics and user stories, track dependencies and risks, and support post-release issue prioritization.

Qualifications

• Read code and discuss system design with engineers.
• Interpret architecture diagrams, data models, and API contracts.
• Translate roadmap priorities into sequenced technical work and user stories.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and backlog tools like Jira or Confluence.
• Understand APIs, integrations, cloud architecture, and databases.
• Communicate with remote or distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Break roadmap goals into epics, workstreams, and tasks.
• Gather stakeholder needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and specs.
• Track dependencies, risks, and delivery progress with engineers.
• Maintain awareness of systems and reuse opportunities.
• Coordinate backlog with delivery leads and QA and support post-release prioritization.
• Keep technical decisions traceable and report progress to developers and leaders.

Skills

Technical analysis

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder communication

Software development lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Role overview

Turn technical roadmap priorities into coordinated, executable work across engineering teams. This role connects business stakeholders, technical leadership, delivery teams, and QA: clarifying requirements, accounting for system architecture and dependencies, and helping move planned work through release.

Responsibilities

• Break roadmap goals into epics, workstreams, and sequenced tasks that engineering teams can deliver.
• Gather stakeholder needs and translate them into user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specifications.
• Track dependencies, risks, delivery progress, and trade-offs; coordinate with engineering leads to address blockers.
• Maintain awareness of systems and architecture across teams, identifying opportunities to reuse existing services and components.
• Coordinate backlog and implementation details with delivery leads and Scrum Masters, and support post-release issue prioritization with engineering and QA.
• Keep technical documentation and decisions traceable, and communicate progress to audiences ranging from developers to senior leaders.

Requirements

• Practical development or technical analysis experience sufficient to read code and discuss system design with engineers.
• Ability to interpret architecture and sequence diagrams, data models, and API contracts, and recognize reuse opportunities.
• Experience translating roadmap priorities into sequenced technical work and writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and specifications.
• Working knowledge of software development lifecycles, Agile or Scrum practices, and backlog tools such as Jira or Confluence.
• Understanding of APIs, integrations, and the fundamentals of cloud architecture and databases.
• Strong written and spoken English, with experience coordinating across teams, including remote or distributed teams.
• A degree in computer science or engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Certified Scrum Product Owner or a similar certification.
• Experience with authentication systems, content harvesting, or email and notification platforms.