Principal, Technical Product Manager

Essential Functions

• Strategic Leadership and Vision:Along with our Enterprise Architect, develop and communicate a clear technical vision for integrating cutting-edge digital technologies with sophisticated marketing platforms, aligning with the diverse product teams’ strategic objectives.Craft and maintain strategic technical roadmaps that guide that helps evolve both our digital and marketing technologies to support business growth and customer engagement.
• System Integration and Management:Oversee the technical integration of comprehensive digital solutions and marketing technologies into a cohesive ecosystem.Ensure that all digital and marketing technology solutions are scalable, secure, and optimized for high performance, providing a seamless experience across all customer touchpoints.
• Technical Strategy DevelopmentDevelop a comprehensive technical strategy that aligns with our marketing goals, ensuring seamless integration of various marketing technology platforms.Work alongside product managers and technical leads to define and maintain a technical roadmap that supports the evolution of our marketing technology stack.
• Technical Collaboration and Roadmap ExecutionPartner with Digital Tech, Marketing Tech and Product Teams to ensure that both digital and marketing technologies are not only integrated but also utilize the full potential of our available technology platforms.Translate product roadmaps into executable projects, aligning with the overall strategic vision and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Cross-Functional Team LeadershipAct as a technical liaison between diverse product and technology organizations, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages innovation and operational excellence.Along with the Enterprise Architect, drive the implementation of best practices in software development and data management within the digital and marketing technology spheres.

Job Summary

As GoTo Foods continues to grow its presence and innovate within the foodservice industry, the need for a cohesive vision regarding Digital and Marketing Technologies tightly aligned with our Product Vision with an Omnichannel vision is critical.

The Principal, Technical Product Management role is a key strategic role designed to drive the seamless integration of our digital technologies and marketing platforms. This role serves as the crucial link between our Product and Technology teams, facilitating the ability to have a consistent Technology Roadmap aligned with our Product vision. It is tasked with harmonizing technical strategies across the company to foster the creation of integrated, customer-centric digital experiences that enhance our Omnichannel customer engagement across Digital and Marketing Technology platforms, it will also need strong collaboration with our Retail IT Technology and Product teams

Reporting to the SVP Digital, Data and Marketing Technologies, the Principal, Technical Product Management role coordinates the alignment of digital and marketing technologies and its product roadmap. The Principal Technical Product Manager ensures that both new initiatives and existing operations leverage the full capabilities of our digital and marketing resources, always in synergy with our Product Organizations (Digital, Marketing Technologies and Retail IT).

This ecosystem will serve as the digital backbone of our marketing operations, supporting brand strategies across our diverse portfolio and ensuring that technology investments are aligned with business objectives.

As a central figure in the digital and marketing technology landscapes, the Principal, Technical Product Management role will forge strong collaborative relationships with product managers, principals and enterprise architecture, ensuring that every technology decision and integration is guided by a deep understanding of product vision(s) and user needs. This role requires someone who can speak the language of both technology and product fluently, translating product requirements and roadmaps into technical specifications and vice versa.

The nature of the role is both tactical and strategic. On one hand, the Principal, Technical Product Management position will dive into the technical details, piecing together systems and solutions to build an integrated digital and marketing technologies reference architecture. On the other hand, he/she will step back to see the bigger picture, steering the technology roadmap and ensuring it aligns with our long-term product vision. By bridging the gap between product ambitions and technological capabilities, the Principal, Technical Product Management role will be an agent of change.

In essence, the Principal, Technical Product Management purpose is to be a key enabler of our digital and marketing technology future.

This is a role for a builder, a thinker, and a relentless innovator who is passionate about shaping the future of our digital and marketing technology in the foodservice industry.

Travel Requirements

• May be required to travel up to 25% of the time