Job Title: Technical Product Manager
Location: Washington, DC (On-site)
Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099)
About the Opportunity
ZipStaff is seeking a Technical Product Manager for enterprise network and infrastructure platforms at a major passenger-rail organization in Washington, DC.
You will drive a Platform as a Product model across connectivity, secure/compliant access, reliability, and continuous operations — mentoring Product Owners on an ART and turning portfolio vision into multi-year roadmaps. Generic software PMs without infrastructure/networking depth will not be a fit.
What You’ll Do:
- Build and execute multi-year product strategy aligned to enterprise and technology roadmaps.
- Prioritize features and stories across technical product teams (value, risk, feasibility, feedback).
- Mentor Product Owners on the Agile Release Train and translate portfolio goals into backlogs.
- Partner with executives, Engineering, Architecture, Agility Enablement, and operations.
- Champion SAFe: cadence, PI Planning, and agile maturity.
- Define and report KPIs and operational success metrics.
- Bridge business outcomes with networking/infrastructure topics.
- Advocate ITSM and enterprise change-management practices.
Required Qualifications:
- 12+ years technical product management / product leadership.
- Deep background in IT infrastructure, enterprise networking, and distributed architecture.
- Working knowledge of firewalls, cloud connectivity, VLANs, network segmentation, access security, and operational availability.
- Strong ITSM, operational readiness, and formal change management.
- Hands-on SAFe (POPM strongly preferred).
- Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, FigJam, AgilityHealth.
- Executive communication, workshop facilitation, and data-driven decisions.
- Bachelor’s in CS, IT, Engineering, or equivalent senior experience.
- Ability to work on-site in Washington, DC.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Active SAFe POPM.
- ITIL.
- Passenger rail, transportation, or other operationally critical infrastructure environments.
About ZipStaff
ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled product leaders with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches and long-term success.
To apply, please submit your resume highlighting technical product ownership of network/infrastructure platforms, SAFe delivery, and ITSM.