Product Owner (Associate)

Technical Product Manager

Document status Completed

Job Title: Technical Product Manager

Reports to: VP, Experience & Growth (temporarily); Director, Product Management (permanently)

Location: India

Team: Product Management

Employment Type: Full-time

Salary range: tbd (please advise)

Role Summary

The Technical Product Manager will play a central role in bridging product vision and execution alongside designers and engineers. This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who thrives in the details: scoping complex systems, writing clear and actionable requirements, and translating business needs into scalable, buildable, testable solutions. The TPM will partner closely with Engineering, UX, Data to ensure technical clarity, unblock delivery, and uphold the highest standards of product quality. This is not a project coordinator role, it s for someone who deeply understands software, someone who is highly skilled at breaking down work into manageable and actionable components, and works with humility, curiosity, and precision.

What you ll do

Own detailed product scoping and tech-facing requirements

Translate business and product strategy into technical requirements, tickets, and test scenarios

Write acceptance criteria, data fl ows, and edge-case handling with engineering and UX partners

Participate in grooming sessions and support sprint planning with clear, build-ready stories

Partner with UX and engineering to scope build phases, estimate eff ort, and unblock delivery

Anticipate systems constraints, downstream implications, and dependencies early

Drive sprint execution, backlog health, and system clarity

Maintain a structured, prioritized backlog with up-to-date context and dependencies

Track feature delivery progress and support engineers in breaking down complex work

Raise blockers early and provide product context to accelerate decisions

Partner with QA to ensure thorough test coverage and release-readiness

Document product and system behaviour in clear, reusable ways

Bring structure, service, and execution excellence

Lead with a service mindset, your job is to bring clarity, not to control other teams output

Collaborate with Lead PM, UX, and engineering to uphold fast and focused execution

Champion simplicity in documentation, UX, and system behaviour

Help align tech execution with product vision without overcomplicating or overprocessing

Embrace iteration: done is better than perfect, but clarity and alignment are non-negotiable

What success looks like

Engineers and UX designers are unblocked and clear on scope, requirements, and context

Stories are build-ready, test-ready, and delivered with minimal friction

Technical documentation is consistent, current, and legible across teams

Sprint plans are predictable, trackable, and refl ect real capacity

Product decisions are well-informed by technical constraints, opportunities and UX considerations

Engineering, UX and Product function as one tightly integrated unit

Product execution is smooth, grounded, measured and scalable

Qualifi cations

At Charitable Impact, TPMs are not just translators: they re clarity-builders. You re here to help teams move faster, with fewer misunderstandings and stronger outcomes. We re looking for someone who s deeply technical, humble in their approach, and relentlessly focused on execution and collaborative spirit.

Specifi cally, we re looking for:

5 8+ years in technical product, systems, or platform-facing product roles

Strong understanding of APIs, integrations, platform architecture, and data models

Experience working with UX teams and familiarity with design workfl ows

Hands-on experience writing technical requirements and user stories

Proven ability to work closely with engineers and understand constraints and tradeoff s

Experience with QA processes, edge case handling, and test case development

Excellent written and verbal communication especially across functions

High profi ciency in Agile tools (JIRA, Confl uence, Miro)

AI literacy is a must

Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data, logs, and structured systems

Experience in SaaS or multi-role platform environments is a plus

Calm, curious, and collaborative: focused on building trust, not silos