Lead Product Manager

Responsibilities

• The Lead Product Manager owns one area of the FlowFuse product outright and runs it end to end: vision, roadmap, backlog, prioritization, sprint sequencing, refinement, and the GitHub issues engineers build from.
• This role builds on the Product Manager role. Where the base role defines product strategy across FlowFuse, the Lead Product Manager applies that craft with full ownership of a single area, working hands-on and directly with engineers.
• The Lead Product Manager is primarily responsible for:
• ul]:my-0">Continuous Discovery: Sitting in on sales and customer calls, reviewing call recordings, and talking to users directly to find the problem behind each request. The Lead PM develops deep knowledge of FlowFuse customers and the industrial IoT domain, and keeps that knowledge current.
• ul]:my-0">Writing Exacting Specifications: Producing precise, technical, unambiguous GitHub issues. Engineers should never have to guess what "done" means. There is no PM/designer/engineer trio at FlowFuse; the Lead PM writes the spec and the ticket, and what they write is what gets built.
• ul]:my-0">Filtering and Translating Input: Leadership, peers, and active customer deals generate ideas at high volume. The Lead PM absorbs that input, turns it into a clear and sequenced plan, and protects their engineering team's focus.
• The Lead Product Manager reports to the Engineering Manager.
• a]:focus-visible:outline-primary [&>a>code]:border-dashed hover:[&>a>code]:border-primary hover:[&>a>code]:text-primary [&>a>code]:text-lg/6 [&>a>code]:font-bold [&>a>code]:transition-colors">What is the Lead Product Manager not responsible for?
• The base Product Manager exclusions apply, with the following clarifications:
• ul]:my-0">People management: The Lead PM leads product decisions and runs refinement for their squad, but does not manage the engineers implementing the work. Building and managing a product team is a potential growth path for this role, not part of the starting scope.

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