Technical Product Manager

About Xebia With over 20 years of experience, our global network of passionate technologists and pioneering craftsmen deliver cutting-edge technology and game-changing consulting to companies on the brink of transformation. Since 2001, we have grown from a Java company into a full-service digital consulting company with 5,500+ professionals working on a worldwide ambition. We are organized in complementary service lines – teams with a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience within a particular field, such as Agile, DevOps, Data and AI, Cloud, Software Technology, Functional Programming, Intelligent Automation, and Microsoft. We help the world’s top 250+ companies and category leaders overcome digital challenges, embrace innovation, adopt new technology, and implement new business models. In addition to high-quality consulting, we also provide offshoring and nearshoring services. For more details, please visit ¿Es usted el candidato adecuado para esta oportunidad? Asegúrese de leer la descripción completa a continuación.Overview As a Technical Product Manager at Xebia, you will lead the migration standalone applications consisting of complex computational workloads onto Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and the High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment for our pharmaceutical clients. This strategic and tactical role blends deep technical expertise with product management skills to drive complex migration projects from conception to successful implementation. You will serve as the critical bridge between technical implementation teams, business stakeholders, and scientific community end users, ensuring that scientific computing workloads maintain integrity and performance while aligning with business priorities. Working closely with engineering leaders, engineering teams, product teams, and external vendors you will define the technical requirements and migration strategy while navigating the specialized needs of scientific computing in regulated industries. Your ability to balance enterprise technology concerns with stakeholder and end-user needs will be essential to the success of these migrations. Responsibilities: Able to balance the demands as a strategic driver and tactical contributor, blending high-level product leadership with hands-on execution, requiring both vision and day-to-day ownership of key deliverables and written requirements Create and maintain a comprehensive migration roadmap that outlines stages, dependencies, and release schedules for standalone applications Collaborate with client engineering teams to architect and design migration strategies and technical structures Define, document, and prioritise clear technical and business requirements for application migrations Support architectural design and technical planning efforts, ensuring solutions meet both business and technical needs Work closely with engineers, business analysts, and client stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful delivery Navigate complex technical ecosystems and manage cross-functional dependencies Lead requirements gathering sessions with technical and non-technical stakeholders Assist in establishing migration documentation and knowledge transfer strategies Help prioritise migration efforts based on business value, technical constraints, and client directives Facilitate communication between external application vendors and client teams during the migration process Understand and document specific HPC workload requirements during migration planning Collaborate with engineers to develop migration strategies that maintain HPC performance benchmarks Ensure HPC applications maintain required computational performance when migrated to cloud infrastructure Balance performance needs with cloud cost optimization for compute-intensive applications Coordinate with client teams on HPC resource allocation and scheduling requirements Requirements: Essential 5+ years of experience in technical product management or similar roles Expertise with Agile methodologies and product development lifecycle Ability to run Discovery workshops for functional and non-functional requirements gathering Demonstrated background in cloud migration projects, preferably with GCP Technical foundation in software development (preferably full-stack) or equivalent knowledge and experience Strong understanding of containerisation (Docker), Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure Experience with application migration strategies and implementation Familiarity with database migrations and administration Knowledge of API integration and development practices Experience working with enterprise applications (especially a bonus if high-performance computing environments) Excellent communication skills Strong problem-solving abilities and analytical thinking Adaptability and resilience to thrive in ambiguous, evolving project environments Demonstrated ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes and challenging interpersonal dynamics Experience with HPC environments and understanding of specialized computational workloads Knowledge of parallel computing principles and distributed systems architecture Familiarity with batch processing systems and job schedulers used in HPC environments Understanding of performance benchmarking and optimization techniques for compute-intensive applications While the talent scarcity within IT is at an all-time high and still growing, Xebia sticks to the mission of “aiming for thought leadership”, thus working with the best professionals in the market. At Xebia, you will get the chance to work with passionate professionals within their field of expertise. We offer more than just a job, we offer a career. xsgfvud We are looking forward to working with you Please feel free to share your preferred pronouns with us during the application process.