Staff Technical Product Manager

Bixal•Fairfax, VA

13h•$145,000 - $155,000•Remote

About The Position

Bixal is seeking a Staff Technical Product Manager to lead the technical product direction for a significant platform engineering and modernization initiative within a federal agency. This is a senior, hands-on position responsible for defining the product strategy for an internal platform designed to enhance how engineering teams build, deploy, and operate critical systems. The role requires aligning this work with the agency's key objectives and serving as a liaison between engineering, platform, data, and design teams, as well as the agency's product owner. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical understanding and the ability to articulate technical trade-offs to senior government stakeholders. This is a full-time, project-based role contingent on contract award, with Bixal committed to long-term employee success through a supportive and innovative culture.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8 years of demonstrated experience defining and driving complex, cross-team technical product strategies tied to measurable outcomes.
Deep, hands-on understanding of system design, APIs, data flows, and platform architecture.
Experience on federal, regulated public-sector platforms.
A track record leading large-scale modernization initiatives without sacrificing stability or delivery momentum.
Strong prioritization and sequencing skills across interdependent teams.
Excellent communication with both engineers and senior, non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US. Bixal does not provide visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and developer experience tooling.
Experience working alongside agile engineering teams on a regular sprint cadence.
Experience using AI tools to improve development throughput and team efficiency.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the technical product strategy for the platform, aligning system architecture, platform capabilities, and integrations to measurable business and operational outcomes.
Translate complex technical constraints into clear, actionable requirements and roadmaps that engineering teams can execute against.
Lead large-scale modernization work, including platform evolution, service decomposition, and migrations, while protecting system stability and keeping delivery moving.
Prioritize and sequence work across multiple teams, balancing technical dependencies, risk, performance, and long-term maintainability.
Partner hands-on with engineering, platform, data, and design teams to resolve ambiguity and make sound tradeoffs.
Communicate technical decisions, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to senior government stakeholders.
Other relevant duties as qualified/trained to perform.