Sr Technical Product Manager

Ascend Learning, LLC•Leawood, OR

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Ascend Learning, a leading healthcare and learning technology company, is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data-driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning. From testing to certification, Ascend Learning products are used by physicians, emergency medical professionals, nurses, allied health professionals, certified personal trainers, financial advisors, skilled trades professionals and insurance brokers. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America’s 2025 Greatest Workplaces as well as America’s Best Places to work for Mental Well-Being for 2025. We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more. The Sr Technical Product Manager (TPM) role is required to help Ascend achieve a more strategic, effective, and streamlined approach to platform management, by having a dedicated role accountable for developing and managing the long-term platform strategy and roadmap. This role is designed to simplify technology prioritization and minimize hand-offs across Product and Tech teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related fields, such as Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration or other areas combined with relevant work experience preferred. High School diploma or GED required.
8+ years of combined experience in product management, technical product management, business management, or consulting, preferably in a technical or software-related environment, including 3+ years in leadership or managerial roles 
Experience working in an agile environment is strongly preferred 
Familiarity with data analysis, market research related to SaaS/technology trends, and customer feedback methodologies to inform capability decisions 
Proven ability in managing a complex strategic roadmap with multiple dependencies.
Proven communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively collaborate with product teams, engineers, content teams, and other stakeholders 
Combines strong technical acumen with deep understanding of the customer/markets being served 
Strong understanding of software development principles, technologies and agile methodologies  
Proven expertise in making critical technology-related decisions and trade-offs to drive overall business value and capability effectiveness 
Ability to align capability roadmap with product requirements and overall business objectives  
Ability to derive insights from technical trends/capabilities to champion improvements to the capability 
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Strong project management skills to oversee development of capability requirements.   
Proven expertise in capability area for which he/she is responsible (e.g., Assessment, Instructional Content) 
Demonstrated leadership to provide technical leadership and guidance to capability development teams

Responsibilities

Develop and execute long-term strategic platform roadmap in alignment with overall Ascend strategy and objectives and market trends.
Ensure roadmap is inclusive of and enables clear implementation.
Manage a team of Technical Product Owners responsible for product execution.
Bring deep expertise in platforms and capabilities to the enterprise. Act as a SME for the nursing platform. Leverage market data trends and customer feedback to improve overall platform and capability maturity and effectiveness as part of long-term roadmap, making data-driven trade-offs between product and core capability enhancements. Support efforts to ensure accurate and deeply connected integrated roadmaps.
Work closely with Capability TPMs, Business Product Managers, Business Product Owners and Product Delivery Teams to review, rationalize, and prioritize requirements from different solution areas. Guide, educate and support Product Delivery Teams as needed to ensure alignment to customer and strategic value/priorities.
Own, oversee, and provide regular updates to relevant stakeholders on product development.
Partner with architecture and UX in early concepting phases of initiatives.
Provide guidance to development teams responsible for product build and maintenance.
Plan, manage and prioritize epics and product increment cycles (PIs) for agile development, as needed.