Technical Product Manager

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the product roadmap for Perseus in partnership with the CTO, sales, and operations stakeholders 
• Translate customer and mission requirements into clear, technically sound product and engineering requirements 
• Evaluate technical trade-offs related to architecture, design, or AI feature integration and make or recommend informed decisions 
• Manage our SDLC process in compliance with NIST 800-218 and identify potential improvements and efficiencies using automation and approved AI tools. 
• Maintain working knowledge of the platform's AWS-based architecture (serverless/microservices patterns, CI/CD pipelines, GovCloud deployment models) sufficient to engage credibly in design discussions 
• Directly supervise a team of software developers and QA/test engineers, including performance management, coaching, and career development. Offer clear direction, coaching, and feedback when needed. 
• Set and enforce engineering quality standards in partnership with technical leads (code quality, test coverage, deployment readiness) 
• Support hiring, onboarding, and capacity planning for the development and test team 
• Foster a DevOps culture — continuous integration, automated testing, and reliable, repeatable deployments 
• Partner with engineering leads to plan and sequence work, balancing new feature development, technical debt, and compliance obligations 
• Foster a commercial product culture focused on customer value, market needs, quality, and long-term product success. 
• Ensure features are delivered consistent with FedRAMP/NIST security and change-management requirements 
• Represent the product and engineering team in customer demos, proposal support, and technical discussions with federal agency stakeholders 
• Balance customer commitments with building a scalable, maintainable product for the broader market 

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields 
• 7+ years of experience in a technical role (software engineering, DevOps, solutions architecture) with 2+ years in a product management or technical leadership capacity 
• Demonstrated understanding of cloud-native (AWS) application design and deployment: microservices, serverless (Lambda, Fargate), containerization, and infrastructure-as-code 
• Working knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD practices — automated build/test/deploy pipelines, version control workflows, and release management 
• Two years prior experience directly managing or leading developers and/or QA engineers 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical federal stakeholders 
• U.S. Citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or security clearance as required by contract 

• Experience with U.S. Federal software delivery, including FedRAMP, NIST 800-53/800-171, or CMMC compliance environments 
• Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud, AWS CDK or Terraform, Bitbucket Pipelines or equivalent CI/CD tooling 
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows, or product experience integrating AI/ML features (search, summarization, chat) into SaaS applications 
• AWS certification (e.g., Solutions Architect, Cloud Practitioner) or equivalent demonstrated expertise 

• Frequently remain in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods of time looking at a computer screen.
• Require computer camera to be on for all meetings.
• Continuous verbal and written communication with others to exchange information.
• Continuous repetitive movements that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Comprehension- Must continuously be able to understand direction and adhere to established procedures.
• Organization- Must continuously be able to gather and classify information.
• Reasoning and Decision Making- Must continuously use logic to analyze and interpret information and prioritize.