Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager

Location: Onsite in Washington, DC

Number of Openings: 1

Interview Type: Phone Screening then In-Person

Background

We are seeking a product manager to support the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) team within the IT division at the board of governors of the federal reserve. This team is responsible for defining, implementing and managing processes that support compliance, policy, outreach, and privacy related work across the organization.

Requirements

Senior level personnel qualifications:

• Minimum ten (10) years of professional experience
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, data science, or another relevant discipline

• 5+ years of product management experience, with at least 2 years focused on working with security, compliance, or risk management teams

• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements, managing backlogs, and delivering roadmaps

• Demonstrated experience streamlining and automating business processes through technology solutions

• Knowledge of federal security compliance frameworks like FISMA, NIST, FedRAMP etc.

• Strong understanding of federal information security principles and privacy regulations

• Experience with agile development methodologies and collaborating closely with engineering and DevOps teams

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex security concepts for various audiences

Capabilities

• Ability to manage a product roadmap for a set of features from inception through implementation
• Ability to collect requirements, establish key performance metrics, craft the user experience, and drive execution

• Track record of successful cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management

The contractor shall deliver, but not limited to, the following:

• Gather and synthesize requirements from technical and non-technical stakeholders to inform strategy and prioritization decisions.

• Support enhanced understanding and availability of policy and process requirements across the organization

• Translate regulatory requirements, policy and stakeholder needs into well-defined product/process requirements and user stories

• Develop product roadmaps for GRC automation tools and help drive measurable improvements in efficiency and risk reduction

• Manage and prioritize the team backlog, balancing short term needs with long term strategy

• Partner closely with engineering and delivery teams to integrate security and privacy controls into agile and DevOps workflows, enabling continuous compliance

• Manage stakeholder communication, alignment and transparency about roadmap and outcomes

• Measure outcomes and use feedback and data to inform continuous improvement of processes and services

• Experience with modern product and backlog management platforms such as Azure DevOps and Jira is required, including the ability to manage, prioritize, and track product backlogs, user stories, and release plans. Familiarity with collaboration and documentation tools such as SharePoint Online is also expected. Experience with government‐focused GRC automation tools (e.g., ServiceNow GRC, HighBond/Diligent, RegScale, MetricStream, Archer) is beneficial but not mandatory.