On-Call Lead Product Manager

ICF • Reston, VA

4d • $108,476 - $184,409 • Remote

About The Position

ICF is hiring an experienced On-Call Lead Product Manager to serve as a senior engagement leader supporting federal government clients. The role champions product thinking in federal IT delivery and stewards product vision throughout Agile IT modernizations. It is a dynamic, visible senior consulting position that adapts its leadership, communication, and collaboration approach to the needs of each setting.

The Lead Product Manager leads federal client engagements, helps shape Agile teams and processes, and steers backlogs toward valuable outcomes. As a consultant, the role represents ICF Next’s product management approach while tailoring methods to each project. The position uncovers client needs and goals, facilitates conversations and workshops, communicates product vision and progress to varied audiences, and balances discovery and delivery across workstreams. It also contributes to the product practice through mentoring, best-practice development, proposal support, relationship building, and other internal initiatives.

This is an on-call position with workload that may range from zero to 30 hours per week, depending on workload. The position is remote nationwide in the United States. The full-time-equivalent pay range is $108,476 to $184,409.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in a digital product delivery role.
• At least 3 years of direct product management or product strategy experience on an Agile team, such as as a product owner or product manager.
• At least 2 years of professional consulting experience.
• At least 1 year of experience leading virtual workshops using human-centered design, design thinking, or generative brainstorming techniques.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
• Must reside in the United States and be authorized to work in the United States.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and professional experience on integrated cross-functional Agile teams that include discovery functions such as user research and UX design SMEs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with product management and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and Mural.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with distributed, remote-first teams.
• Experience working on federal contracts across different engagement models and team sizes, including custom open-source development, low-code/no-code solutions, data projects, and management consulting roles.
• Agile product management training or certifications such as SAFe POPM, Pragmatic, Product School, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead federal client engagements, shape Agile teams and processes, and guide the work backlog.
• Represent ICF’s product management approach and services while tailoring the approach to each project.
• Identify and articulate client organization needs and goals related to the contract and product.
• Collaborate with internal and external experts and facilitate conversations and workshops to generate ideas and build agreement on decisions.
• Create clear artifacts communicating product vision, strategy, process, target outcomes, progress, and high-level requirements to varied audiences.
• Apply a minimum viable product mindset, focus teams on priorities and risk reduction, and create room for innovation and strong long-term results.
• Plan and manage Agile work across multiple workstreams, balancing discovery and delivery to advance the backlog and continuously deliver user value.
• Foster creativity, collaboration, innovation, honesty, problem-solving, consensus building, and a culture of putting forward the best ideas.
• Contribute to the product practice by building company relationships, mentoring colleagues, developing and collecting best practices, supporting proposal writing, and participating in internal initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior