Staff/Principal Technical Product Manager
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SkylightGovernment Technology
All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories.Full-TimeStaff
SalaryStaff Product Manager: $170,000–$203,000; Principal Product Manager: $180,000–$230,000
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- AgileStakeholder management
Requirements
- Understand lean product principles and how to apply them (e.g., minimum viable product) at various stages of the product life cycle
- Ability to develop a product strategy informed by the problem to be solved and establish a product roadmap
- Ability to break down scope into usable chunks of value, maintain a prioritized backlog with validated user stories, and facilitate team ceremonies
- Hands-on technical background (e.g., former software engineer, engineering manager, data engineer, or architect) to evaluate technical trade-offs
- Understand how to engage in human-centered design
- Ability to collaborate with researchers, designers, engineers, and other disciplines
- Experience managing clients and stakeholders to build trust and alignment
- Knowledge of software development methodologies such as agile and lean
- Experience translating fluently between technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working on cross-functional teams in iterative delivery
Responsibilities
- Lead a cross-functional team of researchers, designers, and engineers to build and ship technically complex, high-impact products and services
- Translate user needs, policy requirements, and engineering realities into a product strategy — vision, measures of success, roadmap, and a prioritized backlog
- Make product decisions that hinge on fluency with the underlying architecture, APIs, and data systems, weighing engineering tradeoffs alongside user and business value
- Manage direction, scope, and priorities from user research through minimum viable product to scalable, sustainable solutions
- Draw on data and feedback to continually sharpen the product strategy and roadmap
- Partner closely with government teams to transfer product and technical knowledge, and creatively navigate bureaucratic constraints to clear the path for delivery
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