Senior Technical Product Manager – Platform Services

Senior Technical Product Manager Location: This position is remote in Denver, CO. We intend to open an office in Denver and once we do, we will require hybrid attendance onsite at least 9 days each month. Responsibilities Platform & API Product Leadership Own the product vision and roadmap for core platform APIs and services, ensuring alignment with company strategy, engineering capacity, and partner needs. Define and evolve API strategies that support current consumers while anticipating future scale, growth, and extensibility. Lead quarterly and multi‑year roadmap planning, balancing reliability, performance, developer experience, and delivery velocity. API Requirements & Documentation Define clear, testable API product requirements in partnership with engineering, including functional behavior, performance expectations, and backward compatibility standards. Ensure API documentation is accurate, complete, and usable for both internal and external consumers. Participate in API design reviews, contributing to endpoint design, naming conventions, and data contracts. Reliability, Scale & Metrics Partner with engineering to define and track SLAs, SLOs, and operational KPIs. Forecast and monitor API consumer growth, including call volumes and usage patterns (MoM, QoQ). Identify scaling risks early and drive proactive product decisions. Stakeholder & Consumer Enablement Serve as the primary product interface for API consumers: internal product teams, partners, and external integrators. Gather and prioritize consumer needs based on real usage patterns. Communicate platform decisions, trade‑offs, and roadmap updates to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders. Technical Execution & Collaboration Partner closely with engineering, grounding decisions in system design, data models, and technical constraints. Actively engage with APIs using tools such as Postman or curl to validate functionality, support troubleshooting, and improve user experience. Contribute to domain modeling, including entity relationships and data ownership boundaries. Qualifications 6+ years of product management experience, with strong ownership of technical platform or API‑driven products. Proven experience managing API roadmaps in production environments. Hands‑on experience with API requirements definition, documentation review, and API design tradeoffs. Experience defining and operationalizing SLAs, SLOs, and reliability metrics. Ability to forecast and manage API usage growth and scaling considerations. Experience working with diverse API consumer personas and prioritizing competing needs. Familiarity with API tools (e.g., Postman, curl). Strong understanding of domain modeling, entity relationships, and data contracts. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Preferred Skills (Nice‑to‑Have) Experience with regulated platforms (fintech, financial services, data‑sensitive systems). Experience working with platform infrastructure, identity and security systems, and data services teams. For residents of Denver, CO the annual salary range for this role is $135,000‑$165,000 plus annual bonus. Final offers may vary based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, bonus, and other factors. Upon offer, we conduct background checks that include employment and education verification, state, and county criminal history searches. Forge is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr