$200,001–$240,000 Per Year
Adoption, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Backlog Prioritization, Change Management, Data Science, Emerging Technology, Establish Priorities, Government, Information Technology & Information Systems, Leadership, Literacy, Metrics, Operational Strategy, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Product Documentation, Product Lifecycle, Product Management, Product Strategy, Professional Services, Requirements Management, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Software Engineering, Strategic Planning, Systems Engineering, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Technical Support, Top Secret Clearance, Use Cases, Work From Home, Writing Skills
AI Product Manager - SETA
Job ID: 2614161
Location: Columbia, MD, United States
Date Posted: Jul 1, 2026
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: On-Site
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Job Description
Description
Varen, an SAIC Company is seeking an AI Product Manager - SETA to join our team. This position is located in Columbia, MD and requires a TS/SCI with polygraph.
We are seeking an AI Product Manager - SETA to provide strategic and operational guidance to teams developing AI-enabled solutions. This role is suited for an experienced product-oriented professional who can help shape priorities, align stakeholders, drive disciplined execution, and keep technical efforts focused on mission value. This individual does not need to be a software engineer, but should possess strong technical fluency and enough AI literacy to engage credibly with engineers, data scientists, platform teams, and government leadership. The ideal candidate understands how to translate mission needs into executable plans, keep complex efforts on track, and identify when programs are drifting from useful outcomes. Above all, we want someone with authentic curiosity and passion-someone who actively studies the AI landscape, learns continuously, and brings informed perspective to a fast-changing field.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide SETA advisory support to government leadership and technical teams on AI product strategy, planning, and execution.
- Help define and refine AI use cases, product goals, success criteria, priorities, and delivery roadmaps.
- Guide teams in aligning AI solution development with mission outcomes, user needs, operational constraints, and program objectives.
- Monitor effort execution and help keep teams on track with milestones, dependencies, risks, and decision points.
- Support requirements development, backlog shaping, capability prioritization, and stakeholder coordination.
- Translate between technical teams and non-technical leadership, ensuring shared understanding of what is being built, why it matters, and what risks exist.
- Advise on AI adoption challenges, including scope control, change management, user trust, operational fit, and realistic implementation sequencing.
- Review proposed AI solutions for feasibility, mission relevance, and alignment with available resources and timelines.
- Support briefings, planning artifacts, concept papers, product documentation, and executive communications.
- Help identify when teams need course correction, sharper problem framing, better metrics, or more disciplined execution.
Qualifications
- Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience
- Experience in product management, technical program support, capability delivery, or requirements management in a government, defense, or complex enterprise environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work with technical teams building software, data, AI, or digital solutions.
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle concepts, roadmap planning, prioritization, stakeholder management, and execution tracking.
- Familiarity with AI concepts, terminology, current capabilities, and practical implementation challenges.
- Ability to advise leadership while also engaging productively with engineers and solution teams.
- Excellent written, verbal, and briefing skills.
- TS/SCI with polygraph
Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
Overview
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
SAIC is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
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SAIC is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's digital transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, IT modernization, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.
We are a team of 26,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.