Product Manager I

The Product Manager I drives product strategy, definition, and delivery by applying our organization’s product management framework, standards and metrics. Our product management framework is derived from the Pragmatic Institute Product Management Framework. This role ensures the product or product component is grounded in market and customer insights, aligned with organizational goals, capable of delivering measurable business value, and aligns with GCC High / CUI security requirements. The Product Manager I serves as the bridge between stakeholders, developers, and end-user to drive positive outcomes across strategy, design, execution, and adoption.

Duties

• Gathers, documents, manages and validates organizational strategy and product requirements from internal stakeholders and users into product deliverables.
• Defines and manages the product lifecycle and expectations regarding scope, timelines, and resource constraints to ensure investment in areas that support long‑term business needs.
• Supports the gathering and assembling of well-vetted evidence to produce an analysis of alternatives (AoA) as inputs for build vs. buy decisions by IT Governance Council (ITGC).
• Creates, manages and refines (through iteration) product requirements documents (PRD), product backlog, user stories, acceptance criteria, functional requirements, personas, UX/design, and other supporting documentation as required to a product build via Gen AI coding or agile development, or acquiring a product from a vendor.
• Supports application of ASM responsible-AI governance to every AI-enabled feature across the full product lifecycle including model risk assessment, human-in-the-loop review, CUI-appropriate data handling, and bias, explainability, and auditability.
• Supports product acquisition activities as required.
• Serves as the day-to-day point of contact between customers/stakeholders, vendors, product development teams, QA teams, and delivery teams.
• Prioritizes bugs, enhancements, and optimizations based on impact and urgency.
• Escalates risks, dependencies, and scope conflicts to senior product staff or management as needed.
• Creates, manages, and tracks release plans and implementation plans to completion.
• Coordinates release communications and communicate readiness across company, leadership, departments, and stakeholders.
• Coordinates with training teams or creates knowledge transfer materials (KB articles, videos, demos, etc…) to support user education and adoption.
• Measures product success and adoption rates using KPIs tied to value (efficiency gains, reduced manual work, fewer errors, etc.).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 2-5 years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in Product Management for digital products using AI or Generated-by-AI preferred.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies preferred.
• Experience gathering and documenting business/functional requirements and delivering digital products.
• Agile certification preferred.
• Pragmatic Institute Product Management Certification or Certified Product Manager preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understands Product Management Fundamentals for internal teams.
• Skills in prioritization, roadmap management, and release planning.
• Basic understanding of AI-generated applications, web-based applications, data models, APIs, integrations, and system dependencies.
• Skills with AI prompt engineering, AI agents, and AI app generation.
• Ability to read and grasp essential technical documentation.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and facilitation skills.
• Critical thinking skills with the ability to decompose complex concepts into simpler forms, rapidly determine root cause for issues and identify risks.
• Ability to manage competing priorities along with stakeholder expectations.
• High level of organizational awareness and diplomacy.
• Working knowledge of Agile tools (e.g. GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jira).
• Working knowledge of the Pragmatic Framework for internal teams preferred.
• Working knowledge of common AI tools, AI agents and GenAI preferred.
• Working knowledge of AI Governance preferred.

Compensation Ranges

Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.

EEO Requirements

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Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.