Product Manager

Job Title:Product Manager

Location: Harrisburg, PA

Duration: 12 Months + Extension

Bill Rate: $69/hour

Job Type: W-2 Contract

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization: US-Citizen, H-1B, OPT-EAD, GC-EAD

Primary Responsibilities :

• Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the CAI application modernization initiative.
• Elicit, document, prioritize, and manage business and functional user stories from stakeholders across the Commission.
• Translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and product backlog items.
• Collaborate with solution architects, developers, UX/UI designers, and vendors to define modern technical approaches, including potential platform, architecture, and integration decisions.
• Prioritize features and technical work based on business value, risk, dependencies, and strategic goals.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies (backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives) as needed.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and the technical delivery team.
• Define success metrics and KPIs for the modernized CAI application and track progress against them.
• Support change management, user adoption, and training efforts related to the modernized solution.
• Ensure the product aligns with Commonwealth and PA PUC standards for security, accessibility (WCAG), data privacy, and compliance.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and impediments and drive resolution.
• Provide regular status updates and recommendations to IT leadership and business sponsors.

Required Technical Skills :

• Experience as a Product Manager leading $10M large scale public sector modernization efforts
• Demonstrated experience modernizing legacy applications or leading digital transformation projects
• Strong experience gathering user stories from diverse business stakeholders and converting them into actionable product backlogs
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar).
• Experience with overseeing and testing of large data conversions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to manage competing demands.
  
  
  Equal Opportunity Employer:
  We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law