IT Senior Product Manager - API Office

Senior It Product Manager

The API Office within Developer Services is the consumer store front to IT teams looking to develop, publish, and consume APIs. API Office responsibilities include facilitating the API Governance process, stewarding the API Strategy, and setting standards and best practices for how teams should operate in the Enterprise Mobility API ecosystem. The API Office also engages with solution teams to provide consultation and guidance. This includes proactive engagement with application development teams, road mapping, reporting, and product management for new capabilities to the API gateway and event driven architecture platforms.

The API Office team is excited to announce an opening for a Senior IT Product Manager! We are looking for an experienced Product Manager who is passionate about building products for technical customers. In this role, you will collaborate with API development teams to understand their needs related to our API platforms, standards, and processes. You will translate their needs into requirements and will collaborate with teams that will design, build and roll out new capabilities. Our API Practice is currently centered around synchronous APIs but also growing to include asynchronous, event-driven APIs via a new event driven architecture platform. The practice ensures APIs produced deliver value and reusability to the business. Here, you will partner with solution teams to ensure the APIs are well documented in our API Marketplace. You will also be responsible for maturing our practices related to product management.

To succeed, you will need strong communication and interpersonal skills. You will need to work well with both technical resources and senior leaders. Good technical aptitude and a general understanding of APIs and software development concepts will also be key to your success.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to make an impact across multiple solution areas and to grow their visibility to multiple parts of the IT organization!

Skills and abilities:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate across various levels of the organization, including senior leadership
• Strong collaborative skills in a diverse organization
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Strong organizational, planning, and documentation skills

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

Qualifications:

• Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future
• Must reside in St. Louis, Missouri, or immediate surrounding area
• Must be able to work a schedule within U.S. Central Standard Time core business hours.
• 8 years of related experience in the field of information technology, preferably supporting a large organization
• 3+ years of experience as a Product Manager or similar role
• Experience managing an API Marketplace, including administration and enhancements
• Experience organizing and leading governance efforts/meetings
• Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle
• Working knowledge of REST and event/EDA API concepts and platforms
• Proven experience developing product strategies and effectively communicating recommendations to executive leadership
• Experience using Agile/Scrum methodology and workflow management tools
• Must be committed to incorporating security into all decisions and daily job responsibilities

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred
• Technical background with experience in API development and software development practices
• Certified Agile or Scrum Product Owner
• Experience managing JIRA based Agile teams and SharePoint customer knowledgebase sites
• Experience with the Kong API gateway product
• Experience with Solace Event Driven Architecture product
• Experience in leadership and team management