Product Manager; UI, Backend & Workflows

Position: Product Manager (UI, Backend & Workflows)
Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an Product Manager for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Regulatory clients in DMV Area (Rockville, MD/Tysons, VA/Washington D.C.)
Hybrid - 3x a week on-site .

We're looking for a mid-level Product Manager to help build a new product from the ground up. This role will own end-to-end product discovery and delivery across user experience, backend services, and orchestration/workflows, partnering closely with design and engineering.
This is a hands-on role ideal for a PM who enjoys ambiguity, cares deeply about user problems, and wants to grow their systems thinking while shipping real products.
What You'll Do

• Product Discovery & Problem Definition
• Partner with stakeholders to deeply understand user problems and workflows
• Conduct user interviews, workflow analysis, and requirements discovery
• Translate ambiguous problems into clear product opportunities and MVP scope
• Define success metrics and hypotheses for early-stage features

Required Qualifications

• 3-6 years of experience as a Product Manager
• Experience working closely with engineering and design teams
• Exposure to products involving APIs, backend systems, or platforms
• Strong ability to break down complex problems into clear requirements
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and early-stage product environments
• Clear communicator who can align cross-functional partners

Nice to Have

• Experience with 0?1 or early-stage products
• Familiarity with workflow-based or system-heavy products
• Experience in B2B, platform, or internal tooling products
• Basic technical fluency (able to discuss APIs, services, async workflows-not code)

End-to-End Product Ownership

• Own product requirements across:
• UI / user experience
• Backend business logic
• Orchestration and system workflows
• Define end-to-end user journeys that span multiple systems and services
• Ensure the product works cohesively across all layers, not as disconnected components

UI & UX Collaboration

• Work closely with designers to shape intuitive, usable experiences
• Define user flows, states, and edge cases (loading, failure, partial success)
• Ensure complex system behavior is understandable and actionable for users
• Review designs to ensure they align with real backend and workflow constraints

Backend & Platform Collaboration

• Partner with engineers to define product requirements for APIs and services
• Help define core domain concepts and business rules (from a product perspective)
• Ensure backend capabilities meet user and UI needs
• Balance speed, correctness, and future extensibility when defining requirements

Workflow & Orchestration Thinking

• Define product requirements for multi-step workflows and system orchestration
• Help identify failure scenarios, retries, and recovery paths from a user POV
• Ensure system states and progress are visible and understandable to users
• Collaborate with engineering on sequencing and dependency trade-offs

Execution & Delivery

• Write clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Own backlog prioritization and roadmap planning for your product area
• Participate actively in sprint planning, grooming, reviews, and retros
• Make thoughtful scope trade-offs to deliver value incrementally

Launch, Learn, Iterate

• Support feature launches and early customer rollouts
• Analyze product usage, workflow success rates, and user feedback
• Work with support and stakeholders to identify gaps and opportunities
• Continuously refine the product based on real-world learnings

What Success Looks Like in This Role

• Users can successfully complete end-to-end workflows with minimal friction
• UI, backend, and orchestration decisions feel cohesive and intentional
• Engineering teams have clear, well-prioritized product direction
• MVPs ship on time with learnings feeding directly into iteration
• Complexity is managed thoughtfully without over-engineering

Why This Role Is Interesting

• You'll help shape a product from the ground up
• You'll gain deep experience in systems thinking and workflow design
• You'll work closely with senior engineers and designers
• You'll have real ownership-not just ticket writing

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