Product Strategist

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

📋 Description

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

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

• Promote collaboration among stakeholders, subject matter experts, technical teams, product owners, and program leadership.

• Act as product manager for designated web resources and work in partnership with the Federal Lead to further product objectives and execute the product roadmap.

• Create and uphold 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 in areas such as product ownership, agile and scrum methodologies, backlog management, prioritization, roadmap development, and stakeholder engagement.

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

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

• Construct qualitative and quantitative evaluation frameworks to assess product effectiveness, adoption, user value, impact, and return on investment.

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

• Assist in management briefings and strategic planning initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

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

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

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

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

• More than 2 years of experience in establishing product metrics, KPIs, indicators, evaluation goals, and reporting frameworks.

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

• Experience working with federal government, healthcare, biomedical research, scientific, library, or information management organizations.

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

• Certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager are preferred.

• Applications must be submitted directly by the applicant.

• Candidates are required to adhere to ICF’s policy prohibiting AI tools during interviews, unless an accommodation is approved.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.

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

• Confidential accommodation support.

• Benefits offerings referenced under the Transparency in Coverage Act.