Technical Product Manager

Fortra is a company that values contributions from both experienced professionals and newcomers. They are seeking a Technical Product Manager to define, build, and launch successful software products through market analysis, product strategy, and development oversight.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor technology market for paradigm shifts in technology development, usage and investment
• Develop hands-on, in-depth knowledge of competitive products and maintain technical analysis of competitive strengths and weaknesses
• Conduct market interviews and surveys to identify unmet needs across various market segments
• Analyze technology assets to determine most effective path forward to deliver a complete solution (buy, build or partner)
• Define the most typical user of your product or service and translate identified market problems into user-friendly stories to guide solution development
• Define and manage product roadmaps
• Leverage product themes to package multiple features into distinct and compelling releases
• Drive product development toward on time and high-quality completion
• Lead and support beta testing and installation of new products and features to early customers. Document and report problems and recommend solutions/improvements to team
• Train Sales and Partners on product use cases and capabilities
• Provide needed market and solution information to support Marketing, Sales and Technical Support
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• 5-10 years of software development and/or product management experience for an enterprise software company
• Strong problem-solving skills along with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively and productively interface with customers
• Must have experience with cross-functional teams that include engineering, product, sales and marketing staff
• Must be able to effectively interact and communicate with executive management
• BA/BS (degree in technical field preferred)
• Proficient in common email and email security protocols - SMTP, DMARC, DKIM, SPF, DNS, encryption, DLP
• Experience implementing one or more email gateway solutions
• Experience administering an M365 email environment
• Proficient in MS Graph and Powershell
• One or more scripting/programming languages