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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Director, IT Product Management - **Company:** Fmr LLC - **Location:** Durham, NC, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Programming Tools, Middleware, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Software Product Management, Software Engineering, Network Routers - **Published:** July 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=25182a490b5f7a91 ## About the Role * 10 plus years successfully delivering software products. * At least 2 years in a technical product management or platform leadership role. * Consistent track record of defining and delivering a roadmap with different priorities across multiple partners. * Experience writing clear, developer-ready requirements, acceptance criteria, and user stories. * Strong analytical abilities - comfort with data, metrics, and structured experimentation. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to translate technical concepts for business audiences and vice versa. * Ability to build positive relationships and influence engineering, architecture, and business teams. Preferred * Experience with a variety of types of middleware platforms. * Experience with platform tooling and developer experience design. * Experience working in a regulated industry (financial services, healthcare, etc.) with compliance and governance requirements. ## Description We are looking for a Technical Product Manager to lead the product vision, strategy, and delivery for our BRT Middleware and Developer Tools portfolio - including the BRT App Platform, Universal Router, and other shared services / capabilities. This is an individual contributor role requiring a rare combination of technical depth and business knowledge: you will partner with engineering leads to translate user/ customer outcomes into working software, while maintaining a sharp focus on the developer experience. Act as the connective tissue between business strategy and engineering execution - turning user insights into validated, build-ready work, and shipping products that meet measurable outcomes. We are committed to delivering value to our customers. Our culture of learning ensures our people are our greatest asset., Strategy * Lead product opportunity discovery through user research, competitive analysis, and alternatives assessment. * Define product vision, features and capabilities aligned to the broader product area strategy. * Run structured experiments and build prototypes to test hypotheses, validate product-market fit, and track outcomes before committing to full investment. Planning and Prioritization * Own and actively lead the feature-level roadmap, making explicit tradeoffs across product and technical areas. * Analyze users, customers, and business goals to produce clear requirements and well-defined acceptance criteria. * Run the intake process for new work requests including prioritization decisions. Execution * Work with engineering leads to refine the product backlog and translate it into an actionable engineering backlog. * Serve as a decision-maker and escalation point throughout the development cycle to maintain delivery momentum. Launch and Monitor * Drive product launches and adoption including stakeholder communications. * Continuously assess product-market fit and evolve the product based on quantitative and qualitative signals. * Lead the full product lifecycle - from launch through rationalization or decommission. 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