Senior Product Manager
Job in
Surprise, Maricopa County, Arizona, 85379, USA
Listed on 2026-09-06
Listing for:
Jobtailor
Contract
position Listed on 2026-09-06
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
IT Business Analyst, Business Systems & Technology Analysis -
Business
Business Systems & Technology Analysis
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- Support the client in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Shape technology decisions impacting millions of Veterans through product thinking, prioritization, and delivery expertise
- Collaborate with service designers, data scientists, and engineers to understand customer and user problems
- Define MVPs and mature solution iterations
- Lead implementation efforts
- Develop adoption and change management plans
- Dedicate 85% of time to billable contract work and 15% to growing MO’s product practice, contributing to culture, and supporting business development
- Partner with stakeholders to translate vision into reality through prioritization, road mapping, and requirements development
- Lead cross-functional designers, data scientists, and engineers to deliver iteratively and incrementally
- Balance business, user, and technical needs to deliver meaningful outcomes
- Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs; communicate with stakeholders and leadership
- Set outcomes-driven success metrics and measure impact
- Facilitate product strategy methods and agile ceremonies
- Enable continuous feedback using qualitative and quantitative data
- Communicate with clients to maintain alignment on team priorities
- Engage government ecosystem stakeholders to solve delivery issues
- Leverage AI tools for discovery, documentation, experimentation, analysis, communication, and decision-making
- Identify opportunities to automate repetitive work and improve team efficiency through responsible AI use
- 3–8+ years of product management experience in a relevant industry, such as software development, government technology, or civic technology
- Strong product thinking skills
- Client relationship management and customer success skills
- Design thinking and lean product thinking experience, including research, workshop facilitation, and client decision-making
- Outcome-oriented approach backed by measurable, data-driven results
- Experience aligning cross-functional teams and stakeholders around goals
- Experience translating business requirements and user research findings into epics and user stories
- Experience working in cross-functional teams using agile methodologies
- Ability to set expectations, remove blockers, and hold teams accountable to contractual and client expectations
- Experience with accessibility and human-centered design
- Ability to manage a team through change
- Experience working with the federal government, with VA experience preferred
- Experience with Drupal CMS and Drupal best practices preferred
- Familiarity with service design-informed research approaches preferred
- Applicants must currently reside in one of: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, KS, MA, MD, ME, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, PA, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI
- US Citizenship required
Demonstrates strong product management capabilities with a focus on client relationship management, agile methodologies, and data-driven decision-making. Proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and delivering impactful solutions in government technology and civic technology sectors.
Highest-signal resume keywords- Product Management Experience
- Agile Methodologies
- Client Relationship Management
- Design Thinking
- Drupal CMS
- Product Thinking
- Outcome-Oriented Approach
- User Research
- Epics and User Stories
- Accessibility Design
- Human-Centered Design
- Change Management
- Risk Management
- Data-Driven Results
- Service Design
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Team Accountability
- Facilitation
- Government Technology
- Civic Technology
- Veterans Affairs
- Federal Government
- Lean Product Thinking
- AI Tools
- Drupal CMS
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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