Technical Product Manager - TrainingPeaks

Peaksware • Full-time • Hybrid in Louisville, Colorado, United States • $94,874 - $158,124 / year • 2h ago

Fast Facts

Join TrainingPeaks as a Technical Product Manager, where you will oversee the API and developer platform, driving product strategy and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance the endurance athlete ecosystem.

Responsibilities: You'll be responsible for defining the product strategy for the TrainingPeaks API, translating it into technical requirements, ensuring developer engagement through documentation, and managing platform health metrics.

Skills: Strong understanding of API design (REST, GraphQL), experience with relational databases, and familiarity with AWS or similar cloud technologies are essential.

Qualifications: 3-5 years in technical product management, a Bachelor's degree in a related field, and a previous background in software development or data engineering are preferred.

Location: Louisville, Colorado, United States

Compensation: $94874 - $158124 / Annually

General Summary

At TrainingPeaks, we build the platform that empowers endurance athletes, coaches, and a growing ecosystem of partners. As a Technical Product Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our public API and third-party integrations. From World Tour professional cycling teams to the hundreds of partners who rely on the TrainingPeaks API, you will be responsible for the full lifecycle of our developer-facing products—from strategic planning and roadmap definition to documentation and community support. You will be the crucial link between our external developer partners and our internal engineering teams, ensuring our platform is robust, scalable, and enables a thriving ecosystem of innovation.

In this role, you'll report to the Manager, Product Management and work closely with cross-functional teams in Engineering, Partnerships, Data, Marketing, Account Management and Customer Support.

Core Functions:

API & Platform Strategy: Own the product strategy and roadmap for the TrainingPeaks API and 3rd party developer platform. Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify new integration opportunities and ensure our API remains best-in-class.
Technical Product Definition: Translate platform strategy into detailed technical requirements, API specifications, and clear user stories. Work closely with engineering to define API schemas, data models, and authentication protocols.
Developer Experience & Evangelism: Champion the needs of our third-party developers. Create and maintain high-quality, comprehensive API documentation, tutorials, and code samples. Act as a key point of contact for our developer community.
Technical Collaboration: Partner with engineering, architecture, and data teams to make decisions on technical implementation and infrastructure. Ensure alignment between product goals and engineering feasibility.
Platform Health & Analytics: Define and analyze key performance metrics for our API and integrations. Monitor API usage, performance, and reliability to inform product decisions and drive continuous improvement.
Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary communication bridge between technical teams, business stakeholders, and external partners. Clearly articulate the value and status of our platform initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

Demonstrated experience in a technical product management role, specifically working on APIs, developer platforms, or other technical, developer-facing products.
Strong understanding of API design principles (e.g., REST, GraphQL) and web technologies.
Experience working with Relational Database Systems such as SQL Server or Postgres.
Experience with projects developed in an Object Oriented programming language such as Java or C#.
Experience with AWS or similar cloud technologies.
Experience working on challenging problems in complex applications.
Proven ability to gather and interpret both qualitative user feedback and quantitative platform data to make informed decisions.
Experience writing detailed technical requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria in an Agile environment.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong empathy for developers and a passion for creating products that enable others to build amazing things.

Desired Qualifications:

3-5 years of experience in product management.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Previous experience as a software developer or data engineer is a strong plus.
Familiarity with the endurance sports technology landscape.
Passion for endurance sports and a deep understanding of the TrainingPeaks platform and ecosystem.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Don’t worry. We still want to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Benefits

Compensation:

We are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role in Colorado is $94,874 - $158,124. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation including bonus.

Benefits and Perks:

Health

We offer comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings and flexible spending accounts, paid parental leave; and an employee assistance program.
Additional coverage options including Accident & Critical Illness insurance as well as Hospital Indemnity are also available.

Disability and Life

We offer several company paid options including Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, as well as Basic Life Insurance and AD&D.
Additional coverage options including Employee-paid Supplemental Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and/or Child are also available.

Additional

We offer a 401(K) including a company match.
We observe 12 paid holidays annually and provide discretionary Flexible Time Off. Employees also receive free access to our products, corporate discounts, and professional development resources.
Access to the Performance and Recovery Center (PARC), our on-site fitness facility, as well as employee only access to on-site locker rooms and showers.
Employee only access to secure, indoor bike storage and access to e-bikes exclusively to Peaksware employees.
Access to our onsite Music and Podcast Studio.

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Peaksware adheres to the FLSA Exemption Threshold for minimum wage in all states.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment that is well-lighted, heated, and/or air-conditioned with adequate ventilation and a noise level that is usually moderate. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets.

All employees must comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to your manager and/or Human Resources.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and move about the facility; use hands to handle, or feel; talk by expressing ideas by means of the spoken word; and hear by perceiving the nature of sounds. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

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