Product Manager-API Platforms

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Plano is seeking a Product Manager for the API Marketplace Platform to lead the end-to-end product lifecycle and turn customer insights into scalable offerings.

You will own strategy, manage discovery and market research, maintain the backlog, and collaborate with engineering and cross-functional teams to deliver platform capabilities, measure success, and drive adoption while guiding a team of 6-8 product managers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience.
• Deep knowledge of product lifecycle, design, and analytics.
• Proven ability to drive end-to-end life cycle activities.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Technical knowledge for API/enterprise APIs.
• Experience with API or developer-focused platforms.
• AWS Cloud Practitioner or similar familiarity.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering/math or related.
• 2+ years of experience managing product managers.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develops a product strategy and product vision that delivers value to customers.
• Manages discovery efforts and market research to uncover customer solutions and integrate them into the product roadmap.
• Owns, maintains, and develops a product backlog that enables development to support the overall strategic roadmap and value proposition.
• Builds the framework and tracks the product's key success metrics such as cost, feature and functionality, risk posture, and reliability.
• Monitors market trends, conducts competitive analysis, and identifies opportunities for product differentiation.
• Manages the creation and delivery of platform capabilities throughout the development process, including but not limited to defining product requirements, overseeing implementation, ensuring product adoption, continuous product expansion and demonstrating advocacy.
• Serves as a key leader in production ideation, management, requirements gathering, vendor engagement and roadmap execution.
• Partners with engineering leadership to ensure collaboration and alignment among teams.
• Organizes, prioritizes and escalates critical issues and required information to facilitate efficient decision making; establish priorities, and provide oversight and guidance to team of those priorities.
• Manages a team of 6-8 Product Managers responsible for end-to-end product execution, ensuring alignment to strategy, dependency management across teams, and effective senior-stakeholder communication.

Skills

Product leadership

APIs development

API Gateways

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Communication

Team leadership (6-8 PMs)

Managing product managers

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

API Gateways

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Developer APIs

Job description

You enjoy shaping the future of product innovation as a core leader, driving value for customers, guiding successful launches, and exceeding expectations. Join our dynamic team and make a meaningful impact by delivering high-quality products that resonate with clients.

As a Product Manager in API Marketplace Platform, you are an integral part of the team that innovates new product offerings and leads the end-to-end product life cycle. As a core leader, you are responsible for acting as the voice of the customer and developing profitable products that provide customer value. Utilizing your deep understanding of how to get a product off the ground, you guide the successful launch of products, gather crucial feedback, and ensure top-tier client experiences. With a strong commitment to scalability, resiliency, and stability, you collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products that exceed customer expectations.

Job responsibilities

• Develops a product strategy and product vision that delivers value to customers
• Manages discovery efforts and market research to uncover customer solutions and integrate them into the product roadmap
• Owns, maintains, and develops a product backlog that enables development to support the overall strategic roadmap and value proposition
• Builds the framework and tracks the product's key success metrics such as cost, feature and functionality, risk posture, and reliability
• Monitors market trends, conducts competitive analysis, and identifies opportunities for product differentiation
• Manages the creation and delivery of platform capabilities throughout the development process, including but not limited to defining product requirements, overseeing implementation, ensuring product adoption, continuous product expansion and demonstrating advocacy
• Serves as a key leader in production ideation, management, requirements gathering, vendor engagement and roadmap execution
• Partners with engineering leadership to ensure collaboration and alignment among teams
• Organizes, prioritizes and escalates critical issues and required information to facilitate efficient decision making; establish priorities, and provide oversight and guidance to team of those priorities
• Manages a team of 6-8 Product Managers responsible for end-to-end product execution, ensuring alignment to strategy, dependency management across teams, and effective senior-stakeholder communication.
  

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 5+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in product management or a relevant domain area
• Advanced knowledge of the product development life cycle, design, and data analytics
• Proven ability to lead product life cycle activities including discovery, ideation, strategic development, requirements definition, and value management
• Experience driving change within organizations and managing stakeholders across multiple functions
• Technical knowledge to propose and influence new product and feature explorations, especially in enterprise-scale APIs
• Experience with API or developer-focused platforms
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or similar familiarity with AWS or other Cloud platforms
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentations skills across various stakeholders and senior management; ability to synthesize large amounts of information, summarize key concepts and articulate relevant issues to senior management
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or other related disciplines
• 2+ years of experience managing product managers
  

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Demonstrated prior experience working in a highly matrixed, complex organization
• Experience with API Gateways and AI preferred