Senior Product Manager, Technical

T-Mobile T-Mobile · Telecom · New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Senior Product Manager, Technical role at T-Mobile focused on leading the vision and growth of their SSP product line on the programmatic digital-out-of-home (DOOH) marketplace. The role involves collaborating with engineers to guide products from conception to launch, working at the intersection of business and technology, and taking an iterative, data-driven approach to product development. Responsibilities include owning the end-to-end product lifecycle, conducting market research, collaborating with development teams, analyzing data for decision-making, and managing the product backlog in an Agile environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for complex technical solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.
  2. Conduct market and customer research to find opportunities and strategize the product roadmap.
  3. Collaborate with development teams to achieve technical deliveries and product releases.
  4. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data to prioritize features, assess risks, and support decision-making processes.
  5. Manage product backlog and coordinate Agile ceremonies to maintain efficient development flow and address technical debt.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree plus 7 years of related work experience OR Advanced degree with 5 years of related experience
  • Acceptable areas of study include Computer Science, Engineering, IT or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of relevant Product Management experience in an agile software product development environment.
  • Advanced level understanding of customer experience.
  • Proven success in directing matrixed resources and delivering software, with Agile Scrum methodologies and other commonly used tools, across multiple teams.
  • Strong requirements elicitation
  • Proven skills to write concisely and clearly for different audiences.
  • Agile Project Management experience with Agile backlog/project management tools.
  • Experience with successive elaboration and ability to develop Initiatives, Features and User Stories.
  • Ability to lead and drive the product lifecycle by delivering large and complex business/technology initiatives.
  • Ability to effectively and efficiently communicate and present technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences including executives and non-technical leaders.
  • Solid understanding of platform technologies and components such as security, performance, optimization, API integration.
  • Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to identify/analyze/synthesize product use data and use the data to drive decisions.

Nice to have

  • 6+ years experience in hands on technical writing production code, solution engineering, or technical architecture in large scale company/ application / product environment.
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Scrum Product Owner Certification (CSPO)
  • Other Technical Certification Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

What the JD emphasized

  • 6+ years experience in hands on technical writing production code, solution engineering, or technical architecture in large scale company/ application / product environment. (Preferred)
  • 7+ years of relevant Product Management experience in an agile software product development environment. Advanced level understanding of customer experience. (Required)
  • Proven success in directing matrixed resources and delivering software, with Agile Scrum methodologies and other commonly used tools, across multiple teams. (Required)
  • Strong requirements elicitation, and proven skills to write concisely and clearly for different audiences. (Required)
  • Agile Project Management experience with Agile backlog/project management tools. (Required)
  • Experience with successive elaboration and ability to develop Initiatives, Features and User Stories. (Required)
  • Ability to lead and drive the product lifecycle by delivering large and complex business/technology initiatives. (Required)
  • Ability to effectively and efficiently communicate and present technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences including executives and non-technical leaders. (Required)
  • Solid understanding of platform technologies and components such as security, performance, optimization, API integration. (Required)
  • Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to identify/analyze/synthesize product use data and use the data to drive decisions. (Required)