Technical Product Manager

Do you want to work hard alongside smart and talented product managers, engineers, and designers every day? Do you excel when you are smack in the middle of a challenging project, thrive when things get complex, and yawn when you don’t have a hard problem to solve? Do you take pride in your ability to stay organized, and to help your team build great products? If yes, then join our team as we build awesome software for schools. Our team is the perfect blend of the stability of a larger company with the agility and speed of a startup. 

At Lightspeed Systems we are on a mission to advance educational effectiveness and safety for every student. We do this by giving IT teams and educators the tools to ensure that devices are used for their intended purpose, to educate.  

As a Technical Product Manager on our team, you'll be responsible for driving products and features from green light to launch as the scrum Product Owner. You will use your deep product experience to work with stakeholders to “build the thing right,” through the SDLC.  

Our products are deeply entwined with networking and deep operating system intricacies, and we need someone with a strong technical understanding to be able to understand not only what the end goal is but how to technically get there. You must possess a unique blend of development, customer, and technical savvy; a big-picture vision.  

ABOUT YOU – KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES  

• Have a growth mindset and knows what a growth mindset is.  
• Are always flexible and adaptable as you go in and out of full autonomy and then into deep collaboration. 
• Relish the opportunity to be an integral part of a team, but also like to roll your sleeves up and do the daily work of building something great. 
• Can make quick work of requirements and can communicate those via user stories to your team.
• Ability to think holistically, with a sharp eye for detail and consistency. 
• Thoroughly believes that the devil is in the details and is confident they can get those details right. 
• Is technologically savvy and can understand sophisticated networking concepts with ease. 
• Can manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously, from concepts to deliverables. 
• Comfortable with feedback and adapts quickly to changing information. 
• Experience working in a deadline-driven atmosphere. 
• Are able to and has a proven track record of delivering quality products and features under all circumstances, whether you have 5 months, or 5 days to accomplish the goal. 
• A humbleness that reminds you to always listen and understand before forming your own opinion
• Always ready to roll up your sleeves and do work, never waiting for someone else to do the work, there is always more to be done. 

ABOUT THE ROLE 

• Be a scrum product owner rockstar 
• Keep bugs to a minimum and properly manage bug fixes when they crop up
• Be able to communicate work in progress effectively to all internal stakeholders (product, marketing, sales, support, leadership, development) to ensure clear alignment and prioritization
• Maintain a relevant and well prioritized backlog, supported by user storyboards, acceptance criteria and other artifacts needed by development teams. 
• Articulate communicator both verbally and in writing. 
• Outstanding organizational and analytical skills.  

 Need to have  

• 2+ years experience in a product role such as a Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, or Product Manager. 
• Be comfortable working with a highly technical product. 
• 1+ year deployed and/or SAAS software experience.   

 Nice to have  

• Networking, Filtering, or hybrid software/hardware industry experience
• Background as a developer
• Experience managing Windows and/or MacOS systems
• B2B Product experience 
• Education industry experience
• Scrum Certified Product Owner (Extra points for multiple/advanced certifications) 

ABOUT US 

For over 20 years, Lightspeed Systems® has been a leader in the ever-changing landscape of K-12 learning technology. Lightspeed Systems works with tens of thousands of schools to maximize the safety, mobility, and effectiveness of their students’ learning experience. Every device can be covered with the most effective web filter, student safety monitor, classroom management software, device management tool, and analytics program available. Learn more at www.lightspeedsystems.com. 

We love our employees, and we show it. A sneak peek into our BENEFITS & PERKS include: 

• Health-- Medical, dental and vision insurance with healthy company contribution toward premiums. Lightspeed kicks cash into your HSA if you participate our HDHP. 
• Wellness-- Paid parental leave. Healthy holiday and PTO policy, including Christmas to New Year’s Day break. 
• Retirement-- 401(k) matching up to 6% 
• Other -- Work from where it makes sense. Pet insurance. 

ABOUT OUR ATX HQ 

If “work from where it makes sense” includes being onsite for you some or all the time, you will LOVE being at the ranch. Our uniquely Lightspeed (and totally Texas) corporate headquarters has everything Lightspeeders need to get the job done – and a whole lot more. 

• 15,000 sq. ft. of open work area, offices, and huddle rooms 
• A private chef serving up lunch Tuesday through Thursday every week 
• A state-of-the-art fitness center (with outfitted locker rooms)
• Physical therapist onsite regularly 
• Indoor and outdoor casual collaboration spots 
• Pet-friendly office environment 
• A golf simulator, go-carts, shuffleboard, corn hole, and MORE fun 

All within 31 sprawling acres of Live Oak trees that foster a natural habitat for local wildlife. It is not uncommon to be greeted daily by whitetail deer. (Maybe it wants to join your meeting?)