Principal Technical Product Manager

ECS Tech Inc•Fairfax, VA

About The Position

We are seeking a highly technical, mission-focused Principal Technical Product Manager to lead rapid prototyping initiatives and emerging technology demonstrations that drive innovation and business growth. This role is responsible for translating cutting-edge ideas into tangible, demonstrable solutions that address real customer challenges. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments, can move from concept to working prototype quickly, and excels at defining clear product outcomes, backlogs, and success metrics. This position serves as a critical bridge between strategy, capture, and delivery—ensuring innovative concepts become credible, secure, and executable mission-ready solutions.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI security clearance.
Must be a US Citizen.
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent relevant experience.
8–10+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise technical solutions and/or technical products in cloud-native environments.
Proven experience leading rapid prototyping or proof-of-concept initiatives and driving iteration based on user feedback.
Strong solution architecture experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep).
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation.
Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Secure architecture and compliance considerations; ability to incorporate security early without slowing iteration.
Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical architectures and actionable product requirements (epics/user stories/acceptance criteria).
Experience supporting proposal, capture, or customer-facing solutioning efforts.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Federal contracting environments preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead rapid prototyping “tiger team” efforts to design, build, and demonstrate proof-of-concept (POC) solutions within compressed development timelines.
Architect and implement cloud-native, secure, and scalable prototype environments that showcase emerging technologies.
Translate customer pain points, draft requirements, and mission scenarios into innovative and technically sound solution architectures, user stories, and prioritized prototype backlogs.
Apply agile, Lean, and iterative development practices to accelerate experimentation, incorporate user feedback, and reduce technical risk.
Evaluate the feasibility, maturity, cost, and security implications of emerging technologies before recommending enterprise adoption.
Own the prototype portfolio and roadmap: intake, prioritization, sequencing, and resourcing across multiple customer needs and strategic bets.
Define measurable product outcomes (e.g., time saved, operator workload reduction, accuracy, throughput) and instrument prototypes to validate impact.
Establish product requirements artifacts appropriate to phase (problem statements, PRFAQs/one-pagers, user journeys, acceptance criteria) to align stakeholders and accelerate delivery.
Run lightweight discovery and validation (user interviews, workflow mapping, usability tests, A/B evaluations where applicable) and convert findings into iteration plans.
Drive prototype-to-product transition planning: MVP scope, dependencies, technical debt triage, and release readiness criteria for production programs.
Partner with engineering leads to make pragmatic tradeoffs across scope, schedule, quality, and security posture while preserving user value.
Develop compelling, customer-facing technical demonstrations designed to support growth areas and capture strategies.
Design demonstration environments and demo scripts that highlight differentiation, scalability, operational viability, and user outcomes.
Support live demos, technical exchanges, industry events, and proposal orals; incorporate feedback loops to improve product-market fit for mission users.
Convert successful prototypes into reusable reference architectures, demo kits, accelerators, and productizable components.
Serve as a hands-on technical leader, contributing directly to architecture design, infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, containerization, API integration, and data workflows.
Embed DevSecOps and security-by-design principles throughout solutions, with clear maturity gates from demo → pilot → production.
Ensure alignment with cloud best practices, cybersecurity frameworks, and enterprise architecture standards.
Develop transition strategies to move validated prototypes into scalable production environments, including operational concepts, support models, and sustainment considerations.
Document technical decisions and patterns so prototypes can be reused and scaled across programs and customers.
Partner with capture and business development teams to identify high-impact technical discriminators and productizable accelerators.
Provide technical and product thought leadership (one-pagers, whitepapers, concept briefs) and advise on innovation investments that strengthen competitive positioning.
Maintain awareness of technology trends and emerging solution patterns; translate them into product opportunities and experiment proposals.
Advise leadership on emerging technology adoption strategy, portfolio positioning, and where to standardize versus differentiate.
Support proposal development by contributing to solution narratives, technical volumes, demo plans, and risk/mitigation approaches when needed.