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The Technical Product Manager will lead AI strategy and technical roadmap for FLEX, integrating AI, automation, and scalable architecture to enhance safety management and platform performance.
Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. We succeed if our clients can send their employees home at night, having not experienced a workplace accident or injury. The combination of software, consulting, and training helps clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems so they can focus on what’s important – their core business.
Help us help keep people safe and businesses working efficiently. Named as one of Built In Colorado’s Best Places to Work for six years in a row, KPA is made up of talented individuals working together for the greater good. We’re here to help our clients build safe, thriving organizations, and we’re looking for people with a common goal to help us do it.
Position Overview
KPA is seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the AI strategy and technical roadmap for FLEX. This role blends deep technical acumen with product vision—driving the integration of artificial intelligence, automation, and scalable architecture to make FLEX faster, smarter, and more powerful for customers.
You’ll lead how FLEX leverages AI to transform safety management—from predictive analytics and intelligent recommendations to natural language interaction and automated workflows. You’ll also own the platform roadmap that ensures FLEX is architected for scalability, performance, and long-term growth.
The ideal candidate is equal parts visionary and executor—someone who can translate complex technical opportunities into actionable roadmaps, and inspire both engineers and executives around what’s possible.
Key Responsibilities
AI Strategy and Innovation:
- Lead FLEX’s AI strategy, identifying opportunities to apply machine learning, natural language processing, and predictive analytics to EHS workflows.
- Partner with data science, engineering, and product leadership to design and deliver AI-driven capabilities that enhance decision-making, automation, and user engagement.
- Define success metrics for AI initiatives, ensuring measurable value to customers and alignment with KPA’s strategic objectives.
- Stay current with AI/ML trends, regulatory considerations, and emerging technologies to inform roadmap evolution.
Technical Roadmap & Platform Performance:
- Own the long-term technical roadmap for FLEX, including architecture modernization, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Collaborate with engineering leadership to prioritize technical debt, infrastructure improvements, and system reliability initiatives.
Knowledge, Experience, Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in product management, including 2+ years in a technical or platform-focused role.
- Strong understanding of SaaS architecture, APIs, data systems, and cloud scalability concepts.
- Proven track record leading cross-functional teams in delivering AI-driven or data-intensive products.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable product strategy.
- Experience with Agile development and backlog management.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and business teams.
Compensation:
- Annual Base Salary Range of 140-170k
- Annual Bonus Opportunity of 10%
Physical Requirements:
- Working on a computer, typing, and viewing a screen - all of the time
- Stationary sitting or standing - all of the time
- Hearing and listening - most of the time
- Ability to travel to local, regional, or national events - infrequently
Don’t meet every job requirement? At KPA, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they meet every requirement. If you’re excited about the role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we still encourage you to apply! You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
As a growing company KPA values its employees by supporting them with a full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, PTO, Paid and Floating Holidays, 401k with Company match and immediate vesting, Company-funded Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Programs, and No-cost Mental Health Benefits.
About KPA
Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS), and Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. KPA solutions help clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems across their entire enterprise. The combination of KPA's software, consulting services, and award-winning training content helps organizations minimize risk so they can focus on what's important—their core business.
We are passionate about what we do, how we do and why we do it. Our culture is driven by the KPA core values – Integrity, Helpful, Excellence, Agile, Respectful, and Teamwork. Success will be determined by the capabilities, energy and character of the people we bring into our organization and the performance they achieve.
KPA, with headquarters in Colorado and teammates throughout the United Sates, is recognized as one of Colorado's Best Places to Work to Work by Built In Colorado for 2025, making the list six years running.
KPA is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation, to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, religion, religious dress/grooming, color, ethnicity, sex (including sex stereotyping), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, creed, uniform service member status, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, breast-feeding and/or pregnancy-related conditions, age, protected medical condition, leave status, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristics, or any other legally-protected status in accordance with the requirements of all federal, state and local laws. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
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Top Skills
AI
APIs
Cloud Scalability
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Saas Architecture
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