Senior Product Manager/Mentor (Closed)

Description of Work:

• Responsible for applying industry standard Product Management frameworks to existing Federal agency processes to support the modernization and requirements development process
•  Subject Matter Expert for agency Product investments and presenting to executive audiences
• Capable of describing and discussing data-driven value-seeking Product Management Practices in concert with improvements in software development productivity
• Provide extensive assistance in defining and producing Product Management courseware content tailored to organization-specific requirements
• You must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality
• Capable of providing support through the SDLC process for strategic client projects
• Run Product Discovery and requirements gathering workshops with clients
• Coach and train other Product Managers on best practice
• Work with team members to produce estimates for proposals and investments
• Provide guidance on creating and maintaining a product backlog with epics and user stories
• Provide guidance on creating product roadmaps and release plans
• Facilitate communication between executive leadership, stakeholders and development team members
• Provide product demos and presentations to clients
• Capable of supporting organizational change management message delivery/outreach sessions in the roles of author, packager, and presenter
• Capable of producing positive outcomes in technical debates about the application of Product Management processes, redefinition of Product Management terminology, and strategic leadership concepts.
• Comfortable discussing and practicing agile delivery methods, agile culture, and agile leadership
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills
• Ability to interface with senior leadership

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum knowledge, skills, abilities needed.

• Bachelor's degree and 7 Years of work experience OR Master's degree and 5 Years of work experience OR a minimum 11 years of work experience as a Product Manager in lieu of a degree
• Minimum of 4 years of experience describing and discussing data-driven, value-seeking Product Management
• Practices in concert with improvements in software development productivity
• Minimum of 3 years of combined experience in 1 or more of the following:
  • Experience implementing product practices at an enterprise level
  • Experience defining and producing Product Management courseware and marketing content tailored to organization-specific requirements
  • Experience conveying software methodologies to audiences including senior leaders with varying technical backgrounds
  • Demonstrable experience in presenting product concepts to senior leaders through presentations
• No out state candidate for this hiring request
• Must be US Citizen or US Permanent Resident (green card holder)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.

• Prior Federal Government/Government/large scale corporate working experience
• Pragmatic Product Manager Certification
• Experience managing Product Managers and equivalent professionals
• Experience creating training plans and curricula
• Ability to interface with senior leadership
• Ability to manage, train and communicate with cross functional teams and implement the Product lifecycle
• Ability to prioritize and react to changing requirements with a sense of urgency
• Ability to envision a big-picture vision at an enterprise level and the drive to make that vision a reality.
• Knowledge of big data and analytics products
• Negotiating and customer interfacing skills
• Strong problem-solving capabilities evidenced by a proven ability to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze product concepts, strategic opportunities and competitive threats