Senior Manager, Technical Product Management

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of product managers to execute portfolio visions and roadmaps, ensuring delivery and quality goals are met.
• Collaborate with senior leaders on product strategy and long-term platform roadmaps.
• Hire, develop, and inspire team members while fostering a collaborative environment and enforcing best practices.
• Partner with engineering and business leaders on portfolio prioritization, buy/build decisions, and vendor selection processes.
• Manage portfolio planning, including balancing intra-portfolio priorities and managing dependencies across other portfolios.
• Lead portfolio Steering Committees to provide transparency and facilitate key decision-making.
• Act as a domain expert on portfolio technology, integrations, and industry trends.
• Utilize customer feedback, market research, and data to inform technical product strategy and defend prioritization decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 7 years of demonstrated experience as a software Product Manager, Product Owner, or Group Product Manager.
• Proven experience directly leading and managing a team of professionals.
• Expertise working within the Agile Scrum framework with complex products and multiple teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree.
• Experience in education technology or the higher education market.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent certification (e.g., Pragmatic Marketing).
• Certification in change management.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, telehealth, and mental healthcare.
• Health savings account (HSA) and flexible spending account (FSA).
• Retirement savings plan and wellbeing programs.
• Flexible paid time off (PTO) and flexible paid sick time.
• Discounted WGU tuition.
• 11 paid holidays and up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

About the Company

Western Governors University (WGU) is a leading accredited online university founded to make higher education more accessible through online, competency-based degree programs. WGU is committed to building a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals dedicated to helping students graduate and create a better tomorrow.