Technical Product Manager

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Join the healthcare information technology team thats turning drug and medical device data into knowledge used by thousands of hospitals; the majority of U.S. health plans retail pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers; and millions of healthcare decision makers throughout the world. Partnering with our information system developer and healthcare institution customers youll help evolve leading-edge thinking into reality and make a measurable difference in improving human health.

Were looking for people who are: Intelligent. Productive. Committed. Willing and able to go above and beyond. Passionate about making a difference. Innovative. Energized. And want to play an essential role in a successful companys continued growth.

Are you ready for this exciting challenge

FDB is seeking a Technical Product Manager who can operate at the intersection of product strategy enterprise architecture and engineering this role you will help ensure that major product initiatives are technically feasible architecturally sound scalable and aligned to long-term platform strategy.

This is a highly technical influence-driven role within the Technology organization. You will not be responsible for day-to-day backlog ownership or sprint management. Instead you will serve as a technical thought partner to Product Engineering and executive stakeholders translating strategic product direction into architectural options implementation considerations and clear business tradeoffs.

This role is based out of FDBs Carmel Indiana office and follows a hybrid work model with an expectation to work onsite at least three days per week.

What You Will Do

• Advise the VP of Product Architecture and senior stakeholders on architectural feasibility platform scalability integration strategy technical risk and technology investment tradeoffs for major product initiatives.

• Translate product vision and market opportunities into technical design considerations architectural options and decision frameworks that help Product and Engineering align early.

• Define and document architectural patterns API strategies integration approaches platform standards and guardrails that support consistent execution at scale.

• Partner with Product leadership during roadmap planning to identify technical constraints dependencies modernization opportunities and sequencing considerations before commitments are finalized.

• Lead technical due diligence for third-party platforms APIs vendors and potential acquisition targets including structured build-versus-buy recommendations.

• Evaluate emerging technologies including AI/ML cloud infrastructure interoperability standards developer tooling and data platform capabilities and recommend where adoption could create strategic advantage.

• Quantify technical debt modernization needs and platform investment tradeoffs in business terms including cost risk scalability delivery velocity and customer impact.

• Create clear executive-ready documentation and presentations that communicate complex architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

What You Bring

• Deep technical expertise in software architecture distributed systems API design platform engineering cloud-native infrastructure or enterprise-scale application development.

• Strong ability to turn complex technical constraints into practical business tradeoffs and recommendations for Product Engineering and executive stakeholders.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence decisions without direct authority.

• Strategic analytical thinking across cost time scalability resiliency security maintainability and risk.

• A collaborative working style and demonstrated ability to build alignment across Product Engineering Architecture Operations Security and business teams.

Experience

• 8 years of experience in software engineering solutions architecture enterprise architecture technical product strategy or a related technical leadership role.

• Demonstrated experience shaping or owning architectural decisions for production systems at scale.

• Experience working directly with product management business leaders or executive stakeholders in addition to engineering teams.

• Track record of operating across organizational boundaries and driving alignment on technically complex decisions.

• Hands-on experience using GenAI tools (e.g. vibe coding AI-assisted prototyping and requirements generation) to accelerate delivery and improve product outcomes to the Experience section.

• Experience as a Staff Engineer Principal Engineer Solutions Architect Enterprise Architect Technical Product Strategist or similar senior individual contributor is preferred.

• Familiarity with modern cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or Google Cloud and healthcare technology or clinical data environments is a plus.

Why Join FDB

• Mission-driven work that supports safer more efficient and more informed healthcare decisions.

• Opportunity to influence the technical direction of products used across the healthcare ecosystem.

• Collaborative culture grounded in integrity respect responsibility teamwork and creativity.

• Competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental vision life and disability insurance 401(k) flexible spending accounts paid holidays paid time off employee assistance program and other company benefits.

About FDB:

FDB is the leading provider of drug and medical device knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make precise decisions. With thousands of customers worldwide FDB enables our information system developer partners to deliver valuable useful and differentiated solutions. We offer more than three decades of experience in transforming medical knowledge into actionable targeted and effective solutions that help improve patient safety operational efficiency and healthcare outcomes. For a complete look at our solutions and services please visit or follow us onandLinkedIn.

We value Integrity Respect Responsibility Teamwork and Creativity. Our offices in South San Francisco and Indianapolis have been awarded with Top Workplaces honors by The Bay Area News Group and the Indy Star since 2016 (the Top Workplaces honors are based solely on the results of an employee feedback survey by a leading research firm that specializes in organizational health and workplace improvement). FDB offers competitive salaries and extensive benefits including medical dental vision long term disability life insurance and matching 401k.

We are an Equal opportunity employer vets/disabled. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religious creed national origin physical or mental disability protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.

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In accordance with applicable law Hearst is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role if hired in Carmel Indiana. The reasonable estimate if hired in Carmel Indiana is $120000 $145000. Please note this information is specific to those hired in location. If this role is open to candidates outside of location the salary range would be aligned to that specific location. A final decision on the successful candidates starting salary will be based on a number of permissible non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to skills and experience training certifications and education.

This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes medical dental vision life and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending savings account; paid holidays; paid time off; employee assistance program; and other company benefits. Learn more about our benefits here.