YPO
Senior Product Manager
US-Remote · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$15k-$20kDetected 5 days ago
ElasticsearchAWSAzureCloud PlatformsCI/CDDatadogDevOpsAPI DevelopmentGraphQLRESTKafkaOAuthData ScienceLLMsRAGAgentic AIComplianceProduct StrategyResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationTime ManagementAdaptability
About the role
- Chapter API APIs powering chapter management, forum operations, event discovery, and role-based data access across YPO's global regional structure.
- Agentic Ecosystem APIs Governed API contracts for AI agents (Peer Discovery Agent, Event Discovery Agent) built on OpenAI + RAG and Google Gemini.
- Champion the Trust Stack principle: if backend data changes break the member experience, the API layer is not done.
Responsibilities
- Product Manager, Technical to lead the strategy, development, rollout, and lifecycle management of YPO's API platform.
- You will work cross-functionally with Software Engineering, Product, IT, Data Architecture, and Security to design scalable, semantic API solutions that meet rigorous technical, privacy, and governance standards.
- You will also serve as the primary product-facing liaison to internal engineering consumers and external integration partners - ensuring smooth adoption and developer experience across the API surface.
Requirements
- 5-8+ years of experience as a Technical Product Manager or similar role, with at least 3 years specifically managing API products or technical platforms.
- Strong understanding of RESTful and GraphQL API design, data modeling, authentication/authorization frameworks (OAuth 2.0, Auth0, Okta), and integration patterns.
- Experience with cloud platforms (primarily AWS and/or Azure) and modern DevOps and CI/CD practices.
- Familiarity with API gateway and management tooling (e.g., AWS API Gateway, Kong)
- Strong technical acumen, analytical mindset, and ability to understand system architectures, data flows, and graph-based data models.
- Experience working within privacy and consent frameworks (GDPR, CCPA) as a product constraint, not an afterthought.
Nice to have
- Experience with API governance for member-facing or consumer identity platforms where consent and data control are first-class product concerns.
- Background in membership organizations, associations, community platforms, or B2C products serving high-trust user relationships.
- Prior work with iPaaS solutions such as MuleSoft, Zapier, or Workato for third-party integration orchestration.
- Understanding of data observability tooling (e.g., Datadog) applied to API performance monitoring.
- Physical Requirements
- YPO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- YPO takes pride in supporting a diverse workforce and demonstrates this through its policies and practices.
Skills
- Adaptable, insightful, empathetic and reliable.
- Great sense of humor and humility.
- Resourceful and able to work independently with initiative and common sense.
- Effective time management, organization and prioritization skills with the ability to focus on varied projects simultaneously.
- Possesses a distinct global mindset, sensitive to local and international customs and protocols.
- Demonstrate empathy through active listening and asking the right questions to find the source of an issue.
- Able to identify problems, research alternatives, provide solutions and/or resolve issues in a timely manner.
- Anticipates member/internal client needs and delivers with clarity.
- Analytical thinker with ability influence and guide processes with appropriate approach and execution.
- Natural curiosity and desire to learn more; proficiency and interest in applying new technologies and tools.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including proof reading, with a meticulous attention to detail.
- Adjust communication style appropriately to the audience.
Compensation
- Ability to travel, domestically and internationally approximately 15-20% per year.
Benefits
- In this role, you will own the vision, roadmap, and execution for the APIs that power YPO's Member ecosystem, Chapter operations, and Agentic AI platform.
- API Product Strategy & Vision
Company info
- We are seeking an experienced Sr.
This listing is sourced directly from YPO's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.