Chief Product Manager

clarityinnovates; United States; Remote; USD 113,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarity Innovations is seeking a Chief Product Manager to own execution across our Rapid Capabilities portfolio. You will translate strategy into roadmaps, align stakeholders, and drive shipped outcomes while leading multiple concurrent programs in a lean, high-pressure environment.

The role requires deep product discipline, engineering fluency, and experience in fast-moving defense or national-security software contexts.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in product management, including at least 5 years leading product across multiple concurrent cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated record of measurable product outcomes, such as sustained user growth, workflow time reduction or cost savings.
• Strong engineering fluency: able to engage credibly on architecture, technical debt and tradeoffs, with hands-on experience in at least one modern programming language or framework.
• Experience improving software delivery performance using recognized measures (e.g., DORA metrics) across cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Working mastery of Lean, user-centered design and Agile/XP practices, including discovery, framing and iteration planning.
• Proven ability to build or mature a product practice: defining standards, playbooks and career expectations for product roles.
• Track record of navigating complex organizational structures, bureaucracy and policy or compliance requirements to deliver results.
• Composure and sound judgment under sustained pressure and competing priorities

Responsibilities

• Strategy support. Translate the VP & CTO's vision into an outcome-based portfolio roadmap, with KPIs that tie each product to company goals.
• Product process. Design, implement and continuously improve product practices (discovery, framing, prioritization, release) across all actively maintained and supported projects.
• Execution. Own product development from concept through general availability, making scope and priority calls and partnering with engineering on technical tradeoffs and delivery performance.
• Stakeholder management. Represent product direction to executives, customers and partners, and manage competing demands across programs.
• Operations. Support process, funding and IP management for projects across the company.
• Talent. Help recruit, coach and grow product talent as the organization scales.

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional leadership

Engineering fluency

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Lean/Agile/XP

Stakeholder management

Policy/compliance awareness

Resilience under pressure

Job description

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner, dedicated to safeguarding our nation's interests and delivering innovative solutions that empower the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) to transform data into actionable intelligence, ensuring mission success in an evolving world.

Our mission-first software and data engineering platform modernizes data operations, utilizing advanced workflows, CI/CD, and secure DevSecOps practices. We focus on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring, enabling end-to-end solutions that drive operational impact.

We are committed to delivering cutting-edge tools and capabilities that address the most complex national security challenges, empowering our partners to stay ahead of emerging threats and ensuring the success of their critical missions. At Clarity, we are people-focused and set on being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives, careers grow, and individuals are valued. Join us as we continue to lead innovation and tackle the most pressing challenges in national security.

Position overview

Rapid Capabilities builds a large number of Clarity Innovations' products. The Chief Product Manager owns execution of product development across that portfolio and builds the product processes the organization needs to scale. The role works alongside the VP & CTO, who sets product strategy and vision, and turns that direction into roadmaps, priorities and shipped outcomes.

This is a high-scope, high-pressure role in a lean organization. The right candidate is technically fluent, comfortable leading many concurrent efforts, and effective inside complex organizational and policy environments.

Key responsibilities

• Strategy support. Translate the VP & CTO's vision into an outcome-based portfolio roadmap, with KPIs that tie each product to company goals.
• Product process. Design, implement and continuously improve product practices (discovery, framing, prioritization, release) across all actively maintained and supported projects.
• Execution. Own product development from concept through general availability, making scope and priority calls and partnering with engineering on technical tradeoffs and delivery performance.
• Stakeholder management. Represent product direction to executives, customers and partners, and manage competing demands across programs.
• Operations. Support process, funding and IP management for projects across the company.
• Talent. Help recruit, coach and grow product talent as the organization scales.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years in product management, including at least 5 years leading product across multiple concurrent cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated record of measurable product outcomes, such as sustained user growth, workflow time reduction or cost savings.
• Strong engineering fluency: able to engage credibly on architecture, technical debt and tradeoffs, with hands-on experience in at least one modern programming language or framework.
• Experience improving software delivery performance using recognized measures (e.g., DORA metrics) across cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Working mastery of Lean, user-centered design and Agile/XP practices, including discovery, framing and iteration planning.
• Proven ability to build or mature a product practice: defining standards, playbooks and career expectations for product roles.
• Track record of navigating complex organizational structures, bureaucracy and policy or compliance requirements to deliver results.
• Composure and sound judgment under sustained pressure and competing priorities

Preferred qualifications

• Active TS clearance (SCI eligible).
• Experience delivering software for defense, intelligence or other government mission customers, ideally in a software-factory or rapid-acquisition setting.
• Experience with mission or data platforms common in the defense space.
• History of advising senior executives and shaping organizational policy, standards or workforce structures.
• Experience recruiting at scale and coaching product leaders.
• Public speaking or thought leadership in the product management community.

Salary Range: $1130,000 - $345,000

Pay Range

The posted pay range reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position and is provided to give candidates a general understanding of the compensation opportunity. The actual salary offered will be determined based on the requirements of the position and a variety of job-related factors, which may include geographic location, applicable Federal Government contract labor categories and wage rates, relevant experience, skills and competencies, education, certifications, and the scope and responsibilities of the role.

Because this position may be performed in multiple locations and may be subject to different contract requirements, the salary ultimately offered may vary based on the applicable lo