Technical Product Manager

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The Technical Product Manager will translate customer insights into actionable engineering plans, optimizing product delivery to drive measurable business outcomes.

Wowza powers the world’s leading live and on-demand streaming experiences.

From global events and enterprise broadcasts to AI-powered video intelligence at

the edge, Wowza provides the most trusted, extensible, and developer-friendly

streaming platform on the market.

As we move into the next era of streaming, we are expanding our product

organization with builders who combine technical depth, analytical rigor, and a

customer-first mindset.

The Role

The Technical Product Manager (TPM) translates customer insights and data

analytics into actionable engineering plans that drive measurable business

outcomes. This role sits at the intersection of Product, Engineering, and Customer

Success, ensuring every initiative is prioritized through data, executed efficiently,

and aligned with Wowza’s strategic goals.

You will balance strategic roadmap definition with hands-on delivery coordination,

working to remove blockers, optimize workflows, and back every decision with

evidence, from product telemetry to win-loss insights. The TPM will lead initiatives

that enhance visibility, accountability, and execution across the product lifecycle,

ensuring Wowza’s innovations reach market efficiently and deliver real customer

impact.

What You’ll Do

Data-Driven Roadmap & Prioritization

Use product telemetry, analytics, and customer feedback to define priorities and validate roadmap decisions.

 Partner with Product and Engineering leads to ensure each initiative is justified by measurable data such as usage trends, customer outcomes, or revenue impact.

 

Program Execution & Delivery

Translate product strategy into clear technical milestones and delivery plans.

Track engineering progress using Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence) and maintain visibility into scope, risks, and timelines.

Define and monitor KPIs (velocity, on-time delivery, quality metrics) to ensure engineering work aligns with company objectives.

Cross-Functional Alignment

Act as the bridge between Customer, Product, Engineering, Sales, and

Support to maintain shared understanding of priorities and timing.

Lead communication and status reporting for internal stakeholders and

executives, using data-driven updates that highlight customer and business

outcomes.

Workflow Optimization

Identify bottlenecks across the delivery process and drive continuous

improvement using retrospectives and metrics.

Implement scalable frameworks for estimation, risk management, and

dependency tracking across multiple teams.

Customer-Centric Outcomes

Leverage win–loss insights, support feedback, and field data to ensure

features directly improve customer experience and market competitiveness.

Partner with Customer Success to quantify adoption, retention, and

satisfaction improvements tied to product releases.

Resource Planning

Coordinate with engineering management to ensure optimal team capacity

and prioritization.

Balance short-term delivery pressure with long-term product scalability and

technical excellence.

What You Bring

5+ years in Technical Program or Product Management within a software or SaaS

environment (streaming experience preferred).

Proven ability to use data and telemetry to drive decisions and measure results.

Experience managing Agile development lifecycles and working closely with

engineering teams.

Strong analytical mindset with the ability to define KPIs, interpret trends, and

make recommendations grounded in evidence.

Excellent communication skills across technical and business audiences; able

to translate between product vision and engineering execution.

Technical fluency in APIs, SDKs, and modern cloud infrastructure.

Familiarity with streaming technologies such as HLS, WebRTC, RTMP or SRT.

Leadership experience driving accountability and alignment across multiple

teams.

Strong Plus

Experience deploying and using on-premises streaming media platforms.

Familiarity with product analytics tools (PostHog, Pendo, GA4) for telemetry and performance tracking.

Experience with computer vision, AI, or machine learning in streaming or video analytics.

Experience with containerized or edge deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).

Benefits

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive base salary: $70,000 – $120,000
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance (effective Day 1)
  • 401(k) with strong company match
  • Dependent Care FSA
  • Employer-paid Life Insurance and AD&D
  • Voluntary Life Insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Training & Development opportunities
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Who We Are

Wowza Media Systems is a Colorado-based global leader in video streaming software. Our technology powers live and on-demand video delivery for education, healthcare, enterprise, gaming, government, and more—reaching customers in over 100 countries. Backed by Clearhaven Partners, we continue to grow by pushing innovation in scalable, low-latency video streaming.

Why Join Wowza?

At Wowza, you’ll be part of a fast-paced, mission-driven team working on solutions that power critical real-world applications—from live-streaming graduations to helping parents monitor NICU care. We encourage ownership, collaboration, and innovation while providing a supportive, global team environment.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Equity Compensation: 401(k) with strong company match
  • Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance (effective Day 1)
  • Employee Assistance Program: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Paid Parental Leave: Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Time Off: Generous Paid Time Off

Wowza Media Systems is a streaming software, cloud services, and hardware provider aimed at powering live streaming for today’s most innovative companies. We frequent Streaming Media’s list of Companies That Matter Most in Online Video and Readers’ Choice Awards, as well as Built in Colorado’s list of Best Midsize Workplaces.Cofounders David Stubenvoll and Charlie Good first set out to create cool stuff with like-minded people in 2005. In the years that have followed, Wowza’s become the gold standard for streaming. One third of content delivery networks (CDNs) have Wowza’s technology built in and more than 35,000 organizations across the globe power their streaming with Wowza.With adoption rates exploding, use cases proliferating, and video quality increasing, the streaming industry’s influence on everyday life continues to grow. And when it comes to live video, one thing rings true: If you can dream it, the experts at Wowza can help you build it.

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