Technical Product Manager

About the Role

We are seeking a Technical Product Manager for a 9-month contract (maternity cover) located in Dublin with hybrid working options. The role involves leading the delivery of advanced platform capabilities focusing on enterprise-scale payment and network solutions. The successful candidate will collaborate with Product, Engineering, Architecture teams, and global stakeholders to take innovative ideas through to commercialization.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the full lifecycle of technical product initiatives from initial requirements gathering to release.
• Translate business goals into detailed epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Work closely with Product Management, Engineering, and Architecture to design scalable, robust technical solutions.
• Prioritize and maintain product backlogs, plan sprints, and oversee feature delivery to meet deadlines.
• Lead technical solution design sessions ensuring products meet key scalability, reliability, and performance objectives.
• Create comprehensive technical documentation such as sequence diagrams, API specs, and product manuals.
• Coordinate delivery timelines and plans across various engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Drive backlog refinement, feature estimation, defect resolution, and release preparedness.
• Provide ongoing technical guidance during product rollout and support phases.
• Continuously seek and implement improvements to delivery processes, product features, and overall customer satisfaction.

Candidate Profile

• Proven experience in Technical Product Management, Product Ownership, or Business Analysis with a strong technical focus.
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles and contemporary development methodologies.
• Experience with enterprise application integration and middleware technologies.
• Familiarity with ISO 20022 and/or ISO 8583 messaging standards related to payment systems.
• Worked across full-stack applications encompassing front-end, back-end services, and data platforms.
• Background in enterprise-level payment systems or environments handling high transaction volumes.
• Demonstrated ability to develop detailed epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Comfortable operating in Agile/Scrum frameworks with cross-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong analytical mindset with meticulous attention to detail.
• Skilled in planning, monitoring, and delivering complex technical projects.
• Good comprehension of system architecture, integrations, APIs, data flow, and application interdependencies.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication capabilities.