Product Manager

Ampcus, Inc; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology consulting firm is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead internal platforms for software development. You will manage the product lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance development tools and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Ideal candidates will have over 7 years in product management, strong communication skills, and hands-on experience with technologies like GitHub and Jira. This role is crucial for optimizing development processes and impacting organizational engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience, ideally in platform or internal tools.
• Deep understanding of SDLC processes and developer workflows.
• Hands-on experience with tools like GitHub, Jira, Confluence, and Clarity.

Responsibilities

• Own the product lifecycle for internal developer and architecture platforms.
• Drive improvements in SDLC workflows including planning, development, testing, deployment.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, product, and program management teams.

Skills

Product management

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

SDLC understanding

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

7+ years of product management experience

Tools

GitHub

Jira

Confluence

Clarity

LeanIX

ArchiMate

Job description

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title: Product Manager.

Location(s): Pleasanton, CA.

Job Description

• We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Product Manager to join our Enterprise Product Management Team to lead our Tech for Tech capabilities delivering world‑class applications, operations, and services to support our business, customers and partners worldwide.
• We are seeking a strategic and execution‑focused Product Manager to lead the vision, roadmap, and delivery of internal platforms that support the software development lifecycle (SDLC), developer productivity, and architectural governance.
• This role will be instrumental in driving adoption and optimization of tools such as GitHub, Jira, Clarity, Confluence, architecture platforms, and more ensuring they meet the evolving needs of our engineering and product teams.

Key Responsibilities

Platform & Tooling Ownership

• Own the product lifecycle for internal developer and architecture platforms.
• Define and manage roadmaps for tools like GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Clarity, and architecture modeling platforms.
• Drive improvements in SDLC workflows, including planning, development, testing, deployment, and documentation.

Product Strategy & Execution

• Translate business needs into clear, outcome‑driven product requirements.
• Influence stakeholders to focus on solving business problems rather than documenting specifications.
• Own and streamline large‑scale product backlogs.
• Drive prioritization using business impact, technical feasibility, and stakeholder urgency.
• Ensure product releases meet quality standards and deliver intended outcomes.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner with engineering, architecture, product, and program management teams to understand pain points and opportunities.
• Interface with all levels of management, implementing processes and technology that support business value and process efficiency across business and technical functions.
• Ensure clear communication of project scope, timing, prioritization, budgets, resource needs, and progress on an ongoing basis.

Data Product Enablement

• Partner with data engineering and analytics teams to deliver scalable data products.
• Ensure data products meet the needs of both analytical users and enterprise applications.
• Structure end‑to‑end testing plans with cross‑functional data dependencies.
• Lead UAT planning and execution with business stakeholders.

Governance & Compliance

• Partner with InfoSec, Legal, and Compliance to ensure tools and processes meet regulatory and security standards.
• Support architectural governance through tooling that enables visibility, traceability, and decision‑making.

Change Management & Adoption

• Lead change management efforts for new tool rollouts, upgrades, and process changes.
• Develop training, documentation, and communication plans to drive adoption and effective usage.

Measurement & Optimization

• Define KPIs to measure platform usage, performance, and impact.
• Use data and feedback to iterate and improve the developer and architecture tooling experience.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience, ideally in platform or internal tools.
• Deep understanding of SDLC processes and developer workflows.
• Hands‑on experience with tools like GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Clarity, and architecture modeling platforms (e.g., LeanIX, ArchiMate, or similar).
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working with cross‑functional teams in a matrixed environment.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and enterprise‑scale tool governance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in software engineering or technical product management.
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks and tooling.
• Exposure to ITSM, DevOps, or platform engineering practices.

Why This Role Matters

• This role is critical to enabling engineering excellence, reducing friction in the development lifecycle, and ensuring architectural alignment across the organization. You'll be at the intersection of technology, process, and people‑driving tools and platforms that power innovation.

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.