Senior Product Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Establish the vision, direction, goals, and strategic objectives for CMS data warehouse and analytics products.

• Convert CMS program and business objectives into product strategies and multi-release roadmaps.

• Manage major initiatives across CMS stakeholders, data governance, security, and enterprise architecture.

• Supervise multiple teams, projects, and programs that align with product goals.

• Oversee release planning and execution involving product, development, QA, operations, security, and infrastructure teams.

• Define release scope, objectives, success criteria, dependencies, and risk posture.

• Develop short- and long-term product line plans and modify schedules, scope, and targets as priorities evolve.

• Gather, define, analyze, and manage complex business and system requirements.

• Facilitate development design sessions to ensure technical feasibility and architectural consistency.

• Collaborate with test and QA teams to guarantee requirements are implemented and tested effectively.

• Conduct product and project quality control throughout the development and release cycles.

• Document team agreements, sprint plans, release plans, product decisions, and retrospectives.

• Engage with CMS business owners, program leadership, developers, scrum teams, data architects, and operations staff.

• Lead client meetings and present roadmaps, status updates, risks, trade-offs, and outcomes.

• Address conflicts, negotiate priorities, and escalate issues as necessary.

• Make product and delivery decisions based on data.

• Drive cross-functional alignment among multiple agile teams.

• Oversee resource planning, capacity management, and prioritization.

• Delegate tasks while retaining accountability for results.

• Mentor managers, technical leads, and other exempt professionals.

⛳️ Requirements

• BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical field, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or equivalent combination of education, technical certifications/training, or work experience.

• Over 10 years of experience in Business Analysis and/or Product Management.

• Significant experience in a senior or lead capacity overseeing multiple teams or product lines.

• Experience managing intricate, multi-team initiatives or product portfolios in a technology-centered environment.

• Prior experience in a CMS setting with Medicare/Medicaid claims and related data.

• Extensive background in soliciting, defining, and managing business and system requirements for large-scale data, analytics, or platform products.

• Experience supervising release planning and execution across multiple teams or components.

• Strong familiarity with databases and data warehouses, including both on-premise and cloud-based solutions.

• Ability to comprehend and convey data architecture, cloud, integration, and security concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Exceptional customer service and communication skills, including the ability to present to all levels of leadership and CMS.

• Strong problem-solving, strategic thinking, and decision-making skills.

• Demonstrated experience with Agile frameworks, such as Scrum, SAFe, or Kanban, and leading cross-functional agile teams.

• Proven ability to lead through influence, encourage collaboration, and manage stakeholders in a matrixed environment.

• Experience mentoring or managing managers, technical leads, or senior professionals.

• Ability to pass a CMS background check.

• Must have resided in the U.S. for at least three out of the last five years.

• Preferred experience with AWS Cloud computing and cloud-native data services.

• Preferred experience with SQL or similar querying languages.

• Preferred experience with Integrated Data Repository and other CMS data warehouse projects.

• Preferred experience with DevOps/CI-CD pipelines.

• Preferred certifications in product management or agile leadership such as CSPO, SAFe POPM, or PMP.

🏝️ Benefits

• 401K with company match.

• Comprehensive health and wellness packages.

• Internal mobility team dedicated to supporting your career development.

• Opportunities for professional growth, including paid education and certifications.

• Access to cutting-edge technology that facilitates learning.

• Paid vacation and holidays.

• Medical plan options, including some with Health Savings Accounts.

• Options for dental plans.

• Options for vision plans.

• Flexible work weeks where possible.

• Paid time off plans that include vacation, sick leave, personal time, holidays, parental leave, military leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave.

• 15 days of paid leave provided to new employees per calendar year, prorated based on the hire date.

• 10 paid holidays per year, prorated based on the hire date.

• Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.

• Short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

• Personal accident insurance.

• Critical illness insurance.

• Business travel and accident insurance.