AI MADA Product Manager

Parsons Corporation•Columbia, MD

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented SETA AI Product Manager to join our team! In this role you will get to advise and support the design, integration, and maturation of AI-enabling infrastructure across mission-focused environments. This role is ideal for a technically strong engineer who understands how to stand up, assess, and guide modern AI platforms in secure government settings, who will be product manager in the MADA ART. The ideal candidate is not just technically capable, but deeply curious, self-motivated, and passionate about AI. We are looking for someone who continuously learns, experiments, and stays current with emerging tools, architectures, and best practices—even outside formal work requirements. This person should bring both engineering judgment and an enthusiasm for helping government teams adopt AI platforms in a practical, secure, and mission-aligned way.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Operations, or related discipline.
8 years with Masters in Data Science.
Experience in product management, technical program support, capability delivery, or requirements management in a government, defense, or complex enterprise environment.
Demonstrated ability to work with technical teams building software, data, AI, or digital solutions.
Strong understanding of product lifecycle concepts, roadmap planning, prioritization, stakeholder management, and execution tracking.
Familiarity with AI concepts, terminology, current capabilities, and practical implementation challenges.
Ability to advise leadership while also engaging productively with engineers and solution teams.
Excellent written, verbal, and briefing skills.
Active TS clearance with eligibility for access to additional compartmented information, as required.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting AI, data, analytics, or software modernization efforts.
Familiarity with Agile, SAFe, DevSecOps, or iterative capability delivery models.
Ability to understand technical topics such as LLMs, AI tools, cloud platforms, agentic workflows, evaluation, and data dependencies without needing to be a hands-on developer.
Experience in defense, cyber, or operational mission environments.
Background in technology strategy, innovation support, requirements development, or portfolio management.

Responsibilities

Provide SETA support to government leadership and technical teams on AI platform architecture, integration, and sustainment.
Provide SETA advisory support on AI product strategy, planning, and execution.
Define and refine AI use cases, product goals, success criteria, priorities, and delivery roadmaps.
Review proposed AI solutions for feasibility, mission relevance, and alignment with available resources.
Support requirements development, backlog shaping, and capability prioritization.
Guide teams in aligning AI solution development with mission outcomes, user needs, and program objectives.
Monitor effort execution and help keep teams on track with milestones, dependencies, risks, and decision points.
Translate between technical teams and non-technical leadership, ensuring shared understanding of goals and risks.