Lead Technical Author

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the investigation, evaluation and implementation of next generation technologies, especially generative AI, to help drive productivity and quality gains in technical authoring
• Define and execute the documentation strategy, standards, and vision for the technical authoring function in line with our SaaS development release cadence.
• Manage a team of technical authors, supporting development, coaching, and resource planning.
• Own and evolve content management systems (e.g., Madcap Flare), publishing workflows, and CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Ensure consistency, clarity, and usability of content across the product suite through quality assurance and review processes.
• Develop templates, reusable components, and scalable practices to support content re-use and efficiency.
• Monitor and act on documentation feedback, usage analytics, and support insights to improve quality and discoverability.
• Champion user-centered content design and accessibility standards.
• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives around onboarding, support, and customer success enablement.

Requirement : 

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Technical Communication, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in technical documentation with 2+ years in a leadership or senior content strategy role.
• Demonstrated success managing technical authoring functions or teams in a product-centric environment.
• Expertise in content tooling (e.g., Madcap Flare, DITA, HTML/CSS, Markdown) and automated publishing workflows.
• Strong leadership, project management, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Deep understanding of documentation usability, accessibility, and user-centered design principles.
• Experience working in Agile development environments and influencing cross-functional delivery planning.
• Ability to drive quality, consistency, and scalability across documentation practices.
   

Skills required:

• Proactive, organized and able to work independently while collaborating closely with marketing and product teams
• Strong visual sense with attention to layout, typography, consistency and detail
• Takes ownership and shows strong sense of responsibility
• Able to manage time and deadlines independently