Principal Product Manager, Defense

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

20d

About The Position

Principal Product Manager, Defense The Opportunity: Booz Allen is seeking a Principal Product Manager to grow its defense products business and enable warfighter-ready tech for battlespace advantage. As a Principal Product Manager focusing on defense, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of our defense-related products and solutions across a range of capabilities, including Edge, Autonomy, AI, and Data. You will be responsible for defining product strategies, gathering customer requirements, and working closely with cross-functional teams to bring innovative and disruptive products to market. Your work will involve close collaboration with engineering, business development, and external stakeholders to ensure our products meet the specific needs of the defense industry. You will drive the product development lifecycle from concept to launch, ensuring that our solutions not only meet but exceed customer expectations. This role requires a deep understanding of defense market dynamics and customer needs, enabling Booz Allen to deliver cutting-edge products that transform the defense industry. What You'll Work On: Define and execute across the entire product lifecycle for one of the many products in our pipeline and beyond. Work closely with customers, engineers, designers, and go-to-market teams to translate needs into actionable software requirements. Write and manage Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) and collaborate with engineering teams to translate customer needs into requirements Conduct market research, competitor analysis, and customer interviews to identify market opportunities and user needs Leverage proven experience working in an agile environment to balance outcomes from prototyping to high availability solutions Effectively articulate technical requirements, design concepts, and strategy to engineers, designers, customers, leadership, and more. Join us. The world can't wait.

Requirements

12+ years of experience in technology product management
Experience working in a technology or commercial organization
Ability to manage the entire product lifecycle, from ideation to launch and beyond
Ability to thrive in fast-moving startup environments and effectively lead change
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Business

Nice To Haves

Experience working directly with Department of Defense (DoD) customers and programs
Experience with design tools, such as Figma that enhance the product conceptualization process
Experience with pricing and packaging of hardware and software products
Knowledge of defense acquisition processes and regulatory requirements, including FAR or DFARS
Possession of excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

Define and execute across the entire product lifecycle for one of the many products in our pipeline and beyond.
Work closely with customers, engineers, designers, and go-to-market teams to translate needs into actionable software requirements.
Write and manage Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) and collaborate with engineering teams to translate customer needs into requirements
Conduct market research, competitor analysis, and customer interviews to identify market opportunities and user needs
Leverage proven experience working in an agile environment to balance outcomes from prototyping to high availability solutions
Effectively articulate technical requirements, design concepts, and strategy to engineers, designers, customers, leadership, and more.