IT Product Lead

X-Energy • Rockville, MD

2d • Remote

About The Position

The IT Product Lead manages product requirements, priorities, delivery coordination, and continuous improvement for assigned applications and data capabilities within the digital ecosystem. The role works independently on complex assignments, partners with business and technical stakeholders, and uses sound judgment to balance user experience, performance, security, compliance, and measurable business value.

The position supports digital engineering tools and systems by translating business needs into product requirements, coordinating implementation and integration, maintaining roadmaps and backlogs, monitoring performance, and driving adoption and improvement. It collaborates with Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, Data/Integration teams, vendors, and internal stakeholders. The position is remote, based at the listed Rockville, Maryland location, with 15% travel. Standard office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Typically 7+ years of experience in IT product management, digital engineering, business systems, or a related field, with demonstrated ability to independently deliver complex work.
• Demonstrated experience supporting, configuring, implementing, or enhancing complex engineering and/or business systems.
• Experience developing product requirements, maintaining prioritized backlogs, and delivering capabilities in a complex, engineering- or product-centric organization.
• Strong understanding of enterprise business processes and ability to connect business needs with technical solutions.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional product activities and supporting process and tool-adoption changes.
• Excellent communication skills, including ability to translate between technical, engineering, and business stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• Experience working within regulated, safety-critical, or highly complex product environments.
• Experience working for companies that support complex engineering products.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business functions to understand capability needs and translate them into product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized features.
• Coordinate and contribute to the implementation, configuration, and integration of digital tools with delivery teams.
• Apply established standards, governance, and best practices for processes, product practices, and data, and recommend improvements.
• Support adoption of digital engineering tools by developing user guidance, contributing to training and change activities, and resolving or coordinating user issues.
• Develop and maintain product roadmaps, requirements, and prioritized backlogs for assigned applications and data capabilities, aligned with business and technology priorities.
• Monitor and report on product performance, including tool usage, data quality, integration effectiveness, and cycle-time impacts; recommend and implement improvements.
• Collaborate with Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, and Data/Integration teams to support secure, reliable integration with adjacent systems such as PLM, ALM, ERP, and document management platforms.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal stakeholders on product support, licensing, releases, and upgrades; identify issues and opportunities and escalate decisions requiring broader ownership.
• Provide input on estimates, licensing needs, and delivery dependencies; track relevant costs and resource needs and escalate variances.
• Promote model-based systems engineering and digital ways of working by sharing expertise, identifying practical improvements, and supporting consistent adoption.
• Maintain professional demeanor and behavior in all forms of communication.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the manager.

Benefits

• 401K plan with employer match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development policy supporting continuing education

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior