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# Technical Product Manager (GenAI & Data) - Contract at CompassX Group

- **Company:** CompassX Group
- **Location:** Irvine, CA
- **Compensation:** $130k–$180k
- **Employment:** contract
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/compassx/70447d83-15df-413a-af74-3cf27e5f1297

## Job description

CompassX is a boutique business and technology consulting firm. We help Fortune 500 and high-growth clients deliver their most strategic initiatives, from enterprise transformations to digital and data-driven projects. With over 15 years of proven results, we’ve expanded across industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, consumer products, and quick service restaurants.

We are honored to be recognized as a three-time winner of Consulting Magazine’s Best Boutique Firms to Work For, and previously recognized as a “Best Place to Work” in Southern California and one of INC.’s 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.

We’re looking for a Technical Product Manager to join a high-visibility engagement with one of our clients. This isn’t just an advisory or requirements-gathering role. You’ll work alongside the client’s Data Management team to learn how product and data actually move, from a marketing request through to a live in-person experience. Then you’ll build the tools that take the friction out of it. This is a senior, hands-on individual contributor role. On any given day, you might be shadowing a Data Manager, mapping a workflow, talking through a data model with an engineer, or opening an IDE to ship a working prototype. The strongest candidates are GenAI builders first, with enough product and process instinct to know what’s worth building.

## What You'll Do

Discover and Redesign

- Work alongside Data Managers to understand how the work really happens, across intake, product authoring, handoffs, validation and publishing

- Map workflows, systems and dependencies, set baseline measures like time-per-task, and identify where the biggest gains are

- Challenge legacy processes and propose redesigned workflows, working through the right stakeholders to get them adopted

Build

- Decide whether a problem calls for process change, automation, an integration, a purpose-built app or AI, and then build it

- Independently build lightweight production applications, APIs, integrations and automation, using AI-assisted development tools without losing engineering discipline

- Get prototypes into users’ hands quickly, gather feedback and improve sprint by sprint

- Partner with the client’s engineers on larger builds while staying accountable for the product, architecture and outcome

Apply AI Where It Earns Its Place

- Extend an existing AI-based product authoring capability to support more product types

- Build practical AI tools such as authoring assistants, validation and anomaly checks, and workflow agents, with the right controls for data quality and human review

- Recognize when a deterministic solution or a process fix is the better answer

Shape the Data Foundation

- Help define the domain model for product and experience data

- Replace spreadsheet-based tracking with a structured, queryable system that downstream platforms can draw from through API

- Make sure what you build is documented, maintainable, and ready to hand over

## What You'll Bring

- 8+ years across software development, solutions architecture, technical product management or similar, with a track record of building and shipping tools yourself
- Hands-on experience building applications, APIs and integrations. You don’t need to be a career software engineer, but you do need to be able to build robust solutions on your own
- Practical experience developing LLM applications or agentic workflows
- Strong data modeling and SQL skills
- Experience working directly with end users to map processes and drive adoption across teams
- Consulting or client-facing experience is a plus
- Experience with product, menu, catalog or master data (PIM/MDM) is a strong plus
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems) or equivalent demonstrable experience

Our consultants say CompassX is a place where they can truly find their own path. As part of a smaller firm, they see the impact of their work, have an identity, and know their voice matters. They value the freedom to take the reins of their careers, shape their client work, and maintain a direct line to leadership.

With CompassX’s focus on serving local Southern California clients, consultants not only build lasting relationships but also see the results of their work in the communities where they live.

At CompassX, you won’t just follow a path - you’ll create one.

## About CompassX Group

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: CompassX Group is a boutique business and technology consulting firm that helps Fortune 500/1000 clients bridge the gap between ideas and measurable results through project leadership and business transformation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (mid-growth, bootstrapped)
- **Headquarters**: Irvine, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2009
- **Founders**: Kyle J. Heppenstall (Managing Director & presumed founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Business Consulting and Services, with specializations in Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, and Consumer Discretionary.
- **Target customers**: B2B – Fortune 500/1000 enterprises and established organizations.
- **Mission / purpose**: “Bridging the divide between great ideas and meaningful results” by matching consultants to work they are passionate about and delivering high-quality, low-bureaucracy engagements.

## Products & Services
CompassX delivers consulting services across several practice areas, each offered as a client engagement (not a standalone product):

- **Project Management & Business Transformation**: End-to-end delivery leadership for complex strategic initiatives, including agile and product evolution, business resiliency, and process improvement.
- **Solution Design (UX / Product / Process)**: Senior consultants and solution owners who design user experiences, product strategies, and operational workflows.
- **Data & AI Solutions**: Manager-level solution owners who architect data platforms and AI-driven business capabilities.
- **Organizational Change Management**: Consulting engagement focused on driving adoption and cultural transformation during large-scale change.
- **Technology Advisory**: Strategic guidance on technology roadmaps, vendor selection, and digital evolution.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of approximately **$4.5M** (latest estimate) and a team of **30 employees**.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: No external investors disclosed; clients include well-known Fortune 500/1000 firms (e.g., Taco Bell, Capital Group, Deloitte alumni are common talent sources).
- **Growth Signals**: Active job postings (16 open roles as of mid-2026); LinkedIn follower growth of +148% year-over-year; expanding into Data & AI solution ownership; described as a “mid-growth company” with 13+ years of history.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Boutique by design** – Remains small and adaptable, limiting bureaucracy while still solving large-scale, global problems for multi-billion‑dollar clients.
- **Low/no‑travel model** – Consultants work primarily from SoCal offices with minimal travel, differentiating from traditional Big Four consulting firms.
- **Culture of access** – Employees have direct interaction with company leadership and can shape the firm’s evolution.
- **High retention signals** – Emphasis on “A‑Players,” transparent career paths, and a tight-knit community.

## Strategic Focus
- **Deepen Data & AI capabilities** – Recent job postings for “Manager – Solution Owner (Data, and AI)” signal a push into high‑demand technology advisory.
- **Maintain boutique scale** – Prioritize quality of work and employee satisfaction over rapid headcount growth.
- **Expand in Financial Services** – Dedicated practice lead for Business Transformation in Capital Markets.
- **Continue local hiring** – All roles are hybrid in Irvine/LA, reinforcing the “local model” that differentiates them from remote‑first competitors.

## Why Work Here
- **Work‑life harmony** – Flexible, no/low‑travel model with hybrid offices in Irvine and Los Angeles.
- **Generous benefits** – 2‑week sabbaticals every 2 years, 3 weeks PTO plus holidays and sick time, retirement plan with company match, full health coverage.
- **Transparent career progression** – Annual review process with clear milestones; ability to customize your consulting career journey.
- **Small‑team feel** – “Boutique by design” means you know everyone and have a voice in company decisions.
- **Interesting work** – Solve problems for Fortune 500/1000 clients without the bureaucracy of a large firm.

## Sources
1. [CompassX About Page](https://www.compassx.com/about/)
2. [CompassX Careers Page (Lever)](https://jobs.lever.co/compassx)
3. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://linkedin.com/company/compassx-group)
4. [CompassX Careers – Culture & Benefits](https://www.compassx.com/careers-2/)
5. [CompassX Careers – New Page](https://www.compassx.com/careers-new/)

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