Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation focused on improving government services. They are seeking a Product Manager to drive their vision forward by creating user-centered digital services in collaboration with government partners and cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Define the vision, goals, and measures of success for the products and services you manage
- Work with designers, business analysts, and technical leads to discover and synthesize market research, user needs, business requirements, and technical approaches
- Define the direction, scope, and priority of projects, from high-level initiatives to specific features, user stories, and business metrics
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and ship projects
- Proactively socialize, iterate on, and build buy-in for product initiatives with the team, government partners, and other contractors
- Collaborate with the project management team to prioritize roadmaps and inbound units of work
- Represent Nava’s outcome-centric and user-centric approach in discovery meetings with agencies and contractors
- Understand and communicate the needs of end users and population segments we serve and government partners we work with
- Measure product progress toward business goals or user needs and translate data insights into action
- Make tactical decisions to improve the design, define requirements, and generate stakeholder buy-in for our desired path forward
Skills
- At least three (3) years of experience as a Product Manager of a cross-functional team
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Experience running and/or shipping consumer web applications
- Ability to generate very strong product plans and build buy-in across the team, our government partners, and other contractors
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical, user experience, and project management trade-offs; enthusiastic communicator
- Strong bias towards action; ability to step up into team gaps and ambiguous situations to structure the team's action plan
- Ability to execute with incomplete information; great product instincts and an ability to create order from divergent needs
- Ability to define a product objective and logically reverse engineer the path and communications to achieve the objective
- Ability to identify market trends and shifts that will affect product direction and update plans based on future expectations
- An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative, and positive mindset
- Legal authorization to work in the United States
- Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired
- Work authorization that doesn't require visa sponsorship, now or in the future
- May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract
Benefits
- Health coverage— comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans to support your overall health needs
- Insurance coverage— Nava provides disability, life, and accidental death insurance at no cost
- Time off— vacation, holidays (including Juneteenth), and floating holidays to rest and recharge
- Company holidays— enjoy 12 paid federal holidays each year on top of your regular PTO
- Annual bonus— when Nava meets its goals, eligible employees receive a performance-based annual bonus
- Parental leave— paid time off for new parents, plus weekly meals delivered to your home
- Wellness program— full platform offering physical, mental, & emotional health resources & support tools
- Virtual care— see doctors online with no copay through a virtual visit program (depending on available providers)
- Sabbatical leave— earn extended unpaid leave after continuous service for personal growth or rest
- 401(k) match— Nava matches 4% of your salary to support your retirement savings plan
- Flexible work— remote-first environment with flexibility built around your schedule and responsibilities
- Home office setup— company laptop & setup assistance provided via Staples for remote work needs
- Utility support— monthly reimbursement to help offset eligible home office utility expenses
- Learning opportunities— internal training programs and resources to help grow your professional skills
- Development opportunities— LinkedIn Learning access & an annual allowance for courses, tuition, & certs
- Referral bonus— get rewarded when you refer great people who join the Nava team
- Commuter benefits— pre-tax commuter programs to support in-office travel when applicable
- Supportive culture— A collaborative and remote-friendly team environment where people genuinely care
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