Group Product Manager - Platform; Remote

Job Summary

The Group Product Manager (GPM) is a first-level people manager who leads a small team of Product Managers and Product Owners while maintaining direct ownership of a meaningful portion of the product portfolio. The GPM bridges the strategic direction set by the Director of Product Management (or other leader) and the execution responsibilities of the team, ensuring that individual contributors are supported, aligned, and delivering high-quality outcomes for government clients.

This role requires both strong product craft and emerging leadership capabilities.

The Group Product Manager (GPM) is a first-level people manager who leads a small team of Product Managers and Product Owners while maintaining direct ownership of a meaningful portion of the product portfolio. The GPM bridges the strategic direction set by the Director of Product Management (or other leader) and the execution responsibilities of the team, ensuring that individual contributors are supported, aligned, and delivering high-quality outcomes for government clients.

This role requires both strong product craft and emerging leadership capabilities.

• Directly manage a team of Product Managers and/or Product Owners; provide coaching, feedback, career development support, and performance management
• Own roadmap strategy and backlog priorities for an assigned product area within the portfolio, in alignment with the overarching strategy
• Translate product strategy into clear team-level goals, epics, and delivery plans; ensure the team is always working on the highest-impact initiatives
• Serve as a key liaison between the Director of Product Management and delivery teams; elevate risks, resolve blockers, and maintain delivery momentum
• Conduct regular 1:1s, team rituals, and career development conversations to build a healthy, high-performing team culture
• Partner with engineering leads, UX designers, and agile delivery teams to ensure smooth planning and execution across sprint cycles
• Engage directly with government clients, implementation teams, and customer success to validate product direction and surface emerging needs
• Support the Director and VP in contributing to portfolio-level planning, resource allocation, and product strategy discussions
• Define and monitor team-level KPIs and product health metrics; communicate progress to the Director and broader leadership
• Maintain domain expertise in state and local government software
• Leverage AI-assisted tools (e.g., Claude, ChatPRD) to increase team productivity and the quality of product artifacts
• Perform other duties as assigned

• 5+ years of product management experience, with at least 1 year of formal or informal people-management or team-lead experience
• Experience in government technology software strongly preferred
• Track record of independently leading significant product initiatives from discovery through launch and adoption
• Proficiency with Agile methodologies and the SDLC; experience with tools such as JIRA and Figma
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Public Administration, or equivalent experience
• Familiarity with technical concepts including APIs, middleware, data integrations, and SQL

• Ability to lead and develop a team of product practitioners while remaining hands‑on with product strategy and execution
• Working knowledge of state and local government software
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to represent the team’s work credibly to peers, clients, and senior leadership
• Skilled at conflict resolution, prioritization trade-off discussions, and building alignment across stakeholders
• Data-driven mindset; able to help the team define success metrics and use…