Product Manager - Federal IT

Job Title: Product Manager - Federal IT / Enterprise Application Modernization
Location: Tysons Corner, VA (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-Time
About Sky Solutions:
Sky Solutions is a trusted technology partner delivering innovative digital transformation and IT modernization solutions to federal agencies. We specialize in enterprise application development, cloud technologies, data solutions, cybersecurity, and digital services that help government organizations achieve their mission objectives.
Position Overview:
Sky Solutions is seeking an experienced Product Manager to support a large-scale federal IT modernization and enterprise grants management program for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
The Product Manager will be responsible for defining product vision, managing product roadmaps, prioritizing development backlogs, and driving the delivery of enterprise digital products and services. This individual will work closely with government stakeholders, business users, technical teams, architects, and Agile delivery teams to translate mission requirements into effective technology solutions.
The ideal candidate will have experience managing enterprise software products in a federal government environment, applying Agile product management practices, and driving continuous improvement through customer feedback, data-driven decisions, and human-centered design.
Key Responsibilities:

• Define and communicate product vision, strategy, goals, and roadmaps aligned with business objectives and government mission requirements.
• Collaborate with government stakeholders, business owners, and end users to understand business challenges, customer needs, and product priorities.
• Translate business requirements and user needs into product features, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Own and manage product backlogs, ensuring prioritization based on business value, mission impact, customer needs, and technical dependencies.
• Lead product planning activities, roadmap development, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and release prioritization in collaboration with Agile teams.
• Work closely with engineering, architecture, UX/HCD, QA, and DevSecOps teams to ensure successful product delivery.
• Drive continuous product improvements through user research, usability testing, stakeholder feedback, and performance analytics.
• Monitor product performance using relevant KPIs, customer experience metrics, adoption measures, and operational performance indicators.
• Identify opportunities to streamline business processes, automate workflows, improve system usability, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Coordinate cross-functional dependencies and ensure alignment across multiple product teams and enterprise applications.
• Support change management, stakeholder engagement, product communications, and user adoption initiatives.
• Present product roadmaps, priorities, progress, risks, and outcomes to government leadership and program stakeholders.
• Ensure product enhancements align with federal security, accessibility, compliance, and IT governance requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, or enterprise software delivery.
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise software products throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies, product roadmaps, backlog management, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience gathering and translating business requirements into actionable product features and technical priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams, including developers, architects, UX designers, QA engineers, and business stakeholders.
• Experience using data, analytics, customer feedback, and performance metrics to drive product decisions.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to balance business priorities, technical constraints, customer expectations, and delivery timelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

·         Experience supporting federal government IT programs, preferably within DOJ.

·         Experience with enterprise grants management, financial management, case management, or other mission-critical government applications.

·         Familiarity with Pega, Java, .NET, enterprise application integrations, APIs, and cloud-based platforms.

·         Experience with human-centered design (HCD), customer research, usability testing, and accessibility standards.

·         Understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD, application modernization, cybersecurity, and enterprise IT governance.

·         Experience managing multiple products or product teams in a large enterprise environment.

·         Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, or equivalent certification is a plus.

What We Are Looking For:
We are looking for a strategic and customer-focused Product Manager who can connect business objectives with technology delivery, drive product innovation, manage competing priorities, and ensure that enterprise digital solutions deliver measurable value to government stakeholders and end users.