Software Product Manager

Team: Engineering

Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: onsite

Salary:

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree with 14+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's with 12+ years, or a PhD with 9+ years of experience in software product management, software acquisition, program management, systems engineering, software development, or related Department of Defense (DoD) mission areas.
• Demonstrated experience engaging operational users or customers to identify desired outcomes, define software needs, and translate those needs into prioritized product requirements, features, user stories, or Agile backlog content.
• Experience working with cross-functional software product teams and coordinating activities across product management, software development, systems engineering, test, cybersecurity, acquisition, and operational stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Jira and Confluence or comparable Agile product-management and collaboration tools, with the ability to manage product backlogs, initiatives, requirements, dependencies, decisions, and user feedback.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including demonstrated ability to brief product vision, software execution status, risks, priorities, and recommendations to senior leaders and large audiences.
• Active TS clearance with in-scope T5/SSBI is required, along with SCI eligibility and participation in Continuous Evaluation.
• Must meet all requirements for SCI and SAP access and be willing to undergo a polygraph examination.
• Travel is 25%.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience developing software product vision, roadmaps, outcome-based requirements, release plans, prioritization frameworks, and Agile backlogs for mission-critical or command-and-control software products.
• Knowledge of DoD software acquisition practices, including familiarity with the Software Acquisition Pathway and DoDI 5000.87, and practical experience applying Agile, DevSecOps, continuous integration, and continuous delivery concepts.
• Prior experience supporting the National Space Defense Center (NSDC), United States Space Command (USSPACECOM), Joint Task Force-Space Defense (JTF-SD), or comparable operational space command-and-control organizations.
• Understanding of user-centered design methodologies and demonstrated experience facilitating developer-user engagements, product discovery, demonstrations, usability feedback, or other activities that keep users directly involved in software development.
• Experience defining and managing product milestones, initiatives, epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product metrics through development, testing, deployment, and operational use.
• Familiarity with cloud-based software environments and modern software delivery technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, configuration management, monitoring, access management, and automated software delivery pipelines.
• Experience with software configuration management, release management, technical baseline management, lifecycle cost or schedule considerations, and identifying product execution risks or tradeoffs.
• Strong problem-solving, prioritization, stakeholder-management, and organizational skills with experience managing multiple product initiatives, dependencies, releases, and competing user priorities concurrently.