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Staff Technical Product Manager

Vannevar
Location
Remote
Posted
2 months ago
Department
Backend Platform Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Experience operating at Staff level in TPM, product architecture, or engineer-to-PM hybrid roles
  • Strong systems reasoning across distributed systems, identity/authorization, or platform architecture
  • Demonstrated success shaping technical direction across multiple teams
  • Demonstrated ability to drive cross-organizational technical initiatives through to outcome - articulating tradeoffs, aligning stakeholders, and landing durable decisions
  • Credible communicator able to influence senior engineers and technical leadership across domains without relying on formal authority structures
  • High ownership mindset in ambiguous environments
Nice to have
  • Background in platform, infrastructure, or security domains
  • Experience with policy or authorization systems
  • Multi-tenant or regulated environment exposure
  • Experience operating in environments with decentralized ownership or competing platform abstractions
What the job really is

The Staff Technical Product Manager at Vannevar will lead the definition and evolution of foundational platform capabilities across multiple engineering organizations. This role involves improving structural coherence, driving resolution of cross-organizational technical initiatives, and ensuring alignment among stakeholders. The position requires close collaboration with engineering leadership to translate structural intent into execution plans and maintain convergence through delivery.

Benefits
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Remote friendly with WeWork access
  • Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
  • 401(k) match
  • Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
  • Salary top-up during military reserve duty
Things to weigh
  • Role operates at a high level, focusing on system structures rather than feature-level roadmaps
  • Position requires navigating complex organizational dynamics and ambiguity
  • No specific salary listed in the posting
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