Product Manager II (U.S. Air Force)
About The Position
Skylight is hiring an execution-focused Product Manager II to support a U.S. Air Force program office responsible for a portfolio of civil engineering systems serving civil engineering, security forces, and services users. The program is moving toward outcome-driven delivery, with test automation and security integrated into the software pipeline, beginning with migration of the first application to a DoD software factory. The office aims to become a model for other Air Force offices. The Product Manager will organize and advance delivery in partnership with the engagement manager, maintain the product backlog, and help the team transition its backlog and documentation from Jira and Confluence to GitLab and Mattermost. The role also involves translating user and government partner needs into product objectives, measures of success, and roadmap items, facilitating team ceremonies, and transferring digital skills and product knowledge to government teams. The position is contingent on Skylight receiving the underlying contract.
Requirements
- Understand lean product principles and apply them, including minimum viable product practices, to mitigate risk, validate assumptions, and amplify learning throughout the product life cycle.
- Develop product strategy based on an understanding of the problem, prioritizing outcomes over features and establishing product direction, roadmap, and success criteria.
- Execute product strategy by breaking scope into usable value increments, maintaining a prioritized backlog of validated user stories, and facilitating ceremonies throughout product iterations.
- Understand how to engage in human-centered design to inform product direction.
- Collaborate across disciplines, including with researchers, designers, engineers, and others.
- Manage clients and stakeholders in ways that build trust, alignment, and healthy environments for individuals and teams.
- Understand the merits of software development methodologies such as agile and lean and how to apply them.
- Have strong organizational skills and experience keeping deliverables, documentation, and action items on track for an agile software delivery team.
- Have experience working on cross-functional product, design, engineering, and operations teams in iterative delivery.
- Have a mindset and work approach aligned with Skylight’s core values.
- Be a U.S. citizen and able to work within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories.
- Be able to obtain a Common Access Card (CAC) and any special access required for the contract.
- Successfully complete a company background check.
Nice To Haves
- Project management experience, such as managing schedules, risks, and dependencies for a delivery team.
- Configuration management experience or experience migrating a team’s tools and workflows, such as from Jira and Confluence to GitLab.
- Experience with legacy modernization or launching a new product from zero to one.
- Consulting, military, or Department of Defense experience.
- Experience delivering technology in government, regulated industries, or other public-benefit settings.
- A track record of staying aligned and accountable on remote teams.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the engagement manager to organize deliverables, documentation, and schedules so work remains on track and visible to government partners.
- Maintain a prioritized backlog, write user stories, keep priorities current, and build release plans with the team.
- Lead the team’s transition from Jira and Confluence to GitLab and Mattermost, maintaining clean configuration, tracking, and documentation.
- Facilitate team ceremonies, including planning meetings, stakeholder syncs, and retrospectives.
- Translate user and government partner needs into product objectives, measures of success, and roadmap items.
- Partner closely with government teams to transfer digital skills and product knowledge throughout the project.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, and health savings account
- Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of salary, with no vesting period
- Flexible paid-time-off policy, generally around 25 days per year
- 11 paid federal holidays
- Up to 12 weeks of paid time off for eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
- Annual salary increases, annual performance bonuses, spot bonuses, and stock options
- Business development and sales bonuses
- Referral bonuses
- Annual $2,000 professional development allowance
- Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
- Annual $100 swag budget
- Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
