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Senior Product Manager

Job in Surprise, Maricopa County, Arizona, 85379, USA
Listing for: Jobtailor
Contract position
Listed on 2026-09-06
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    IT Business Analyst, Business Systems & Technology Analysis
  • Business
    Business Systems & Technology Analysis
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 110000 - 160000 USD Yearly USD 110000.00 160000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Senior Product Manager – Contract
  • 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
Requirements
  • 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
Core Competencies

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
Hard Skills
  • 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
Soft Skills
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Team Accountability
  • Facilitation
Industry Keywords
  • Government Technology
  • Civic Technology
  • Veterans Affairs
  • Federal Government
  • Lean Product Thinking
Tools & Technologies
  • AI Tools
  • Drupal CMS
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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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