Technical Product Manager

About The Role

We are looking for a Technical Product Manager to serve as the primary owner of our external development team relationship. You will be responsible for the quality, velocity, and reliability of everything that team ships— from task scoping through production deployment. This is a hands‑on leadership role that sits at the intersection of engineering management, quality assurance, and release operations. Working with live events may require evenings, weekends, and travel.

TKO Innovation is a small, high‑velocity R&D team that spans UFC, WWE, P , IMG, and other TKO properties. We source new technology, build software and hardware products, run live data acquisition and delivery (including to betting operations), and support live television production year‑round. The team has been leveraging AI for years and continues to pioneer how emerging technology provides business value.

• Own the day‑to‑day management of an external software development team, including task assignment, progress tracking, and delivery accountability.
• Review, test, and approve work items, pull requests, and deliverables to ensure they meet quality, documentation, and testing standards before acceptance.
• Establish and enforce standards around AI coding, unit testing, integration, cybersecurity, and documentation.
• Deploy new code into the company’s cloud infrastructure, working with internal stakeholders to ensure smooth and low‑risk releases.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to translate business requirements into well‑scoped technical tasks for the vendor team.
• Track and report on delivery and quality metrics.
• Staff in‑person or remotely for periodic live events to launch and monitor projects.

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering, technical product or project management, or engineering management.
• Own the full lifecycle of new product ideas from concept through architecture, development, and deployment.
• Act as the technical and product authority over an external development partner.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC); AI‑assisted coding experience is a plus.
• Comfortable reading and reviewing code in at least one of Ruby, Python, or Node.js.
• Experience deploying code to cloud environments; familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, etc.
• Prior experience managing external vendors or distributed development teams is strongly preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication—serving as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical executors.
• Ability to cover periodic live events in‑person or remotely.

• Experience in television or sports.
• Experience in live events.
• Startup experience or a role that required wearing many hats.

Minimum: $80,250 annually.

Maximum: $107,000 annually.

TKO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding non‑discrimination in employment. Employment decisions are made based on merit and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. TKO provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state or local laws.