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Summary: Are you passionate about cutting-edge cloud-native platforms and driven to build the foundational services that power enterprise-grade products? We're seeking a highly skilled and strategic Senior Product Manager (Technical) to own the Plexus Application Infrastructure Platform, a critical component of our cloud-native ecosystem. This pivotal role within our Platform Engineering organization is central to our mission: to build a durable competitive advantage by providing robust "building blocks" that accelerate value-to-market for all Thomson Reuters' products. Thomson Reuters leads at the intersection of content and technology with trusted data, workflow automation, and AI. You'll be instrumental in shaping the future of our digital product delivery, working closely with the dedicated Plexus Service Mesh team, which engineers and operates our sophisticated microservice platform based on Kubernetes and Istio. If you're ready to Compete to Win by driving innovation and helping us Obsess over our Customers by delivering exceptional infrastructure, we want to hear from you. About the Role As the Senior Product Manager (Technical) for the Plexus Application Infrastructure Platform, you will be the driving force behind our Service Mesh capability, a critical microservice platform built on Kubernetes and Istio. Your responsibilities will be diverse and impactful, requiring a strategic mindset and a collaborative spirit: Define and Champion Product Strategy: Develop and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Plexus Application Infrastructure Platform, aligning it with overall organizational goals and anticipating future technology trends, especially within the CNCF landscape. Obsess Over Our Customers: Serve as the authoritative voice of the customer for engineering teams, deeply understanding their needs and translating complex infrastructure challenges into clear, actionable requirements. You will prioritize the product backlog to maximize business and customer value, driving platform capabilities that foster adoption. Compete to Win: Proactively identify and assess new technologies, market trends, and competitive advantages in the cloud-native infrastructure space to ensure our platform remains at the forefront of innovation. Challenge Your Thinking: Advocate for innovative approaches to microservice architecture and platform design. You'll lead efforts to enhance transparency and collaboration across all product and engineering teams, always seeking better ways to build and deliver value. Act Fast. Learn Fast.: Exhibit extreme ownership of the platform's performance and reliability. You'll participate across the full development lifecyclefrom Ideation and Design through Build, Test, and Operateembracing our DevOps culture where 'you build it, you run it.' You'll continuously iterate, analyze metrics, and rapidly adapt to deliver an exceptional user experience. Stronger Together: Lead cross-functional product discovery and delivery, collaborating seamlessly with development managers, architects, scrum masters, software engineers, DevOps engineers, and other product managers. You will foster an environment where collective expertise achieves shared success. Drive Engineering Excellence: Establish and champion software engineering best practices, advocating for tooling that makes compliance frictionless and embedding a strong emphasis on test and deployment automation within our platform. About You We are looking for a visionary and hands-on leader who embodies a unique blend of deep technical understanding and astute product management expertise. You are someone who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and is driven to make a significant impact. Product Management: 5+ years of progressive experience in Product Management, with a significant portion dedicated to technical products, platforms, or infrastructure services. (Candidates with a strong software development background (e.g., 6+ years) looking to transition into a technical product management role for cloud-native platforms will also be highly considered). Cloud-Native Expertise: Deep technical acumen in cloud-native infrastructure, with hands-on experience building or managing platforms on major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP). Containerization & Service Mesh: Expert-level understanding and practical experience with Kubernetes (ideally AWS EKS and/or Azure AKS) and Istio or other Service Mesh technologies. DevOps & Infrastructure-as-Code: Familiarity with container security, supply chain security, declarative infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD automation, and GitOps workflows. Architectural Understanding: Strong understanding of microservice architectures, API design principles, and distributed systems. Programming (Beneficial): An understanding of modern programming paradigms and languages (e.g., Golang, Python, Java) is highly beneficial, enabling effective collaboration with engineering teams. Problem-Solving: Exceptional problem-solving abilities, capable of dissecting complex technical challenges and translating them into clear product opportunities and solutions. Communication & Influence: Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts and product strategies clearly and concisely to diverse audiences, from engineers to executive leadership. Collaboration: A collaborative spirit and a history of successfully leading cross-functional teams, fostering an environment where every voice contributes to building the best possible platform. Strategic & Agile: Strategic thinking with a talent for balancing long-term vision with short-term execution. A strong sense of urgency, an agile mindset, and an insatiable curiosity that drives continuous learning and innovation. You're unafraid to challenge assumptions and push boundaries, constantly seeking better ways to build and deliver value. Customer Empathy: A customer-centric approach with a passion for understanding and addressing internal and external customer needs. Education: A bachelors degree in business administration, computer science, computer engineering, a related technical field or equivalent work experience Relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Product Management certifications, or cloud platform certifications) are a plus.
