Principal Technical Product Manager

As a Principal Technical Product Manager at Assured, your key responsibilities will include defining the vision and roadmap for customer integrations and API offerings. You'll closely partner with engineering teams to design high-performance APIs, oversee data flow strategies, and collaborate with customers to gather requirements. Additionally, you'll focus on optimizing the performance of integrations and ensuring they meet industry standards.

To qualify for the Principal Technical Product Manager position at Assured, candidates should have substantial experience as a technical product manager, particularly in APIs, integrations, and data synchronization. A strong understanding of RESTful APIs, ETL processes, and data security best practices is essential, along with excellent communication skills to translate technical concepts into business value.

The Principal Technical Product Manager plays a critical role at Assured by driving the strategy behind customer integrations and API offerings. By ensuring high-quality integrations and alignment with business goals, you directly impact the efficiency and reliability of claims processing for major insurers, contributing significantly to the success and modernization of the insurance industry.

As a Principal Technical Product Manager at Assured, you can expect a competitive compensation package that includes salary and equity options, comprehensive health care plans, dental and vision insurance, life insurance at no cost, unlimited paid time off, family leave, and a 401(k) with contributions from Assured. It's all about taking care of our team members!

Assured promotes a collaborative and diverse work culture where innovation and technical excellence are highly valued. We believe in empowering our employees, providing them with the tools and environment to thrive, and commit to being an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusivity in every aspect of our work.

When preparing to answer this question, focus on specific projects where you've designed or implemented APIs. Include the technologies you used, the challenges you faced, and how you ensured the APIs met user needs. Highlight any measurable outcomes that demonstrate your impact on the projects.

In your response, discuss your approach to prioritization, such as using metrics like customer feedback, business goals, and technical feasibility. Explain how you communicate these priorities to teams and ensure alignment with stakeholders to drive effective decision-making.

When answering this question, demonstrate your technical knowledge by discussing different data synchronization methodologies you are familiar with, such as event-driven architectures or batch processing. Provide examples from your past experiences and how you applied these methods to solve specific problems.

Emphasize your understanding of API security best practices, such as OAuth or API gateways. Talk about your experience in conducting security assessments, implementing authentication and authorization protocols, and collaborating with security teams to maintain compliance with industry standards.

Use this opportunity to share a specific challenge you encountered, the steps you took to analyze the problem, and the solution you implemented. Highlight the collaboration involved with various teams and the positive outcomes that resulted from your approach.

When answering, describe the key performance indicators (KPIs) you track to measure success, such as adoption rates, response times, and user satisfaction. Discuss your experience in collecting and analyzing this data and using it to inform future improvements.

Discuss how you actively seek and incorporate customer feedback into your product strategy. Share examples of how customer insights have influenced your decisions in feature prioritization or enhancements in previous roles.

Highlight the importance of clear communication and collaboration. Discuss how you've built strong relationships with engineering teams, facilitated agile practices, and engaged in regular check-ins to align on goals and timelines for successful product delivery.

Describe your approach to fostering collaboration among cross-functional teams. Emphasize the importance of establishing a shared vision, setting clear expectations, and using tools that facilitate ongoing communication and feedback to drive successful outcomes.

Share specific examples of innovations you've brought to previous projects, whether through introducing new tools, processes, or technologies that improved efficiency or user experience. Highlight your role in conceptualizing and implementing these innovations.