Technical Product Manager

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Job Title: Technical Product Manager
Location-Type: Remote (U.S. – East Coast preferred; occasional travel to PA/NJ offices)
Start Date Is: ASAP
Duration: Contract
Compensation Range: $80-$90 per hour W2 Only

Job Description:
Lead discovery and product development for AI-powered search and workflow solutions within a professional research platform, driving greenfield innovation and iterative product delivery.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Lead discovery and research initiatives around search and content discovery tools

• Conduct customer interviews, user research sessions, and SME feedback panels

• Define OKRs and execute two-week "build → measure → learn” iteration cycles

• Prioritize product opportunities and define clear requirements for engineering teams

• Guide development of conversational search, traditional search, and AI-driven discovery experiences

• Align cross-functional teams across engineering, UX, content, and strategy

• Contribute to documentation and early requirements for future BA handoff

• Support integration of enhanced search/discovery capabilities into a modernized research platform

Requirements:

• Must-Haves:

  • 7 years of product management experience, including greenfield/new product development

  • Strong experience implementing and operating within an OKR framework

  • Deep understanding of search mechanisms, taxonomy, indexing, and content discovery systems

  • Exposure to AI concepts, including conversational search, chatbot experiences, prompt validation, and GenAI workflows (no coding required)

  • Experience working in research, scholarly publishing, medical, clinical, or life sciences environments

  • Strong customer discovery mindset and experience running research panels/interviews

  • Experience operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with evolving processes

  • Systems-level thinking across UX, backend integrations, and workflow design

• Nice-to-Haves:

  • End-to-end understanding of scholarly research workflows

  • Experience with conversational UI or chat-driven research platforms

  • East Coast-based (PA/NJ preferred)

  • Background in publishing or research platform organizations