Technical Product Manager (B2B)

Client is seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the technical health, readiness, and delivery of a strategic B2B payments product backlog supporting Wire Transfers and Real-Time Payments (RTP). This role sits at the intersection of Product Management, Systems Analysis, Engineering, Architecture, QA, and Operations. The Technical Product Manager will ensure product stories are technically well-defined and build-ready, establish and enforce non-functional requirements, support sprint planning and delivery, and serve as the escalation point for technical trade-offs. The ideal candidate combines strong technical and product judgment with hands‑on payments domain expertise, particularly in regulated B2B payment environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve the technical product backlog in partnership with Systems Analysts, Technical Product Owners, and Engineering.
• Groom and refine technical user stories to ensure clear scope, acceptance criteria, dependencies, technical considerations, and non-functional requirements.
• Establish appropriate sprint cadence and ensure backlog items meet the Definition of Ready (DoR) before sprint commitment.
• Partner with Engineering and Product teams to establish and enforce the Definition of Done (DoD).
• Confirm that stories are technically feasible, appropriately sized, and ready for development.
• Balance delivery of new capabilities with technical-debt reduction and platform sustainability.

Technical Product & Architecture

• Define, document, and track non-functional requirements (NFRs) across the product lifecycle, including:
  • Performance
  • Scalability
  • Security
  • Resiliency
  • Availability
  • Observability
• Serve as the escalation point for technical trade-offs and product decisions.
• Partner closely with Enterprise/Solution Architects to maintain architectural consistency and prevent platform fragmentation.
• Collaborate with Engineering to evaluate technical solutions, dependencies, risks, and implementation approaches.
• Ensure technical decisions align with product objectives, operational requirements, and long‑term platform strategy.

Quality, Testing & Release Readiness

• Partner with SQA teams on performance, load, integration, and regression testing.
• Ensure technical requirements and NFRs are incorporated into test strategies and acceptance criteria.
• Support System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) readiness.
• Identify technical risks and dependencies that could impact release timelines or production stability.
• Own technical production-readiness activities and support post-release stabilization.
• Partner with Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Engineering teams to incorporate regulatory and risk requirements into product design.
• Ensure products support appropriate auditability, logging, monitoring, controls, and operational traceability.
• Support production incident escalation and resolution when technical product decisions or backlog priorities are involved.
• Ensure product capabilities are designed with operational resiliency and regulatory expectations in mind.

Product Metrics

• Define and monitor product success metrics related to:
  • Adoption
  • Reliability
  • Scalability
  • Performance
  • Operational efficiency
  • Cost efficiency
• Use product and operational data to identify improvement opportunities and prioritize the technical backlog.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Strong experience in Technical Product Management, Technical Product Ownership, Systems Analysis, or a closely related role.
• Demonstrated experience working closely with Engineering, Architecture, QA/SQA, Operations, and Product teams in an Agile environment.
• Strong understanding of technical product development, backlog management, sprint planning, and technical story refinement.
• Experience defining and managing non-functional requirements, including performance, security, resiliency, scalability, and observability.
• Strong understanding of APIs, system integrations, and enterprise payment processing technologies.
• Experience working in a regulated financial services or payments environment.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder-management, and technical decision‑making skills.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

B2B Payments

• Strong domain experience with B2B payments, particularly:
  • Wire Transfers
  • Real-Time Payments (RTP)
  • Payment APIs
• Experience with payment platforms such as Finastra, FIS, or Volante.
• Experience working with payment processing systems, APIs, integrations, and transaction workflows.

Fraud, Compliance & Risk

• Experience with fraud detection and financial crime platforms such as Actimize or Xceed.
• Familiarity with OFAC screening and platforms such as Fircosoft.
• Understanding of AML/BSA regulatory requirements.
• Experience incorporating compliance, risk, auditability, and controls into product design and delivery.
• Strong understanding of system resiliency, observability, performance engineering, and scalability.
• Experience collaborating with SQA teams on performance and load testing.
• Experience establishing and enforcing Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD).
• Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery, sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and technical dependency management.