Product Strategist

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate with project leadership, client management, and product teams to create product strategies, roadmaps, implementation plans, and decision-making frameworks.

• Spearhead strategic initiatives that enhance the discoverability, accessibility, usability, and overall value of digital products, research resources, and information services.

• Foster collaboration among stakeholders, subject matter experts, technical teams, product owners, and program managers.

• Act as the product manager for specific web resources, advancing product objectives, executing roadmaps, and coordinating essential tasks.

• Create and sustain product management and product owner toolkits, which include policies, procedures, templates, governance models, metrics guidance, and product documentation.

• Mentor product owners and non-technical teams on product ownership principles, agile and scrum methodologies, backlog management, prioritization, roadmap creation, and stakeholder engagement.

• Offer practical support in agile leadership, evaluation planning, knowledge management, and team operational rhythms.

• Establish product goals, success metrics, KPIs, indicators, and evaluation methodologies.

• Develop both qualitative and quantitative evaluation frameworks to measure product effectiveness, adoption, user value, impact, and return on investment.

• Examine user, stakeholder, operational, and performance data to produce actionable recommendations.

• Assist with management briefings and strategic planning efforts.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, Public Administration, Information Science, Library and Information Science, Health Informatics, Data Science, Program Management, STEM, or a related field.

• Over 3 years of experience in product strategy, product management, product ownership, digital transformation, program management, evaluation, or organizational change initiatives.

• More than 3 years of experience supporting product owners utilizing Agile, Scrum, Lean, Design Thinking, Human-Centered Design, or Product Management frameworks.

• At least 2 years of experience in facilitation, coaching, communication, problem-solving, and consensus-building.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in establishing product metrics, KPIs, indicators, evaluation objectives, and reporting frameworks.

• Preferred certifications include Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager.

• Proven ability to facilitate collaboration among technical, scientific, operational, and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience in supporting federal government, healthcare, biomedical research, scientific, library, or information management organizations is preferred.

• Familiarity with complex information systems, research data platforms, digital libraries, metadata systems, content ecosystems, or public-facing digital services is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Reasonable accommodations for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs.

• Confidential handling of accommodation information.