Product Manager Consultant

NOT A C2C OPPORTUNITY Hybrid Position Onsite in Dearborn one day a week This role requires strong communication skills, organizational clarity, and the ability to facilitate alignment across stakeholders. You should be comfortable with ambiguity and able to make thoughtful tradeoffs between standardization, flexibility, and team autonomy. Product Manager Consultant/Expert #1028726 Job Description: We are seeking aTechnical Product Manager (TPM)to join theCloud Platform (FCP)team - a unified developer platform built on zero-trust security, automation, and code-first principles. This role bridges engineering, security, operations, and executive teams to ensure alignment, drive adoption of platform tools, and maintain standards. You'll partner with a deeply technical team, understanding concepts like Kubernetes, GitOps, Terraform, CI/CD (e.g., Tekton), and Workload Identity Federation. The platform spans cloud, on-prem, and edge environments, with a foundation inGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)and identity services such as Entra ID. Your focus is to manage priorities, align roadmaps, and streamline communication across stakeholders using Agile practices. Responsibilities: Serve as aliaisonbetween platform engineering and stakeholders (security, compliance, infra, app teams, leadership) Translate technical concepts intoclear roadmapsand justifications Manage theplatform roadmap, backlog, and priorities Facilitate Agile ceremonies (planning, refinement, sprint reviews) Documentuse cases, requirements, and goalsfor platform features Driveadoptionof tools like Red Hat Developer Hub (Backstage) and workload scaffolding Coordinatebuy-inand approvals for platform enhancements Ensuredocumentation, onboarding, and internal marketingare clear and up to date Lead or contribute to demos, reviews, and planning sessions Skills Required: Familiarity withcloud-native infrastructure(any cloud provider, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, GitOps, identity management) Strong understanding ofAgile methodologiesand experience usingJira(or similar tools) Ability to communicatetechnical conceptsto both technical and non-technical audiences Experience working withplatform engineering teamsor developer portals Skills Preferred: Experience writing user documentation, onboarding guides, or internal wikis Experience managing cross-team collaboration and approvals Understanding of developer experience needs and internal advocacy Experience Required: Familiarity withcloud-native infrastructure(any cloud provider, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, GitOps, identity management) Experience working withplatform teamsor internal developer platforms Comfortable incode-centric environments(e.g., markdown docs, pipelines, GitHub) Experience withEntra ID,GitHub APIs,Tekton,Red Hat OpenShift, or hybrid cloud workloads Prior hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, scripting, or API development (e.g., Go, Python, YAML, Terraform) Education Required: BA or experience At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way. We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years! FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused. We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies. Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include: Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program) Vision Personal Time Off (PTO) Program Long Term Disability (100% paid) Life Insurance (100% paid) 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture. FastTek Global was named one of the Top Workplaces in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023! To view all of our open positions go to: Follow us on Twitter: Follow us on Instagram: Find us on LinkedIn: You can become a fan of FastTek on Facebook:

Created: 2025-06-06