Senior Platform PM – Internal APIs & Platforms

Delta Dental Ins.; Rancho Cordova (CA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base & incentive pay

401(k) matching & retirement benefits

Medical & pharmacy benefits

Employer-paid dental & vision benefits

Paid time off + holidays

Job summary

Delta Dental Ins. seeks a Technical Product Manager II to own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for internal back-end platform products, enabling enterprise engineering teams. You will drive modernization, APIs, and reusable platforms to boost productivity and reliability.

You will define long-term capabilities, work with Platform Engineering and EA, and measure outcomes with KPIs, balancing debt and delivery while guiding cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of product management experience with internal back-end platform engineering products (APIs, infrastructure, or developer platforms).
• Proven experience delivering platform modernization initiatives and long-term platform capabilities.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, cloud technologies, and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence cross-functional engineering teams.
• Analytical mindset with experience defining and measuring product outcomes and KPIs.
• Experience operating in ambiguous environments, balancing modernization, technical debt, and long-term platform strategy over feature-release delivery.
• Experience with authentication and authorization technologies is preferred.
• Knowledge of platform engineering, APIs, and developer platforms is a plus.
• Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering product initiatives in partnership with development teams to maximize product value and drive long-term platform evolution.
• Create and execute product roadmaps, strategies, and platform modernization plans.
• Champion platform capabilities and initiatives, driving them from concept to implementation.
• Define and track measurable outcomes and KPIs, ensuring alignment with business and engineering objectives.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, and cross-functional teams to define platform capabilities and translate them into actionable product requirements.
• Prioritize and manage product backlogs, balancing modernization, technical debt, operational needs, and long-term platform investments.
• Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies to inform platform strategy and engineering enablement.
• Partner with engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and reusable platform capabilities.
• Provide product leadership and guidance to engineering teams and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure platform solutions meet defined quality, scalability, security, and reliability standards.

Skills

Platform engineering

APIs

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Product management

KPI tracking

Cloud technologies

Security & reliability

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Delta Dental Ins. seeks a Technical Product Manager II to own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for internal back-end platform products, enabling enterprise engineering teams. You will drive modernization, APIs, and reusable platforms to boost productivity and reliability.

You will define long-term capabilities, work with Platform Engineering and EA, and measure outcomes with KPIs, balancing debt and delivery while guiding cross-functional teams.