Manager, Technical Content needed at Nintex

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Job title : Manager, Technical Content

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline : April 13, 2025

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About the role: 

  • A Technical Content Manager at Nintex is responsible for a regional Technical Content group and the production and delivery of Help content in a variety of formats for a diverse audience of Nintex customers, partners, and employees.  
  • This role includes direct contributions to content development, maintaining high-quality standards, and adhering to the global team’s Kanban process for efficient project tracking and completion. The Technical Content Manager will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to support project goals, provide guidance to writers, and ensure all deliverables meet company standards and deadlines. 
  • This is a hands-on role that requires strong collaboration with other regional Technical Content teams, globally distributed product teams, as well as a combination of strategy/tactical execution and the ability to collaborate and communicate up and down the organization.  
  • As part of Nintex R&D, this Technical Content Manager will also work with different departments and teams within and outside of Nintex R&D including: Customer Success, Support, Community, and various outside vendors. 

Your contribution will be:  

Build on and refine our technical content. This includes the following duties and deliverables: 

  • Develop, implement, and maintain technical content that increases users’ ability to understand our products and services, how to use them in a real-world scenario, or solve a problem (deflecting support cases).
  • Provide forums for and encourage product consumer feedback on technical content.
  • Assist in the creation and maintenance of internal technical content for R&D teams, including technical diagrams, incident run books, technical knowledge base content.
  • Hands on technical writing, editorial assistance, and guidance.
  • Manage localization processes.
  • Manage and maintain the global Kanban process and global standards within the regional group.
  • Working with stakeholders and the global Technical Content team providing input to style guides and guidelines for documentation. 
  • Enable data-driven responses to evaluate and build upon our existing and new content. 

Leadership and management of our Technical Content team. This includes the following duties and deliverables: 

  • Build on technical and soft skills capabilities across the team.
  • Ensure alignment with global Technical Content team.  
  • Examine and determine how to grow technical content externally and internally.
  • Set group and individual goals.
  • Contribute to global Technical Content strategy, OKRs, and direction.
  • Conduct performance and salary reviews. 

Department management: Attend to and, where required, expand on the efficient running of the group. This includes: 

  • Budget and P&L responsibility for technical content.
  • Proactively manage relationships with external providers, including management of contractor and vendor agreements.
  • Promote the function of the technical content team within the company and the resources the technical content team provides. 

To be successful, we think you need:  

  • Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Technical Writing, Computer Science, or a related field. 
  • Advanced degrees or certifications in Technical Communication, Information Design, or Project Management may be preferred or advantageous.
  • 2-3 years in a management or team lead role, overseeing writers or content creators, preferably in a technical or software-related environment.
  • 7+ years in technical writing, content development, or a related field, with a strong portfolio of technical content, preferably for software products.
  • Familiarity with MadCap Flare (or other technical writing authoring tools), Azure DevOps, and collaborative tools (e.g., Slack, Teams, GitHub).
  • Familiarity with localization of technical content may be preferred or advantageous.
  • Familiarity or experience with innovation in technical writing processes, e.g., use of AI, may be preferred or advantageous. 

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