Technical Product Manager II

Mission Overview & Responsibilities:

The New York Times is looking for a Technical Product Manager to join our Delivery Engineering (DV) Mission to improve developer experience for all NYT Developers. You will guide the development of services on AWS and GCP cloud platforms, be responsible for infrastructure improvements, and develop developer experiences to enhance the resiliency of NYT experiences across all platforms.

Delivery Engineering supports 500 engineers across 90 product engineering teams within the Times. These teams develop a range of experiences, from interactive newsroom tools to storytelling and publishing platforms, and standalone products like Games and Cooking. Our goal is to empower all product engineering teams to focus on delivering new features without worrying about infrastructure complexities.

As Technical Product Manager, you'll play a key part in building a best-in-class operational engineering experience for all NYT developers. You'll collaborate with a diverse product team focused on developer experience to define, develop, and launch innovative cloud infrastructure solutions. You will report to the Vice President of Product, Developer Experience. This role is based in our Times Square office in New York City.

Responsibilities:

• Define product vision, roadmap, and strategy for core cloud infrastructure and cloud application runtime solutions.
• Leverage user feedback and platform metrics to drive system designs and product prioritization.
• Communicate product launches, roadmap updates, and platform performance across the organization.
• Build strong cross-departmental relationships to involve partners in goal-setting, high-level prioritization, and execution.
• Scope technical requirements and write product briefs and specifications using tools like Github and JIRA.
• Own and communicate performance metrics, providing insights to drive product development recommendations.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest cloud technologies and trends.

Basic Qualifications:

• 4+ years of relevant product management experience
• 4+ years of technical experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AWS cloud services
• Experience with application and container runtimes like Kubernetes and related cloud-hosted versions like EKS
• Familiarity with cloud native concepts and best practices (e.g., IaaS, PaaS, containers, or serverless computing)
• Experience with software development processes, tools, and technologies
• Experience communicating product updates, milestones, and progress to internal and external partners, with the ability to collaborate with multiple engineering teams.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies

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