About the Role
Beep is seeking a Technical Product Manager to act as a liaison between Product and Engineering teams. This role involves owning the product backlog, driving sprint planning and execution, and managing the release process to ensure timely and accurate product delivery. The ideal candidate will be proficient in Jira and adept at translating business needs into actionable requirements for engineers.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain the product backlog in Jira, managing, refining, and prioritizing epics, features, and tasks.
- Manage the product roadmap and epic structure, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Partner with Engineering to ensure user stories map to epics and roadmap initiatives.
- Facilitate backlog grooming sessions.
- Drive sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Track sprint velocity, burndown, and team capacity.
- Remove blockers and escalate issues to keep development on track.
- Hold the team accountable to Scrum ceremonies and Agile best practices.
- Coordinate and manage the release process from development through production.
- Maintain release notes, changelogs, and version documentation.
- Work with Engineering and QA to define release criteria and ensure quality gates are met.
- Communicate release timelines, scope, and risks to stakeholders.
- Create and maintain user-facing How-To guides and feature documentation.
- Serve as the primary bridge between Product and Engineering.
- Translate technical constraints and trade-offs into understandable language for stakeholders.
- Surface dependencies, risks, and scope changes proactively.
- Partner with QA, DevOps, and other technical teams for smooth end-to-end delivery.
Requirements
- 2–5 years of experience in a Product Manager, Product Owner, Scrum Master, or similar role within a software development environment.
- Strong working proficiency in Jira, including configuring boards, workflows, and dashboards.
- Solid understanding of Agile methodology and Scrum framework.
- Scrum certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent) required.
- Technical fluency, including understanding of software development lifecycles, APIs, system architecture, and engineering team workflows.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a product roadmap and epic hierarchy.
- Experience aligning engineering work to higher-level product goals.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills.
- Comfortable running ceremonies and navigating competing priorities.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience in the transportation, mobility, or autonomous vehicle industry (Nice to Have).
- Experience with Confluence, Bitbucket, GitHub, or similar development and documentation tools (Nice to Have).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows (Nice to Have).
- Experience managing releases in a production environment with multiple deployment targets (Nice to Have).
- Background in a fast-paced startup or high-growth company (Nice to Have).
- Comfort using AI tools in day-to-day work, with experience in tools like Claude or Claude Code (Nice to Have).
Skills
- Jira
- Agile methodology
- Scrum framework
- Product roadmap management
- Epic hierarchy management
- Communication
- Facilitation
- Software development lifecycles
- APIs
- System architecture
- Release management
- Documentation
- Confluence
- Bitbucket
- GitHub
- CI/CD pipelines
- DevOps workflows
- AI tools
Location
- Atlanta, GA
Work Type
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- 2-5 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field
- Scrum certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent)
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000–$120,000
Benefits
- Health coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Flexible PTO
- Opportunities for growth
About the Company
- Beep is a company operating in the transportation, mobility, or autonomous vehicle industry.
- Beep is a fast-paced startup or high-growth company.
Equal Opportunity
- Beep is an equal opportunity employer.
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
