Senior Product Manager - API

Wolters Kluwer•Coppell, TX

8d•$85,600 - $149,400

About The Position

We are seeking a senior-level Technical Product Manager to play a pivotal role in executing and scaling our CCH Axcess API strategy. This role will serve as the Senior Product Manager for our Tax API development team while also acting as a key API enablement partner to other product teams across the suite and for customers This position is responsible for translating API strategy into actionable, prioritized work; ensuring high-quality API delivery; and driving consistency, adoption, and measurable outcomes across teams that do not directly report to them. Over time, this role is expected to evolve into broader ownership of the suite-wide API platform product. The ideal candidate combines strong product judgment, deep technical fluency with APIs, and the ability to lead through influence in a complex, multi-team environment.

Requirements

Proven experience as a Technical Product Manager or Product Manager working on technical or platform-oriented products.
Strong understanding of APIs and distributed systems, including REST, JSON, GraphQL, authentication/authorization (e.g., OAuth 2.0), and API lifecycle management.
Demonstrated experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, including backlog ownership and delivery coordination.
Ability to lead through influence and collaborate effectively with teams outside of direct reporting lines.
Strong analytical, communication, and systems-thinking skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with API management platforms (e.g., Azure API Management, Tyk, or similar).
Familiarity with OpenAPI/Swagger and API documentation tooling.
Experience working in a scaled, multi-product environment.
Scrum Technical Product Manager certification or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

Ownership & Delivery Serve as the Technical Product Manager for our tax API development team, owning the backlog from feature definition through delivery.
Author, refine, and prioritize epics, features, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, and prioritization activities to ensure the team is consistently working on the highest-value work.
API Strategy Execution & Enablement Translate suite-wide API strategy and standards into executable features and stories for both managed and non-managed development teams.
Drive estimation and prioritization efforts for API-related work across multiple product teams.
Partner with other product managers to ensure API work is properly scoped, planned, and aligned.
Cross-Team Collaboration & Influence Establish working agreements with non-managed development teams to support consistent API implementation.
Act as a trusted partner to Product Management and Engineering leadership by providing clarity, data, and tradeoff analysis.
Proactively surface risks, dependencies, and opportunities related to API delivery.
API Consumer Experience & Commercial Enablement Own the API consumer experience for the Tax APIs, including usability, documentation quality, onboarding, and supportability.
Heavily influence API consumer experience across the broader suite through feedback, patterns, and shared artifacts.
Partner with stakeholders on API entitlements, plans, rate limits, and usage measurement.
Support sales enablement and commercial initiatives that help drive awareness and adoption of API capabilities.
Measurement & Outcomes Define and track success metrics for the Tax APIs beyond uptime (e.g., adoption, usage, time-to-first-successful-workflow).
Contribute to and influence measurement approaches for APIs across the suite.
Growth & Platform Evolution Serve as a reference point and mentor for API-related product practices across teams.
Over time, assume broader ownership of the API platform product as strategy, scope, and organizational needs evolve.