Senior Cloud & AI Product Leader

Mekas; Campbell (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mekas Cloud Services seeks a Senior Technical Product Manager / Technical Project Manager to lead complex technology initiatives, translate business objectives into product requirements, and drive delivery with engineering teams.

You will partner with leadership, architecture, design, and GTM teams to guide products from planning through release, with emphasis on enterprise SaaS, cloud platforms, AI/ML, and cybersecurity.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional experience in technical project management, product management, software delivery, or a combination of these disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex software development or enterprise technology initiatives from planning through delivery.
• Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, roadmaps, requirements engineering, backlog management, and release planning.
• Proven experience working with engineering teams, software architects, and technical stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and practical experience managing iterative software delivery.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or equivalent project and product management platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive execution in a fast-paced startup or technology environment.

Responsibilities

• Own product planning, roadmaps, feature prioritization, and release planning.
• Translate business objectives and customer needs into product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product specifications.
• Develop and maintain product requirement documents (PRDs), business requirements documents (BRDs), and functional specifications.
• Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to define product capabilities, technical dependencies, and implementation priorities.
• Manage the product backlog and prioritize features based on customer value, business impact, technical feasibility, and risk.
• Coordinate product releases, feature validation, launch readiness, and post-release improvements.
• Gather feedback from stakeholders and users and translate it into actionable product enhancements.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex software and cloud technology projects.
• Develop project plans, milestones, schedules, resource plans, and delivery commitments.
• Manage dependencies, risks, issues, scope changes, and cross-team coordination.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Track project progress, identify delivery bottlenecks, and communicate status to executive stakeholders.
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet agreed requirements, quality standards, and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate release management, testing, UAT, deployment readiness, and production handover.

Skills

Product lifecycle

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional leadership

Backlog management

Education

Bachelor's degree

CS/IT background

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

Mekas Cloud Services seeks a Senior Technical Product Manager / Technical Project Manager to lead complex technology initiatives, translate business objectives into product requirements, and drive delivery with engineering teams.

You will partner with leadership, architecture, design, and GTM teams to guide products from planning through release, with emphasis on enterprise SaaS, cloud platforms, AI/ML, and cybersecurity.