Product Manager II

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the engagement manager to coordinate deliverables, documentation, and schedules to ensure that work remains on track and visible to government partners.

• Maintain a prioritized backlog, draft user stories, keep priorities updated, and develop release plans.

• Guide the team's transition from Jira and Confluence to GitLab and Mattermost.

• Ensure that configuration, tracking, and documentation are organized during the tool migration.

• Facilitate planning sessions, stakeholder synchronization, retrospectives, and other team ceremonies.

• Convert user and government-partner requirements into product goals, success metrics, and roadmap items.

• Collaborate closely with government teams to impart digital skills and product knowledge throughout the project.

⛳️ Requirements

• Comprehend lean product principles and their application, including minimum viable product concepts, across the product lifecycle.

• Formulate product strategy based on the problem to be addressed, prioritizing outcomes and defining product direction, roadmap, and success metrics.

• Implement product strategy by dividing scope into manageable value increments, maintaining a prioritized backlog with validated user stories, and leading team ceremonies.

• Grasp human-centered design processes.

• Work in collaboration with researchers, designers, engineers, and other disciplines.

• Engage with clients and stakeholders to foster trust, alignment, and a positive team atmosphere.

• Understand and utilize agile and lean software development practices.

• Exhibit strong organizational skills to keep deliverables, documentation, and action items on track for an agile software delivery team.

• Have experience working on cross-functional teams in iterative delivery.

• Possess a mindset and work approach that aligns with Skylight's core values.

• All work must be performed within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories.

• U.S. citizenship is required for employment eligibility.

• Capability to obtain a Common Access Card (CAC) and any special access needed for the contract.

• Successful completion of a company background check is necessary.

• Some federal contract roles may require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance, dental insurance, and vision insurance.

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• Life and AD&D insurance.

• Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, and health savings account.

• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period.

• Flexible paid-time-off policy (typically around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays.

• Up to 12 weeks of paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents.

• Performance rewards, including annual salary increases, annual performance bonuses, spot bonuses, and stock options.

• Business development/sales bonuses.

• Referral bonuses.

• Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development.

• Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases.

• Annual swag budget of $100 to showcase your Skylight pride with various merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more).

• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment.

• An environment that empowers you to leverage your skills for the public good.