Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that partners with government agencies to improve the lives of all Americans. The Product Manager Lead will define the product vision, develop user understanding, and lead Agile ceremonies while ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Responsibilities
- Define the product or team's vision within the scope of a particular team, product or feature set, ensuring alignment with user needs and business objectives
- Develop a clear perspective on future goals and definitions of success for the team/product and actively contribute to developing the long-term product vision and approach
- Develop expertise in the policies, operations, and targeted outcomes enabled by the team's work; Build a deep understanding of user needs, behaviors, and pain points that guide product strategy and decision-making
- Interface with Federal customers, end users, and Human-centered Design (HCD) researchers to identify and validate user and business needs
- Understand the scope of the enabler work and collaborate with System Architects, SMEs, Engineers, and others to assist with product planning and decision-making
- Understand, visualize, and manage upstream/downstream dependencies
- Prepare for and Participate in Quarterly (PI) Planning
- Support and lead Agile ceremonies (including planning, refinement, retrospectives, and standups)
- Develop actionable and value-driven features and stories, working with the team to define benefit hypothesis and acceptance criteria
- Collaborate with the development and testing team to ensure the implementation of the system tests
- Provide operational, tactical, and strategic inputs to accomplish program goals, meet planned deliverables, and exceed user satisfaction
- Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity
- Provide proactive and open communication across the program and stakeholders for transparency and awareness of progress and impediments
- Bridges the communication between the agile/project teams and key stakeholders by building and maintaining relationships
Skills
- All candidates must pass public trust clearance through the U.S. Federal Government. This requires candidates to either be U.S. citizens or pass clearance through the Foreign National Government System which will require that candidates have lived within the United States for at least 3 out of the previous 5 years, have a valid and non-expired passport from their country of birth and appropriate VISA/work permit documentation
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline. Candidates with six (6) years of general information technology experience, including four (4) years of specialized experience related to the position, may be considered in lieu of a degree
- 10+ years of product management experience, including experience delivering technology products in an Agile environment
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and collaborating with business and technical stakeholders
- Experience managing complex technology projects from planning through implementation
- Experience developing and managing product roadmaps
- Experience applying human-centered design principles
- Experience using Jira, Confluence, Slack, or similar collaboration tools
- Experience using data to drive product decisions
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Experience building and managing data platforms, APIs, and data pipelines
- SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager certification or experience working in a SAFe environment
- Experience with Medicaid data and delivering solutions for CMS
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) retirement benefits
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Life and disability insurance
- Additional wellness and employee support programs
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