Product Manager

Accenture Federal Services•Washington, DC

12d•$112,700 - $178,800•Hybrid

About The Position

At Accenture Federal Services, our purpose is to help the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer, and improve the lives of its citizens. We are a technology company within global Accenture, with over 13,000 employees dedicated to leveraging technology and ingenuity for clients in defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we foster a collaborative and supportive community where employees are empowered to grow, learn, and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. Join us to drive positive, lasting change that advances missions and the government forward.

Requirements

Professional experience in product management, business analysis, requirements engineering, product ownership, Agile facilitation, or comparable client-facing delivery work, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience translating user, business, mission, or stakeholder needs into requirements, user stories, backlog items, acceptance criteria, or delivery priorities.
Experience collaborating with technical teams and communicating effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.
Understanding of Agile/Scrum/SAFe delivery, backlog management, iterative development, and release planning.
For candidates with deeper experience, demonstrated ability to independently own product areas, lead discovery and prioritization, mentor others, and influence cross-team product decisions.
U.S. Citizenship required.
Ability to work with federal clients and comply with applicable AFS, client, security, and program requirements.
Ability to work in a hybrid, remote, or client-site environment as program needs require.
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Miro, Lucidchart, Rally, or comparable product and delivery tools.
Experience with RICE, WSJF, OKRs, product analytics, customer research, service design, journey mapping, or process modeling.
Experience with federal consulting, government systems, regulated environments, or mission-oriented delivery.
Product Owner, Scrum Master, SAFe, Agile, business analysis, or product-management certification.
Experience working across product management, business analysis, and Agile facilitation responsibilities.
Ability to facilitate discussions, organize ambiguity, communicate tradeoffs, and take increasing ownership of product or stakeholder workstreams.

Responsibilities

Discover and clarify mission, user, stakeholder, operational, and business needs through interviews, workshops, analysis, and collaboration.
Translate needs into product goals, roadmaps, epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, backlog items, and release priorities.
Support or lead backlog refinement, sprint/PI planning, product discovery, stakeholder alignment, demos, and decision-making activities.
Use product metrics, customer insights, delivery data, and prioritization frameworks to make tradeoff recommendations and communicate rationale.
Partner closely with Digital Experience Engineers, Business Application Engineers, Quality Engineers, platform teams, architects, design partners, and delivery leaders.
Help teams maintain alignment between product outcomes, technical feasibility, user value, quality, delivery constraints, and federal mission priorities.
Facilitate collaboration across business and technical stakeholders and communicate complex requirements, risks, and decisions in clear language.
Use AFS-approved AI-assisted tools and workflows to accelerate research synthesis, requirements analysis, backlog refinement, documentation, and product decision support while validating outputs.
As experience grows, own larger product areas, define product vision and success measures, mentor others, and influence roadmap and prioritization decisions across teams or programs.