Principal Technical Product Manager, Content Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Establish the long-term vision and strategic direction for Arc's Content Platform.

• Spearhead the advancement of AI-driven content capabilities throughout the content lifecycle.

• Propel the development of content architecture, APIs, and platform functionalities for both human creators and AI-enhanced systems.

• Create and sustain a strategic product roadmap.

• Collaborate with engineering, design, and customer-facing teams to outline requirements, assess technical solutions, prioritize investments, and iteratively deliver platform functionalities.

• Ensure alignment of product direction across various Content Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, and Developer Experience teams.

• Advocate for AI-first methodologies in product discovery, planning, research, analysis, and prototyping.

• Represent Arc XP in engagements with customers, industry partners, and standards organizations.

• Establish feedback mechanisms with customers, developers, internal stakeholders, and go-to-market teams.

• Set success metrics, track platform performance, identify strategic risks, and communicate progress and investment priorities to executive leadership.

• Mentor fellow product managers and influence the overall product organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in product management, including a minimum of 5 years focused on content platforms, headless CMS, or digital experience platforms.

• Proven track record in defining and delivering AI-driven product capabilities.

• In-depth knowledge of headless/decoupled content architectures, content modeling, and API-first platform design.

• Experience in establishing product strategy at a principal or staff level, along with mentoring other product managers.

• Familiarity with functioning within an empowered product team framework.

• Daily, practical experience using AI-driven tools such as LLMs, coding assistants, and research agents.

• Preferred BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience; advanced degrees are advantageous but not mandatory.

• Strong grasp of structured content, headless delivery, COPE, and content-as-a-service.

• Practical knowledge of AI/ML concepts as they relate to content.

• Demonstrated ability to convert technical visions into prioritized roadmaps.

• History of operating as a fractional product manager across multiple empowered teams.

• Exceptional communication skills.

• Foundation in lean product development principles.

• Experience within news, media, or publishing platforms.

• Background in PaaS product development.

• Familiarity with LLM orchestration frameworks, AI agent architectures, or content-aware AI pipelines.

• Portfolio or examples showcasing AI-accelerated product management contributions.

• Experience leading B2B and B2B2C platform products.

• Knowledge of cloud-native, serverless, or microservice architectures on AWS.

• Experience representing a company in industry standards organizations or working groups.

• Experience in delivering subscription or paywall products.

• Background in advertising technology, encompassing programmatic, header bidding, ad operations, or ad-serving integrations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.

• Company-funded pension plan and 401(k) matching.

• Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave.

• Nine paid holidays and two personal days.

• 20 weeks of paid parental leave for all new parents.

• Comprehensive mental health resources.

• Backup care and caregiver concierge services.

• Gender-affirming services.

• Pet insurance options.

• Complimentary Post digital subscription.

• Leadership and career development programs.