Product Manager Lead (remote)

This is a remote position.

Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.   

Work on things that matter

Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government thinks about and uses technology. 

Built for a remote life

Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We’ve designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team. Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives. Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that’s welcomed. 

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time.. We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government.

Organizational Overview:

The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable VA to increase the usage, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities: 

As a Product Management Lead, you will be responsible for working with leadership to shape the technical direction of the program, while gaining exposure into people management. A Product Management Lead is a people manager, leader, and mentor with the ability to cross-functionally lead program delivery. You are an emerging subject matter expert that is developing the skills to successfully lead through team members and effectively communicate and execute against program and organizational objectives. In this role, a Product Management Lead will support leadership in partnering with peers to meet delivery requirements. A Product Management Lead will enhance their communication, and leadership skills to prepare them to successfully manage through direct reports. Primary expectations of a Product Management Lead include:

• Develops an understanding of program scope, schedule and cost management; with the support of leadership, articulates contractual delivery requirements to team members
• Provides coaching and development to product team members, and works with leadership to define growth goals and development plans, and creates a culture where people can learn and evolve
• Develops collaboration skills to partner with key stakeholders to represent the product management practice in advocating for the best technical solutions while communicating tradeoffs
• Exhibits effective and strong communications skills in order to gain consensus, mitigate conflict, and serves as a stewardess of innovation or change
• Responsible for defining the vision and strategy for the product management discipline and may support the identification of growth opportunities
• Leads team processes and seeks out best practices to fill gaps
• Responsible for supporting program leadership to meet the delivery of required scope and deliverables
• Development of people management skills to successfully assume direct management responsibilities 
• Participates in interviews with new candidates and develops/grades homework
• May participate in bid-writing, tech demos, strategic planning, and other customer-facing communications
• Responsible for hiring, performance management, timecard reviews, PTO management and team development

Basic Qualifications:

•  Bachelor’s degree in Business Discipline
• 10 Years of relevant experience
• 13 years of relevant experience may be substituted for educational requirement
• Experience driving web development across multiple teams, including products within and outside of direct purview
• Experience with agile methodology and working in cross-functional teams
• Leadership experience of 3 or more direct reports
• Product delivery expertise and successful navigation of a wide variety of stakeholders to gain consensus

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with the VA digital ecosystem
• Experience with health care products
• Experience with migration projects
• Ability to obtain/maintain any of the following: 
  • CSPO, CPM, CSM or other related certification
• General understanding of government contracting requirements and regulations 

To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit: https://adhocteam.us/join/

Benefits

• Company-subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Use What You Need Vacation Policy
• 401K with employer match
• Paid parental leave after one year of service

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.

Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $113,900 - $135,000 and information on benefits offered is here. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.

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