Director of Technical Product Management - San Diego, CA (Hybrid)

Job Description

Director, Technical Product Management - SaaS

San Diego, CA (Hybrid)

About the Opportunity

An award-winning, rapidly growing technology organization is seeking a Director of Technical Product Management to lead the strategy, roadmap, and execution of a mission-critical enterprise software platform. This role sits at the center of a sophisticated ecosystem that powers data management, workflow orchestration, cloud services, customer-facing applications, and developer experiences across a global customer base.

This leader will be responsible for defining the long-term platform vision while partnering closely with engineering, architecture, product, customer success, and commercial teams to deliver scalable, secure, and highly reliable solutions that support a broad portfolio of software products.

What You'll Own

• Define and execute the long-term product strategy and roadmap for a large-scale enterprise platform.
• Lead and mentor a team of Technical Product Managers responsible for core platform capabilities.
• Partner with Engineering and Architecture leaders to drive key technical investments, platform modernization initiatives, scalability improvements, and reliability objectives.
• Own platform capabilities spanning data management, workflow orchestration, system integrations, user experiences, APIs, and developer tools.
• Establish and track platform success metrics including reliability, adoption, performance, scalability, and customer outcomes.
• Drive customer and stakeholder discovery efforts to identify friction points and prioritize investments.
• Ensure platform capabilities meet enterprise-grade requirements for security, privacy, compliance, auditability, and operational excellence.
• Support executive customer engagements where platform architecture, product strategy, and technical roadmap are critical decision factors.

Key Areas of Focus

• Platform Product Strategy
• Enterprise SaaS Platforms
• Data Platforms & Data Management
• Cloud & Hybrid Architecture
• Workflow Orchestration
• APIs & Developer Experience
• System Integrations
• Platform Reliability & Scalability
• Product Telemetry & Analytics
• Security, Compliance & Governance
• User Experience & Platform Adoption
• Technical Product Leadership

Responsibilities

• Build and execute a multi-year platform roadmap aligned to strategic business goals.
• Lead product discovery efforts with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to guide prioritization decisions.
• Translate complex technical challenges into customer-focused product strategies and actionable roadmaps.
• Partner with engineering teams to evaluate architecture decisions, technical tradeoffs, platform performance, and operational risks.
• Drive initiatives focused on platform stability, scalability, observability, and operational efficiency.
• Prioritize investments that improve customer adoption, platform usability, and developer productivity.
• Establish product telemetry frameworks to measure adoption, engagement, reliability, and customer value realization.
• Collaborate with adjacent product teams to ensure platform investments support broader portfolio objectives.
• Improve product management practices, documentation standards, and cross-functional operating models.
• Build scalable organizational processes that support growth without sacrificing speed or quality.

What We're Looking For

• 12+ years of product management experience focused on enterprise software, platform technologies, cloud services, data platforms, developer tools, or technical infrastructure products.
• 5+ years leading Product Managers, Product Leaders, or technical teams.
• Proven track record delivering platform capabilities at enterprise scale.
• Experience owning platform roadmaps, technical strategy, and cross-functional delivery efforts.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, APIs, data services, workflow systems, and distributed software platforms.
• Ability to engage deeply with engineering and architecture teams while maintaining a strong customer and business focus.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Experience balancing competing priorities across multiple products, customers, and business units.
• Strong analytical mindset with expertise in product metrics, adoption analytics, reliability KPIs, and data-driven decision making.

Preferred Background

• Enterprise SaaS platforms
• Data & Analytics platforms
• Cloud infrastructure products
• Developer platforms and APIs
• Workflow automation systems
• AI, machine learning, or scientific computing platforms
• Healthcare, life sciences, fintech, cybersecurity, or other regulated industries
• AWS, Azure, and hybrid-cloud environments

Ideal Leadership Profile

The ideal candidate is a strategic product leader who can bridge business objectives and complex technical platforms. They have successfully scaled platform products, influenced engineering direction, built high-performing product organizations, and delivered solutions that serve multiple products, customers, and stakeholders.

Compensation & Benefits

• Executive-level compensation package
• Annual bonus and long-term incentive opportunities
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Flexible work environment
• Significant career growth opportunities within a high-growth organization
• Ability to shape the future direction of an enterprise-scale software platform