Technical Product Manager – Platform

Board International•Boston, MA

About The Position

At Board, we power financial and operational planning solutions for the world’s best brands. Thousands of enterprises use our technology to optimize resources, drive growth, and ensure profitability. With advanced analytics and forecasting, plus AI-driven insights, customers transform complex, real-time data into actionable intelligence. What’s been key to our success? Our people—we value everyone’s unique perspective and energy they bring to the organization. We collaborate openly across teams and borders. We embrace a growth mindset to get results. And we celebrate shared success as goals and milestones are achieved. Ready to join a team where innovation meets collaboration? If you're driven by bold ideas and a customer-centric mentality, your next adventure starts here! We are seeking a Technical Product Manager – Platform Architecture to own and drive the Platform Technology Roadmap, with a focus on building a scalable, reliable, and cloud-first platform foundation. This is a platform leadership role centered on long-term scalability, operational excellence, and customer-centric evolution of the product platform. The role shapes the underlying technology direction that enables sustained innovation across products. You will work closely with Engineering and Architecture to ensure the platform roadmap supports growth, reliability, and long-term innovation.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Solution Architecture, Platform Engineering, or Technical Product Management
Experience owning platform, infrastructure, or technology roadmaps
Proven experience operating in cloud-native, distributed systems environments
Strong understanding of distributed system design, including microservices and event-driven architectures
Deep knowledge of scalability strategies (horizontal scaling, partitioning, caching, asynchronous processing)
Experience working with AWS, Azure, or GCP
Familiarity with Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code
Experience working with SLOs, SLAs, error budgets, and production reliability practices
Understanding of API design, versioning, and backward compatibility principles
Ability to assess architectural trade-offs and modernization strategies
Ability to operate effectively at both strategic and execution levels
Strong collaboration with Engineering and Architecture teams
Clear communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

Own, maintain, and communicate the platform technology roadmap
Translate architectural initiatives into clear product priorities and measurable outcomes
Partner with Engineering and Architecture to align platform design decisions with long-term strategy
Define and govern supported customer transition paths
Establish clear platform standards and defaults in collaboration with technical leadership
Enable shared services and automation
Reduce platform complexity over time
Align new capabilities with the long-term platform direction
Guide API governance, versioning approaches, and integration standards
Support modernization initiatives and structured technical evolution
Ensure reliability, observability, and operational insight are embedded into platform decisions and roadmap priorities
Incorporate SLOs, SLAs, and production performance metrics into roadmap trade-offs
Monitor platform health metrics and drive continuous improvement
Evaluate scalability and cost-efficiency considerations in cloud environments