Product Manager Management SME

Build What Matters Simply and Efficiently

Agilious leads with a singular purpose - to empower organizations to build digital solutions that truly serve people by simplifying software delivery and eliminating waste. With over 20 years of experience in strategy design engineering and data our clients count on us not just to deliver technology but to strengthen your teams with the skills training and strategy they need to create real user-focused impact at scale.

About the Role

Agilious is seeking a highly experienced and dedicated Senior Product Manager to serve as the product management subject-matter expert on a Federal this critical role you will be the right-hand person to the Federal Product Manager (FPM) who is responsible for a SAFe Agile Release Train comprising seven teams with 90 technical team members. You will work closely with the FPM to provide guidance direction and product management expertise to the teamof Product Owners and team members ensuring they understand the vision strategy and roadmap for all core common cloud services capabilities.

You will act as a bridge between business stakeholders customers and the development teams focusing on delivering viable feasible desirable and sustainable solutions. Furthermore you will leverage your product management expertise to drive modernization efficiency and compliance. This role requires exceptional analytical rigor and the ability to influence cross-functional teamsincluding engineering operations risk/compliance data science data strategy and business partners across lines of businesswithout direct management authority.

Location/Remote: This position is primarily remote with select day(s) working from a location in the DC-MD-VA metro region.

What Youll Do

As a Product Manager - Management SME you will:

• Define and drive the product vision strategy and multi-year roadmap for common cloud services spanning software and services.
• Develop and communicate a clear actionable plan in line with department goals and customer and partner needs.
• Product Roadmap: Support the FPM with the management of the product roadmap ensuring alignment with the customers strategic objectives mission needs and customer feedback.
• ART Backlog: Support the FPM in managing and prioritizing the Program Backlog which contains features/capabilities and technical enablers for a single ART. Develop and own the process to prioritize product initiatives based on business value customer impact and technical feasibility.
• PI Planning: Play a significant role in Program Increment (PI) Planning events presenting the vision and top features to the teams and collaborating to define shared PI objectives.
• Collaborating Across Roles:
  • Work closely with Product Owners (POs) who manage the team-level backlogs and user stories. Lead and mentor a team of product owners providing direction feedback and mentoring.
  • Coordinate with Release Train Engineers (RTEs) to facilitate ART events and manage dependencies.
  • Partner with System Architects/Engineers to understand technical requirements and ensure the architectural runway supports new features.
  • Engage with Business Owners and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and manage expectations.
• Delivering Value: Participate in System Demos to inspect integrated increments validate features against acceptance criteria and gather feedback. They support a continuous delivery pipeline enabling release on demand when optimal for the business.
• Measuring Success and Improving: Define and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure product performance and value delivery. Participate in Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshops to drive continuous improvement in products and processes.
• Collaboration and Communication: Manage strong relationships with customers users partners and key stakeholders providing regular updates and ensuring their needs and expectations are met.

Other similar professional duties may be assigned as needed.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

You are expected to demonstrate proficiency in five key areas which we consider to be the foundation for successful Product management:

• Human Centered - Understand internal and external customer user and stakeholder needs to reimagine and innovate product solutions
• Mission Focused - drive mission forward by prioritizing user needs that meet mission outcomes
  Technology Driven - Leverages technology to deliver innovative and resilient solutions that enable both near-term and long-term value
• Integrated Problem-Solving - Identifies and resolves complex problems to deliver outcomes while mitigating product risks
• Transformational Leadership - Leads cross-functional teams to solve customer problems and drive organizational alignment

In addition you are expected to have a strong understanding of and experience in the role of SAFe Product Manager with demonstrable experience in:

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and the SAFe framework.
• Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to prioritize and balance competing demands in a complex fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Agile lifecycle management tools such as Jira Azure DevOps or Rally.

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in engineering aerospace business administration or a related field.
• 10 years of relevant work experience.
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification.
• Served as a Product Manager successfully leading one or more Agile Release Trains (ARTs) leading to the delivery of multiple releases comprising at least 8 Program Increments (PIs) spanning two years.
• Prior experience managing all phases of the product lifecycle including product research design development testing certification production maintenance and support.
• Experience managing complex products across their full lifecycle.
• Exceptional leadership communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to influence a variety of stakeholders to establish concurrence.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in engineering aerospace business administration or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of satellite communication systems ground systems and satellite communication technology.
• Experience translating business strategy and analysis into shared common services.

Why Work at Agilious

At Agilious we put our people first. As a team-focused company we foster a collaborative environment where every employee has a voice opportunities to develop professionally and the support to thrive. If youre looking for a career where you can learn contribute and grow wed love to hear from you.

Our Benefits:

• Health dental and vision insurance to take care of your health needs
• Supplemental Benefits: Life Insurance Long and Short-Term Disability
• 401(k) plan with contribution and annual profit sharing
• Generous paid time off federal & floating holidays to maintain balance
• Robust Professional Development to continue your education
• Employee Assistance Program Support for a wide range of life events and experiences

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.

At this time Agilious will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 10 business days.

No agencies please.

Compensation Range
Hourly: $70/hr - $78/hr