Principal Product Manager - Internal Developer Platform
Principal Product Manager - Internal Developer Platform
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Speridian Technologies is recruiting for a Principal Product Manager Internal Developer Platform for our State of California Client; the Department of Healthcare Services Behavioral Health. This person will be part of a longterm fully budgeted stateoftheart extremely vast system modernization project working with a variety of crossfunctional teams and stakeholders.
This is a remote role however there will be meetings in the Sacramento area several times a year. Candidates are expected to work business hours MondayFriday pacific time zone.
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is seeking a bold technically adept and outcomedriven Principal Product Manager for its internal developer platform the Modern Development Environment (MDE).
This role is part of the Medical Enterprise System Modernization Division (MESMD) and is essential to modernizing the engineering experience at DHCS by delivering scalable tools and capabilities that increase velocity quality and security across software development efforts.
You will impact how developers build test deploy and scale applications. By improving engineering workflows youre directly enabling better digital services for millions of Californians. This is more than a tooling or infrastructure roleit is a foundational opportunity to shape how modern engineering practices are scaled across government technology.
The MDE directly supports the Behavioral Health Transformation (BHT) initiative by enabling delivery teams to build and deploy services faster test more confidently monitor with precision and operate securely at scale. Join us to create the internal platform that empowers the public sector to deliver with the quality speed and confidence it deserves.
You are a systems thinker who sees both the forest and the treesowning strategic direction while diving deep into CI/CD observability and test automation. You thrive in ambiguity earn trust across technical teams and drive clarity and results in complex environments. You are passionate about improving developer experience and delivering platforms that internal teams want to use not have to use.
We find intrinsic motivationbeyond compensation consulting mindset interest in technology worklife balance or typical corporate mindsetto be a critical factor distinguishing successful candidates in this role. Candidates who lack intrinsic motivation rarely thrive here; we push ourselves hard consistently. We seek leaders who genuinely care are driven by deeper motivations and who value the opportunity to deliver meaningful lasting impact. This role isnt for everyone and thats okaybut if youre looking for this kind of challenge and meaningful change it might be the perfect fit for you.
Key Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications
This is a remote role however there will be meetings in the Sacramento area several times a year. Candidates are expected to work business hours MondayFriday pacific time zone.
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is seeking a bold technically adept and outcomedriven Principal Product Manager for its internal developer platform the Modern Development Environment (MDE).
This role is part of the Medical Enterprise System Modernization Division (MESMD) and is essential to modernizing the engineering experience at DHCS by delivering scalable tools and capabilities that increase velocity quality and security across software development efforts.
You will impact how developers build test deploy and scale applications. By improving engineering workflows youre directly enabling better digital services for millions of Californians. This is more than a tooling or infrastructure roleit is a foundational opportunity to shape how modern engineering practices are scaled across government technology.
The MDE directly supports the Behavioral Health Transformation (BHT) initiative by enabling delivery teams to build and deploy services faster test more confidently monitor with precision and operate securely at scale. Join us to create the internal platform that empowers the public sector to deliver with the quality speed and confidence it deserves.
You are a systems thinker who sees both the forest and the treesowning strategic direction while diving deep into CI/CD observability and test automation. You thrive in ambiguity earn trust across technical teams and drive clarity and results in complex environments. You are passionate about improving developer experience and delivering platforms that internal teams want to use not have to use.
We find intrinsic motivationbeyond compensation consulting mindset interest in technology worklife balance or typical corporate mindsetto be a critical factor distinguishing successful candidates in this role. Candidates who lack intrinsic motivation rarely thrive here; we push ourselves hard consistently. We seek leaders who genuinely care are driven by deeper motivations and who value the opportunity to deliver meaningful lasting impact. This role isnt for everyone and thats okaybut if youre looking for this kind of challenge and meaningful change it might be the perfect fit for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Product Ownership & Strategy: Own and evolve the product vision strategy and roadmap for DHCSs MDE. Drive product planning and execution across the platform lifecycle with uncompromising accountability for outcomes.
- Developer Experience Leadership: Build internal tools developer portals and service frameworks that simplify and standardize how engineering teams build test deploy observe and operate applications.
- Platform Capabilities: Partner with engineering to design and scale capabilities such as infrastructure CI/CD pipelines automated testing frameworks monitoring and logging tooling and productionreadiness checks.
- ValueDriven Execution: Prioritize features and improvements based on user feedback usage telemetry and delivery team performance. Frame every investment in terms of time saved risk reduced or developer efficiency gained.
- CrossFunctional Alignment: Work closely with application teams platform engineers security and operations to align platform capabilities with real delivery needs while managing competing priorities and technical constraints.
- Change Leadership: Champion a modern engineering culture rooted in shared responsibility automated quality and high trust. Drive adoption through education enablement and clear communication of platform value.
- Measurement & Feedback Loops: Define success metrics (e.g. lead time for changes incident recovery time test coverage build reliability) and use them to guide prioritization and continuous improvement.
Minimum Qualifications
- 8 years of product management experience including:
- 5 years working on internal developer tools or platforms at scale
- Demonstrated success in improving developer experience and delivery outcomes
- Handson familiarity with software infrastructure networking CI/CD pipelines observability tooling automated testing frameworks and developer portals
- Strong technical acumen with the ability to engage engineering teams at depth
- Track record of driving adoption of internal platforms across diverse teams
- Proven ability to prioritize for value define measurable outcomes and deliver results in complex environments
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence across engineering security and operations
- Strong ownership mindset bias for action and resilience under pressure
- Experience building internal developer platforms in highly regulated or public sector environments
- Familiarity with modern DevSecOps practices
- Understanding of compliance access controls and audit requirements for developer tooling in government settings
- Knowledge of Californias behavioral health or MediCal delivery infrastructure
Required Experience:
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