Fusion Center Product Manager

Commonwealth Trading Partners•,

1d•$140,000 - $175,000

About The Position

CTP, on behalf of Veloxxity, is seeking a Fusion Center Product Manager to lead the strategy and roadmap for the intelligence fusion center at the heart of Veloxxity's integrated security platform. The platform brings multiple data sources, analytic tools and workflows together in one secure system used by national security, law enforcement, border, maritime and defense agencies to identify threats, collaborate across agencies and make informed decisions. This is a hands-on product role focused on turning mission needs into a cohesive product. The role works with intelligence practitioners, architects, engineers, customer success teams and technology partners, with deployments to government customers in multiple countries. The Product Manager owns product strategy, roadmap, priorities, backlog, requirements and acceptance criteria. They coordinate with functional leads responsible for architecture, cybersecurity accreditation and contract decisions. The position is based in the Washington, DC area preferentially, with an expectation of being available to work in the office as needed. Travel is required. Candidates must be U.S. citizens, and the successful candidate must be able to obtain a SECRET security clearance. The role is described as mid-level, with a target salary of $140,000–$175,000+ per year, negotiated based on experience.

Requirements

Experience in technical product management, intelligence systems integration, enterprise software or intelligence technology delivery.
Solid grasp of intelligence fusion and the intelligence cycle, including collection, processing, analysis, dissemination and decision support.
Working knowledge of modern data architecture, including APIs, data pipelines, integration services and analytic platforms.
Familiarity with geospatial intelligence, entity resolution, search, correlation and data visualization.
Track record of translating operational needs into specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.
Experience managing roadmaps and backlogs in an Agile delivery environment.
Understanding of secure information sharing, access controls and data governance for sensitive information.
Ability to lead across engineering, architecture, cybersecurity and operations teams and balance mission needs against cost, schedule and scale.
Strong communication, analytical and stakeholder management skills.
U.S. citizenship required; no sponsorship is provided.
Must be able to obtain a SECRET security clearance.
Satisfactory completion of a pre-employment background review is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience building or integrating fusion centers, intelligence platforms, command-and-control systems or national security systems.
Experience supporting defense or law enforcement intelligence, border security, counter-narcotics, counterterrorism or maritime domain awareness.
Experience with Palantir, ArcGIS, Elasticsearch or graph databases.
Knowledge of OSINT, video management, identity intelligence or watchlist integration.
Familiarity with cloud-native architecture, microservices and containers.
Experience applying AI/ML to intelligence analysis, such as information extraction or entity resolution.
Experience with interagency data standards, multinational security programs, partner-nation deployments or INTERPOL information sharing.
Experience managing commercial technology partners and integrating their products into one platform.
SECRET security clearance preferred.
Washington, DC area candidates receive priority and preferential consideration.

Responsibilities

Own product strategy, roadmap, priorities, backlog, requirements and acceptance criteria.
Build a modular product baseline that can adapt to different countries, agencies and security policies.
Define how the platform ingests and connects data sources, including border and immigration systems, law enforcement records, vessel tracking, geospatial data, OSINT and commercial feeds, video and sensor feeds, watchlists, and authorized INTERPOL sharing.
Partner with intelligence professionals to design workflows for threat identification, link and network analysis, investigations, case management, alerting, reporting and interagency collaboration, keeping a human in the loop.
Drive delivery with engineering by writing user stories and acceptance criteria, shaping MVPs and phased releases, and participating in sprint planning, design reviews and demos.
Define requirements for access controls, compartmentalization, data provenance and audit trails, supporting customer governance of data across cloud, hybrid and sovereign-hosted deployments.
Evaluate third-party products, make build-versus-buy decisions, manage vendor dependencies and maintain a unified experience while avoiding lock-in.
Validate capabilities with customers, work with Customer Success to track adoption and gaps, and incorporate lessons learned into the roadmap.
Coordinate with functional leads responsible for architecture, cybersecurity accreditation and contract decisions to keep the product on track.
Travel as required.