Technical Product Manager

Technical Product Manager – Platform Engineering (Data Platform Focus)

Location : Pune, India

Type : Full Time

Career background :

Must - Engineering, engineering manager,with a clear indication of write product specification / requirements

Last work / product / company :

Must - B2B SaaS, Cloud first Platform / Product

Old people in young / small B2B SaaS (CloudBolt)

Young people in old / large B2B SaaS (NewRelic)

Number of years : ================

12+ Years of experience, 12-15 is ideal. Can go up to 18.

Salary Range : =============

Current comp - 60-80L

Location : =========

Pune, initially in office, After 8-12 week hybrid (3 day in office)

Behavioral : ===========

Hands on

Solution oriented

Delivery oriented

People skills - make friends immediately

People skills - Can lead teams for delivery

Got the product done - product ownership than feature ownership

Communication skills

Metrics / data driven

Outcome orientation / pride of impact

Job Description

As a Technical Product Manager (TPM) in the Platform Engineering team, you will be

responsible for defining, delivering, and scaling the internal data platform capabilities that

power our product and analytics infrastructure. This includes ownership of core platform

capabilities around data ingestion pipelines, scalable storage systems, archival and retention

workflows, lifecycle policies, and export mechanisms. You will work closely with engineering,

infrastructure, compliance, and consuming product teams to ensure that the platform is

robust, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with business needs.

Key Deliverables

1. Product Ownership & Strategy

• Define the vision, roadmap, and KPIs for data platform components such as ingestion, storage,

archival, and export services.

scale, performance, or cost optimizations.

efficiency improvements.

2. Platform Capability Definition

platform features or capabilities, including :

o Real-time and batch data ingestion connectors.

o Multi-tiered storage architecture and capacity planning.

o Time-bound archival and deletion strategies based on data classification and compliance.

o Scheduled and on-demand export pipelines (to S3, Redshift, Snowflake, etc.).

3. Collaboration with Engineering

technically sound solutions.

availability, performance, and cost.

stakeholders.

4. Data Governance and Lifecycle Management

across the platform.

and external regulatory requirements.

5. Internal Stakeholder Management

consumers of the platform.

items or roadmap shifts.

6. Cost & Performance Optimization

environments.

efficiency without degrading service.

7. Security & Compliance Alignment

practices, including encryption at rest, access controls, and data masking where required.

enable auditing.

8. Technical Communication & Documentation

usage guidelines, and integration steps.

technical and non-technical audience.

business reviews.

Tangible Deliverables

As a TPM in the platform engineering team, your work results in measurable, reusable,

and scalable assets that accelerate internal development velocity and reduce

operational complexity. Key deliverables include :

1. Platform Roadmap and Backlog

a. A continuously evolving 6–12 month roadmap aligned with business priorities,

internal stakeholder needs, and engineering capacity.

b. A well-groomed, prioritized backlog with clear technical specs, acceptance criteria,

and linked epics / stories.

2. Product Requirements Documents (PRDs)

a. Comprehensive specs for ingestion pipelines, storage tiering, archival policies, and

data export services.

b. Detailed edge-case handling, integration considerations, and non-functional

requirements (latency, volume, compliance).

3. Cost Optimization Playbooks

a. Actionable plans and dashboards co-developed with FinOps to monitor storage and

pipeline usage, identify inefficiencies, and initiate cleanup / archive workflows.

4. Service SLAs & Internal Integration Guides

a. SLA definitions for ingestion throughput, data availability, retention windows, and

export latency.

b. Onboarding documentation and how-to guides for integrating with the platform

(e.g., publishing to ingestion topics, triggering data exports).

5. Cross-Team Alignment Artifacts

a. Quarterly planning inputs, dependency matrices, rollout plans, and status trackers

shared with infra, security, and product leads.

Contribution to Delivery Management

The TPM plays a key orchestration role in enabling disciplined, transparent, and

dependable delivery of platform capabilities :

1. Sprint & Release Planning

a. Breaks down platform epics into iterative deliverables with engineering leads.

b. Sets sprint goals aligned with roadmap milestones and available team capacity.

2. Cross-Team Coordination

a. Manages timelines and dependencies across infra, SRE, data engineering, and

product teams.

b. Facilitates decision-making on technical trade-offs and scope containment.

3. Risk & Blocker Management

a. Identifies architectural or resource-related blockers early.

b. Leads mitigation planning and escalation to leadership where needed.

4. Milestone Ownership

a. Tracks progress across feature phases (design, development, testing, rollout).

b. Owns delivery of pilot rollouts, adoption enablement, and full-scale launches.

5. Quality & Go-Live Readiness

a. Partners with QA and SRE to define success criteria for new capabilities.

b. Ensures operational readiness with documentation, monitoring, and rollback

strategies in place.

6. Metrics-Driven Progress Tracking

a. Defines delivery KPIs (e.g., lead time, backlog burn-down, adoption rate, SLA

adherence).

b. Builds and maintains reporting dashboards for leadership reviews.