Product Manager

Senior Technical Product Manager / Platform Product Owner

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Product Manager / Platform Product Owner to help lead the modernization and evolution of our core platform during a major application rewrite and SaaS transformation initiative.

Our organization is actively evolving a legacy/internal platform into a scalable SaaS-oriented product. This role will play a critical part in helping define product direction, coordinate execution, align stakeholders, and guide incremental delivery throughout a complex modernization effort.

This is a highly collaborative role within a lean, fast-moving environment. The ideal candidate is comfortable operating across both strategic and tactical responsibilities: defining priorities, translating business needs into actionable engineering work, coordinating across teams, and helping drive execution in an environment with limited process overhead.

This is not a purely administrative Scrum role. We are looking for someone who can think critically, communicate clearly, navigate ambiguity, and help guide a platform transformation from planning through delivery.

This is a hybrid role based in Chamblee (Atlanta), Georgia. Team members are expected to work in-office Monday through Thursday.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the product backlog for a core business platform undergoing modernization and SaaS transformation
• Work directly with developers, QA, stakeholders, leadership, and external contributors to define priorities and execution strategy
• Translate business goals and operational requirements into actionable technical requirements, user stories, and delivery plans
• Help drive and coordinate a large-scale application rewrite and platform modernization effort
• Assist in shaping the evolution of the platform from a legacy/internal application into a scalable SaaS offering
• Partner closely with engineering teams to balance feature delivery, technical debt reduction, migration planning, operational stability, and long-term architecture goals
• Coordinate work across a small internal engineering team and distributed/offshore contributors
• Help establish structure, clarity, and alignment within a fast-moving startup environment
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, demos, and delivery coordination as needed
• Identify delivery risks, dependency issues, operational gaps, and migration concerns early
• Assist with roadmap planning and prioritization decisions based on business value, customer impact, and technical realities
• Collaborate on phased delivery strategies that allow modernization efforts to progress incrementally without disrupting ongoing operations
• Contribute to discussions around platform scalability, operational workflows, and long-term product evolution

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Business Analysis, or a similar software-focused role
• Experience working closely with engineering teams in Agile or iterative development environments
• Prior experience contributing to or leading a major application rewrite, modernization effort, SaaS transformation, or platform migration strongly preferred
• Strong communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical conversations effectively
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and making pragmatic decisions with incomplete information
• Ability to work effectively in a startup or lean-team environment with high ownership expectations
• Experience coordinating across distributed or offshore teams is a plus
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar tooling
• Experience working on SaaS products or platform-oriented applications strongly preferred
• Familiarity with phased migration strategies, platform scalability concerns, and operational modernization efforts is a plus

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is pragmatic, organized, and technically fluent enough to collaborate effectively with developers while still understanding broader business priorities and operational realities.

They understand that successful rewrites and SaaS transformations require thoughtful prioritization, phased delivery, stakeholder alignment, operational awareness, and realistic execution planning - not simply rebuilding everything at once.

They are comfortable stepping into an evolving environment and helping establish process, clarity, and momentum where needed.

This person should be capable of balancing immediate business needs with long-term platform strategy while helping engineering teams maintain sustainable delivery practices throughout a multi-phase modernization effort.

What Success Looks Like

• Engineering teams have clear priorities, actionable requirements, and reduced ambiguity
• Stakeholders remain aligned throughout a complex rewrite and platform transformation initiative
• Product decisions are grounded in both business value and technical feasibility
• Internal and offshore teams collaborate effectively with clear ownership and expectations
• The rewrite effort progresses incrementally, sustainably, and predictably
• The platform evolves toward a scalable SaaS-oriented architecture without disrupting core business operations
• Delivery processes become more organized, transparent, and repeatable over time

Work Environment

• Lean, collaborative, engineering-focused culture
• High ownership and visibility
• Opportunity to directly influence the future direction of the platform, architecture, and product strategy
• Fast-moving environment with meaningful impact on both technical and business outcomes