Product Manager(API Enablement)

Description
The API Enablement Product Manager will drive the vision, strategy, and execution for API-based infrastructure services that empower development teams with secure, automated, and scalable capabilities.
1. Define and own the product roadmap along with the product backlog for API Enablement across compute, storage, network, and database and middleware APIs.
2. Partner with engineering, architecture, and security teams to design and deliver APIs that meet enterprise standards for reliability, scalability, and compliance.
3. Establish clear API consumption models, documentation, and developer experience guidelines.
4. Prioritize features based on business value, technical feasibility, and customer needs.
5. Drive adoption through stakeholder engagement.
6. Monitor API performance, usage metrics, and feedback to continuously improve the product.
7. Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles and regulatory requirements.
Skills
Product management, API
Additional Skills & Qualifications
1) Core Product Management
Experience: 7-10+ years in product management (platform/infrastructure/API products in large enterprises); 3+ years leading cross-functional delivery at scale.
Roadmap & Prioritization: Demonstrated ability to define multi-quarter roadmaps, OKRs, and prioritize using outcome-driven frameworks (e.g., RICE, WSJF).
Customer Discovery & UX for Devs: Skilled in interviewing developer and SRE personas, mapping journeys, and shaping API/portal experiences (docs, SDKs, quickstarts).
Lifecycle Ownership: Full ownership of API lifecycle-discovery, design, versioning, deprecation, and sunsetting-with backward compatibility strategy.
2) Infrastructure & Cloud Technical Depth
Domains: Strong understanding of compute, storage, networking, identity, and secrets management across on-prem and cloud.
Cloud Platforms: Hands-on familiarity with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform core services (IAM, VPC/VNet, EC2/VMs, Load Balancers, Key Vault/KMS).
Container/Platform: Knowledge of Kubernetes, OpenShift, Ingress, and internal developer platforms (IDP).
Automation & IaC: Experience with Terraform and Ansible
Networking & Edge: API gateways, reverse proxies, DNS, certificates, routing, private endpoints, egress controls, and zero-trust patterns.
3) API Strategy & Engineering Enablement
API Design: Proficiency with REST, event-driven APIs, GraphQL, OpenAPI/Swagger, and contract-first design; clear standards for idempotency, pagination, error codes.
Gateway & Management: Experience with platforms like Azure API Management, Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway, NGINX, or WSO2-including rate limiting, authN/Z, caching, monetization/internal chargeback.
Security: Deep familiarity with OAuth2/OIDC, mTLS, JWT, Scopes/Claims, and secrets rotation; strong understanding of least privilege and segmentation models.
Developer Experience: API portals, documentation quality, SDK strategy, versioning discipline, postman collections, service catalogs (Backstage), and golden paths.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Chandler, AZ.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $65.00 - $72.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Chandler,AZ.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Apr 10, 2026.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.