Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. The Senior/Staff Technical Product Manager will own a feature team supporting CDC’s integrated disease surveillance system, guiding product strategy, roadmap, backlog, and delivery across data migration, case investigation, or epidemiological reporting. The role requires coordinating with technical teams, CDC, and public health jurisdictions while modernizing a cloud-based platform and managing legacy-system complexities.
Responsibilities
- Own the backlog and roadmap for a feature team, deciding what to build next based on the technical landscape, CDC’s priorities, and what jurisdictions need from their data
- Lead a cross-functional team of researchers, designers, engineers, and subject matter experts to build and ship high-impact products and services
- Translate needs from users and government partners into a product strategy, including vision, objectives, measures of success, product roadmap, and product backlog
- Write and prioritize user stories, build release plans, and facilitate team ceremonies such as planning meetings, stakeholder syncs, and retrospectives
- Partner with CDC and state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) stakeholders to manage velocity and prioritization, and to transfer product skills and knowledge to government teams over the course of the project
- Creatively navigate bureaucratic challenges and keep the work compatible with existing processes and technologies, paving the way for more intuitive processes in the future
Skills
- * Technical fluency with software-based products — enough comfort with architecture, APIs, and data systems to make prioritization calls that hinge on engineering tradeoffs
- * Understand lean product principles and how to apply them (e.g., minimum viable product) at various stages of the product life cycle in order to mitigate risk, validate assumptions, and amplify learning
- * Can develop a product strategy that is informed by an understanding of the problem to be solved, prioritizes outcomes over feature sets, and establishes the direction of the product over time (e.g., product roadmap), including success criteria
- * Ability to execute the product strategy by breaking down the product's scope into usable chunks of value that can be realized sooner rather than later, creating and maintaining a prioritized backlog with validated user stories, and facilitating team ceremonies over the course of the product's iterations
- * Understand how to engage in the process of human-centered design in order to better inform product direction
- * Ability to manage clients and stakeholders in a way that builds trust, alignment, and healthy environments for individuals and teams
- * Understand the merits of different software development methodologies (e.g., agile, lean) and how to put them into practice
- * Experience working on cross-functional teams (product, design, engineering, ops) in iterative delivery
- * A mindset and work approach that aligns with our [core values](https://skylight.digital/company/values/)
- * Some of our available roles are on federal contracts that require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute
- * All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories
- * You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship
- * Prior hands-on engineering experience
- * Experience modernizing legacy systems or migrating them from on-prem infrastructure to the cloud
- * Familiarity with healthcare or public health data, or prior experience in a public health setting
- * Experience working alongside other product managers on large, multi-team efforts
- * Experience delivering technology in government, regulated industries, or other public-benefit settings
- * A track record of staying aligned and accountable on remote teams
Benefits
- Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
- Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
- Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
- Up to 12 weeks paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
- Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
- Business development / sales bonuses
- Referral bonuses
- Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
- Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
- Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
- Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
- An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good
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