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The Technical Product Manager II plays a pivotal role in Delta Dental's technology modernization strategy, owning the vision, strategy, and roadmap for internal back-end platform products that enable engineering teams across the enterprise. This role supports Platform Engineering Standards, Common Services, APIs, and other developer-facing platforms, building reusable internal platforms, services, and tooling that improve developer productivity, standardize engineering practices, and accelerate software delivery.
Working closely with Platform Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, and application development teams, you'll define long-term platform capabilities, drive modernization initiatives, and deliver scalable, reusable solutions that strengthen enterprise resiliency.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now, or at any time in the future.
Responsibilities- Lead platform engineering product initiatives in partnership with development teams to maximize product value and drive long-term platform evolution.
- Create and execute product roadmaps, strategies, and platform modernization plans.
- Champion platform capabilities and initiatives, driving them from concept to implementation.
- Define and track measurable outcomes and KPIs, ensuring alignment with business and engineering objectives.
- Collaborate with Platform Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, and cross-functional teams to define platform capabilities and translate them into actionable product requirements.
- Prioritize and manage product backlogs, balancing modernization, technical debt, operational needs, and long-term platform investments.
- Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies to inform platform strategy and engineering enablement.
- Partner with engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and reusable platform capabilities.
- Provide product leadership and guidance to engineering teams and internal stakeholders.
- Ensure platform solutions meet defined quality, scalability, security, and reliability standards.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of product management experience with internal back-end platform engineering products (e.g., APIs, infrastructure, or developer platforms).
- Proven experience delivering platform modernization initiatives and long-term platform capabilities.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, cloud technologies, and Agile methodologies.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence cross-functional engineering teams.
- Analytical mindset with experience defining and measuring product outcomes and KPIs.
- Experience operating in ambiguous environments, balancing modernization, technical debt, and long-term platform strategy over feature-release delivery.
- Experience with authentication and authorization technologies is preferred.
- Knowledge of platform engineering, APIs, and developer platforms is a plus.
- Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Base Pay Information
The national base pay range at the end is a good-faith estimate of what Delta Dental may pay for new hires. Actual pay may vary based on Delta Dental’s assessment of the candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications and ability to meet required minimum job qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity. Pay Grade 23. $107,464 -$220,763 Nationally.
About UsBehind the smile! We are dedicated to safeguarding the health and financial stability of our employees and their loved ones. This commitment extends beyond the workplace to foster personal growth and holistic wellbeing. Our life-changing rewards package includes:
- Competitive base and incentive pay
- 401(k) with robust matching and non-matching contributions
- Rich medical & pharmacy benefits
- 100% employer-paid dental and vision benefits
- Holistic wellbeing program with deep financial incentives
- Generous paid time off plus 12 paid holidays and your birthday off
- Culture of growth and learning: career development; tuition reimbursement; recognition program
- Family support: adoption assistance, fertility treatment, child, elder & pet care assistance
- Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities
- Employee discount program
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of product management experience with internal back-end platform engineering products, such as APIs, infrastructure, or developer platforms
- Experience delivering platform modernization initiatives and long-term platform capabilities
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, cloud technologies, and Agile methodologies
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional engineering teams
- Experience defining and measuring product outcomes and KPIs
- Experience operating in ambiguous environments while balancing modernization, technical debt, and long-term platform strategy
- Experience with authentication and authorization technologies
- Knowledge of platform engineering, APIs, and developer platforms
- Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship
Delta Dental Insurance Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Delta Dental Insurance Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Delta Dental Insurance Company.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout element, including a sizable automatic 401(k) contribution plus additional matching. This boosts overall total-rewards value even when base pay is viewed as only mid-market in some areas.
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Affordable Benefits — Core coverage is framed as unusually low-cost to employees, including fully employer-paid dental and vision and low employee contribution medical options. This creates meaningful take-home value beyond cash compensation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as generous, including broad PTO/holidays and additional paid leave features such as parental leave. These policies increase perceived rewards and help balance workload demands.
Delta Dental Insurance Company Insights
What We Do
At Delta Dental, we’re behind millions of smiles and counting. For over 68 years, we’ve served our communities by increasing access to affordable, quality care – but that commitment to care extends beyond the people we serve, to the dedicated employees who make those smiles genuine. We've come this far by building programs that offer opportunities for advancement, create meaningful connections, and improve the lives of our employees and their families. Because we know that when we take exceptional care of each other, we can make a positive impact for all. We champion an inspirational workplace through our commitment to trust, service, excellence and innovation. Joining us means working for a company that offers stability and balance, opportunities for leadership at all levels, and a work environment. Delta Dental of California, Delta Dental of New York, Inc., Delta Dental of Pennsylvania, and Delta Dental Insurance Company are members, or affiliates of members, of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of 39 Delta Dental companies throughout the country. Together with our affiliate companies, form one of the nation’s largest dental benefits delivery systems, covering over 31 million enrollees. Headquartered in San Francisco, we are members of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of companies that provides dental coverage to 80 million people. Delta Dental provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Delta Dental complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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