Product Manager; Remote
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, 52240, USA
Listed on 2026-06-16
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Business
Business Analyst, Business Management, Business Development
Staff Product Manager
This is a remote position.
Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government.
Work on things that matter
Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public‑sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology.
Built for a remote life
Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.
Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture
Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.
The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable the VA to increase the use, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes.
PrimaryResponsibilities
- Strong influential skills to garner consensus among stakeholders, leadership, programs, and practice teams
- Primarily supports a program/portfolio, but may support business unit initiatives in order to drive thought leadership among practice and delivery
- Serves as a mentor to individuals within the assigned business unit or Program, providing constructive feedback to support employee development and practice innovations
- Presents to a wide variety of audiences, inclusive of internal and external stakeholders
- Primarily focused on program/portfolio strategic initiatives, but may support tactical assignments
- Exhibits strong communications skills in order to gain consensus, mitigate conflict, and serves as a stewardess of innovation or change
- Responsible for defining the vision and strategy for products and identifying areas of growth for a program or portfolio of work
- Demonstrates the ability to make educated decisions and understands when to pivot and how to experiment in order to reduce uncertainty and inform next steps
- Utilizes effective communication skills and understands how to translate complex issues for a wide variety of audiences in order to influence decision making for the highest value outcome
- May support growth opportunities, inclusive of proposal writing, solution development, presentations, and briefings
- Serves as a partner to Project and Program Managers to support the delivery of required scope and deliverables
- Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years of experience
- Owns product vision, roadmap and backlog
- Partners with VA Product Owner
- Ensures alignment of priorities and deliverables
- 3+ years experience directing assignments for cross‑functional teams
- Ability to obtain/maintain any of the following:
- CSPO, CPM, CSM or other related certifications
- Company‑subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave after one year of service
- Employee Assistance Program
Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work‑related injury, covered…
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