Product Manager; Director

Product Manager (Director)

Job Location s: US

Peraton is seeking a Product Manager (Director) to serve as the accountable leader for planning, delivering, and optimizing cloud-based products and services that supports a federal civilian agency's mission to provide reliable, secure, and user centered financial aid solutions. This role ensures that cloud capabilities, digital services, and modernization initiatives are aligned with the federal civilian agency's strategic objectives, comply with policies, and meet all federal security, accessibility, and performance requirements.

The ideal candidate provides direction across the full product lifecycle, ensuring that cloud solutions are scalable, resilient, cost optimized, and responsive to the needs of students, borrowers, institutions, and internal federal civilian agency stakeholders.

This opportunity will support the modernization of a large-scale multi-tenant cloud ecosystem, providing critical enterprise-wide support for more than 40 million users in a complex stakeholder environment. This position requires senior level leadership skills combined with modern cloud and industry leading technical capabilities including product development, strict security compliance, latest technology cloud solutions, reliable application delivery with SaaS and Artificial Intelligence integrations and rapid continuous delivery.

Core Responsibilities:

• Product Strategy & Mission Alignment:
  Develops and maintains a product vision and roadmap that supports the federal civilian agency's cloud modernization strategy, Zero Trust objectives, and enterprise architecture standards. Ensures product decisions align with the federal civilian agency's governance frameworks.
• Cloud Requirements & Backlog Management:
  Translates federal civilian agency mission needs, regulatory requirements, and user research into actionable cloud product requirements, epics, and user stories. Prioritizes the backlog using data driven methods that balance compliance, security, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Lifecycle Management & Compliance Oversight:
  Oversees the full lifecycle of cloud-based products, from discovery and design through deployment, operations, and continuous improvement. Ensures adherence to federal and the civilian agency's requirements including FISMA and FedRAMP security controls, Section 508 accessibility, Privacy Act and data protection standards, records management and data retention policies, and cloud cost management and optimization guidelines.
• Performance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement:
  Defines and tracks KPIs related to cloud performance, availability, user experience, and cost. Uses analytics and operational data to drive iterative improvements and ensure service level compliance.

Leadership and

Collaboration:

• Cross Functional Leadership:
  Leads multidisciplinary teams including cloud engineers, cybersecurity specialists, UX designers, data analysts, and operations personnel. Facilitates Agile ceremonies and promotes a culture of iterative delivery consistent with the federal civilian agency's Agile and Dev Sec Ops  practices.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Serves as the primary liaison between federal civilian agency program offices, enterprise IT, cybersecurity, privacy, and external partners. Communicates product status, risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies to the federal civilian agency's leadership and governance bodies.
• Interagency & Vendor Coordination:
  Coordinates with cloud service providers, integrators, and third-party vendors to ensure compliance with SLAs, FedRAMP requirements, and ED contractual obligations. Ensures alignment with federal digital service standards and OMB cloud first/cloud smart policies.
• Change & Adoption Management:
  Supports organizational readiness, training, and transition activities to ensure successful adoption of cloud capabilities. Ensures new features and services integrate seamlessly with the federal civilian agency's enterprise cloud environment and mission operations.
• Must have the ability to obtain one or more of the following certifications within the first six months of Peraton employment:
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent Agile certification
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) or PMI ACP
  • ITIL Foundation, Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or equivalent)
  • Security or compliance certifications (e.g., Security+, CCSP), etc.

Position could support work across multiple enterprise-wide efforts within Peraton.

Basic Qualifications:

• 16 years of experience, may have supervisory or management experience
• Bachelor's degree required in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Public Administration, Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred
• Proven ability to lead cross functional teams and facilitate collaboration across government and contractor organizations.
• Strong communication skills for briefing senior leadership, documenting decisions, and engaging diverse…