Softrams is one of the fastest growing digital services firms in the Washington Metropolitan regions crafting human-centered solutions and empowering digital services with a focus on HX, AI, cloud, DevOps and cyber security. Our offices are located in Leesburg VA, Baltimore MD, and Plano TX, and our teams are spread across the U.S.
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Job Description:
Softrams is looking for a strong Senior Product Manager to develop a product vision and lead technical and UX teams in deploying effective solutions fora high-profile Federal Government website. This full-time W-2 role is eligible for 100% remote work; however, the selected candidate must be able to perform work during standard east coast working hours of 9am ET to 5pm ET.
Federal Requirements:
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Federal position of Public Trust clearance designation.
- Must reside in and be able to perform work in the United States.
- Must have lived in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of total experience as a product manager, product owner, business analyst, product analyst, or scrum master in an agile software development environment.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
- Direct experience working with user experience (UX) teams to incorporate feedback into product requirements and roadmaps. Demonstrated experience of improving products to benefit end users.
- Experience in an Agile environment, leading agile sprint teams and using agile collaboration tools (Jira, confluence, etc.).
- Strong skills in documenting complex technical and business problems in a simple and intuitive manner that others can understand.
- Expertise in transforming complex polices, processes, and user needs into product vision, documentation, and roadmaps.
- Expertise in leading conversations with stakeholders, peers, and customers through technical and business requirements.
- Experience in end-to-end business process analysis to identify gaps and improvements.
- Expertise in finding accurate and useful metrics of product performance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Group facilitation experience, especially between interdisciplinary teams and business groups.
- Demonstrated experience with SAFe Agile
- 5+ years of experience working with Federal Government program.
- Experience on large websites or applications used by the general public
Responsibilities:
- Lead an interdisciplinary delivery team to create a vision, develop, and enhance products on a day-to-day basis.
- Identify problems and meet needs of internal and external customers, define and prioritize product requirements, lead agile development process, execute timely product launches, continuously enhance and optimize performance.
- Lead conversations that address the origin of inbound client requests and co-facilitate conversations on the feasibility of proposed solutions.
- Lead the team’s technical documentation practices.
- Collaborate with technical leads in scoping incremental delivery, focusing on providing value to the users’ end-to-end experiences.
- Serve as the team’s primary point of contact for clients, stakeholders, and other agile teams.
- Help clients and stakeholders define and refine business requirements to ensure that what the team builds meets business and user needs.
- Work with the customer, users, and other contractors to gather, understand, and document business, functional, technical & non-technical requirements.
- Conduct product analysis sessions, work group calls, and engage customers to provide requirements and feedback.
- Provide clear qualitative and quantitative information to teams and stakeholders.
- Stay current with the policy and strategy changes and the public’s pain points that impact the client.
- Work with customers, users, and other contractors to gather, understand and document business, functional, technical & non-technical requirements.
- Follow SAFe agile methodology and develop user stories with robust acceptance criteria.
Benefits and Perks:
- 65%-75% company-sponsored (including dependents) premiums towards medical, dental and vision insurance. 100% employer sponsored STD, LTD and life insurance (min $100K). Voluntary life insurance option available.
- Retirement 401(k) plan with employer matching. Immediate vesting.
- Vacation and sick leave.
- Maternity and parental leave.
- Discretionary bonuses, spot awards, gifts, and tenure-based rewards.
- Company-sponsored role-based training and certifications.
- Monthly Doordash DashPass subscription.
- Group discounts via LifeMart ADP
Public Trust Clearance:
This role requires the hired candidate to go through public trust clearance. A minimum of 3 years of stay in the U.S. within the last 5 years is required to be eligible to qualify for public trust clearance sponsorship.
Work Location:
We have open-collaboration offices in Leesburg VA and Baltimore MD for those who may prefer to work on-site. However, Softrams is a 100% remote-first team environment. Softrams works in the eastern time zone and standard work hours are 9am ET to 5pm ET with flexibility around start and end times based on team needs.
About Softrams:
Softrams is a Maryland and Virginia-based small business information technology, consulting, and solutions provider specializing in emerging technologies for UX/UI, mobile apps, DevOps, big data analytics, data science, and cyber security. We offer innovative technology implementations and build customer-centric services that are simple, intuitive, scalable, efficient and usable.
EEO Statement:
Softrams, LLC. is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Softrams is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, or to participate in the job application or interview process, contact the Talent Acquisition Team at recruiting@softrams.comApply for this job
