Technical Product Manager – Publication Sales

Position Summary

The Technical (IT) Product Manager – Pub Sales bridges business strategy and technical execution, owning the end-to-end lifecycle of software platforms, internal tools, or other required technical solutions. This position serves as the primary technology liaison for Publications Sales, translating commercial business needs into technical requirements, strengthening knowledge requirements around SMART standards, structured content, APIs, AI enabled standards use, ecommerce and digital distribution.

They are responsible for helping evaluate, develop and launch new standards-based products, digital services, and other revenue-generating offerings. They work with the business product owner to create the product vision, manage prioritized backlogs, and develop user stories. They will collaborate closely with engineering and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver measurable business outcomes. They translate complex operational or user requirements into robust, scalable, and secure technical solutions working with the IT team.

Overall, this role is defined as a professional who can understand a commercial opportunity, translate business requirements into technical requirements, work with IT staff to develop the appropriate software and technical solutions, and help bring those solutions successfully to market with the business owners.

Strategy & Vision:
Working with the “business” partners at ANSI, Publications Sales (business) owns the commercial product strategy, customer value proposition, priorities, and business requirements while the Technical Product Manager owns the translation of those priorities into technical requirements and the corresponding technology roadmap (the IT components), balancing technical debt, architectural integrity, and business value.

Requirements & Execution:
Work with the business product owner to decompose strategic goals into precise epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria within an Agile/Scrum environment.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Partner with software engineers, system architects, QA, security teams, and business stakeholders. The ideal candidate will assist Publications Sales assess technical complexity, resources, costs / budget, timing / road map, integrations and scalability before new products are approved for development.

Data & Metrics:
Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and OKRs to measure feature adoption, system uptime, and ROI.

Lifecycle Management:
Manage prioritization trade-offs regarding time, scope, security, and resource constraints.

AI, Automation & Modern Engineering:
Champion appropriate use of AI-assisted software development, automation, and modern engineering practices to improve development velocity, software quality, testing, maintainability, operational efficiency, and time-to-value. Identify opportunities to reduce manual processes and improve scalability through technology and automation.

Architecture & Platform Health:
Partner with security and engineering teams to ensure solutions follow appropriate standards to support long-term scalability, reliability, interoperability, maintainability, security and performance.

Key Performance Indicators

• Time-to-Value (TTV):
  Speed at which clients and stakeholders realize ROI after implementation.
• On-Time / On-Budget Completion:
  Percentage of projects delivered within the agreed-upon timeline and financial constraints.
• Client Satisfaction (CSAT):
  Feedback and retention scores from enterprise customers and stakeholders.
• Technical Debt & Architecture Health:
  Progress against prioritized technical debt reduction, modernization, architectural integrity, scalability, and retirement of obsolete or redundant components.
• Quality & Release…