Product Manager

PrishanTek, Inc, a boutique strategy, recruiting and consulting firm. We were recently awarded a contract for the Digital Defense Services and arepartof a pilot program to support a division in the Pentagon that uses experienced recruiting firms to support some mission-critical roles to take the Digital Services group to the next level.

The Defense Digital Service (DDS) was established in November 2015 to transform technology within the DoD by applying industry best practices to high-impact national security missions and some of DoD's most complex IT challenges. DDS is an agency team of the U.S. Digital Service.

TheTeam: DDS functions like a SWAT Team of tech experts on one-to-two-year tours of duty as government employees. The team is comprised of world-class software developers, engineers, designers, product managers, and expert problem solvers. Team members’ roles can include developing new code, managing technical projects, advising on development processes and product releases, and hacking or rewriting outdated policies or processes to make way for more effective, modern IT approaches.

The Projects: DDS focuses on projects that advance DoD's most important initiatives that are critical to the well- being of Service members, civilians, and core operations of the Department. Projects include reforming digital services that provide military families access to critical benefits, running bug bounty programs to identify vulnerabilities and better secure defense systems; developing drone detection technologies; hunting adversaries on defense networks; and rethinking training for cyber soldiers

Job Description

• Analytical Ability: Approaches problems quantitatively and displays criticalthinking and problem-solving abilities. Breaks down complex problems intocomponent parts.
  Defines and tracks key metrics to make data-driven decisions.
  Master: Brings analytical thinking to everything they do and has a rangeand depth of experience doing so. Anticipates the need for metrics andanalysis early in the productand project discovery and design process,and carries metrics through iterations.
• Managing Without Authority: Builds influence in organizations without relying onformal titles or roles, and uses that influence to achieve project success.
  Gainscommitments from leaders and team members without formal reportingstructures in place.
  Shares credit, understands and empathizes with others, andrecognizes how different people value different incentives.
  Master: Clear and repeated evidence of influencing major decisions thatchange the trajectory of an organization. Clearly understands the pros andcons of formal authority, and leverages experience to build consensus andmotivate rather than dictate.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivates relationships with key internal and external
  stakeholders.
  Has superior negotiation skills that enable successfulcommunication and cooperation across all levels of an organization, includingexecutive leadership.
  Master: Provides examples and demonstrates the ability to managemultiple keystakeholders with varying levels of influence during a projector across multiple projects.
• Superior EQ: Understands what motivates people, through keen observations ofenvironment and context, and uses this knowledge to communicate and engagewith partners and colleagues to identify obstacles and create appropriatemitigation strategies. Is a "fixer."
  Master: Demonstrates a superior ability to analyze situational dynamics ina politically-charged environment and to leverage this observationalawareness to solve complexproblems. Cites multiple different typesofexamples of effective problem-solving in the workplace.
• Team Building: Identifies necessary roles and motivates individuals to form,storm, norm, and perform as a cohesive team. Effectively provides feedback toteam members, and deals with low performers. Fosters latent qualities withinteam members.
  Master: Has both lead and built teams multiple times and in diverseorganizations. Always considers effective organizational structures, andthinks beyond the scope of their team or teams. Views developing peopleas well as dealing with low performers and challenging managementsituations as a core responsibility, and can communicate team needs andwins both up and down their chain of command.
• Technical Communication: Explains technical concepts to both technical andnon-technical audiences.
  Able to frame technical choices to decision-makers andjustify engineering needs against business priorities.
  Master: Leaves audiences of all types of feeling like they better understandissues and how they impact their needs. Brings clarity, not confusion,when justifying engineering needs against broader business priorities.
• Always. Be. Shipping: Regardless of environmental challenges, ships productsand drives teams to deliver on key milestones.
  Gets Minimum Viable Productsout the door without waiting for the perfect technicalimplementation or inclusionof every feature.
  Master: Has repeated experience shipping software products to hundredsof thousands of users. Has experience in all parts of a product lifecyclefrom initial launch to optimization to sun-setting. Effectively makesprioritization decisions and manages to deadlines, working closely withengineers and designers in an iterative environment.
• Engineering Considerations: Works effectively with engineers as a true partner.
  Understands the technical stack of a product and how it can impact productdesign and project schedules.
  Considers the complexities involved in buildingtechnology at massive scale.
  Master: Functions as a true partner with engineers in all technical productsand projects in which they are involved. Able to identify potential technicalconcerns with proposals before consulting engineers. Repeatedlyengages in technical decisions and supports engineering needs.
• Product Design: Designs and launches software products and features focusedon user needs, scoped to Minimum Viable Products, and with clear criteria forsuccess.
  Understands and effectively critiques poor software product design.
  Master: Repeated examples of connecting product design to user needs,data-driven decisions, broader business goals, and technicalrequirements.

Qualifications

Product Manager experience - 5+ years

Bachelor's Degree

Active clearance (preferred but not required)

Additional Information

Please note:
**You will be a direct employee of the government and will not be a PrishanTek employee.**

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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