Technical Product Manager, Platform

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The Employer Jobs Platform (EJP) Lifecycle Core team is responsible for the foundational technology that enables employers to create, manage, and publish jobs on Indeed. The team owns the jobs datastore, the APIs that interface with it, domain event generation, and downstream components that enable understanding and publication of employers’ hiring needs across Indeed’s ecosystem.

As a Product Manager on the Lifecycle Core team, you will own the product direction, discovery, and delivery for core job lifecycle infrastructure within your assigned scope. You’ll operate with autonomy, build trust with your team and leadership, and partner closely with engineering, data science and other product teams to drive meaningful outcomes for employers and job seekers. This role requires someone with great technical curiosity, who can understand complex systems while maintaining focus on customer value and business impact.

• Partner with engineering teams and other interested parties to prioritize and manage roadmaps for delivering toward product vision incrementally and efficiently.

• Communicate roadmap and product plan to and get alignment with leadership, collaborators and interested parties.

• Be the face of the customer internally, advocating for, and representing their needs, opportunities, and product requirements.

• Identify, and monitor product goals and success metrics.

• Iterate quickly to launch new features and make data-driven judgments to test their efficacy.

• Provide clear written and verbal updates on the roadmap and progress toward goals to leadership and collaborators.

• Requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; equivalent experience may substitute for degree requirements.

• Excellent written and verbal communication in English

• Experience working closely with engineers to define, plan, and build products and features

• Data-driven mindset

• Understanding of APIs, data systems, and distributed architecture concepts – coding or system design experience is not required, but sufficient technical depth and curiosity to engage in discussions about architectural trade-offs is essential.

Tier 1 - United States of America 104, USD per year

Tier 2 - United States of America 115, USD per year

Tier 3 - United States of America 126, USD per year

Tier 4 - N/A

Tier 5 - United States of America 144, USD per year

The salary range for this role reflects the minimum and maximum compensation for the role. Offers are typically made between the range minimum and the range midpoint. Actual compensation will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process. The range(s) listed is just one component of Indeed’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include quarterly bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), a Paid Time Off policy, and many region-specific benefits.

Compensation may also vary based on where a role is performed, as work locations are grouped into geographic pay tiers to reflect cost of labor differences in different geographic markets. Candidates can view geographic pay tiers by location on our career site (), and recruiters can confirm how location is considered for a specific role.

We care about what you care about. We have a multitude of benefits to support Indeedians, as well as their pets, kids, and partners including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance. Indeedians are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, as well as an equity-based incentive program. Indeedians will also receive open paid time off, 11 paid…