Director, Software Product

HITT Contracting Inc.; Washington; On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonuses

Premium health care coverage including

Dental and vision coverage

Employer-matched 401(k)

Wellness reimbursement program

Paid holidays and time-off

Other voluntary benefits and leave

Job summary

HITT Contracting Inc. is seeking a Director of Software Product to lead AI-enabled pods and turn its engineering practices into impactful software products.

This role blends hands-on development with strategic leadership, prioritizing initiatives by value and adoption across diverse field environments. You will own the portfolio end-to-end—from discovery through delivery—partnering with field teams, executives, and operations to ensure rapid, measurable impact and scalable practices for the next

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Engineering/Business or related field.
• 10+ years in software product management or engineering leadership, with 4+ years leading ships-production software.
• Hands-on experience leading AI-enabled and agentic development methods.
• Proven track record delivering end-to-end software in lean, agile teams.
• Player-coach leadership style balancing management and hands-on work.
• Fluency in outcome-based product management with clear metrics.
• Excellent stakeholder management across executives to field users.
• Experience delivering software for field-based or operational users; construction/engineering/manufacturing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the software product portfolio and roadmap with prioritization by value.
• Lead discovery with business, operations, and field partners to identify high-value problems.
• Translate problems into strategies, metrics, and sequenced bets.
• Directly manage agentic pods including cadence and delivery commitments.
• Shape backlogs, plan, remove blockers, and sustain fast shipping.
• Write requirements, test prototypes, review releases, and manage scope.
• Build relationships with project teams and field leaders to ensure adoption.
• Establish feedback loops with analytics to link pods to business results.
• Contribute to standards and playbooks for the agentic practice.
• Mentor PMs, product owners, and engineers in lean, AI-augmented work.

Skills

AI-Enabled Development

Leadership

Product Management

Stakeholder Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Business or related field

Job description

Every day, our team members do amazing things in pursuit of our shared purpose to build trust with our clients, partners, subcontractors, and teammates. No matter your background, education, or career path, if you share our vision to create extraordinary experiences, you belong at HITT.

Director, Software Product

Job Description:

HITT is seeking a Director of Software Product to lead the teams that turn its agentic engineering practice into working software. This is a hands-on leadership role for a product-minded builder: someone who is happiest close to the work—shaping backlogs, pressure-testing prototypes, clearing blockers — and who knows how to get small, AI-augmented teams to ship. The products in the portfolio will change over time; the mandate will not: deliver software that elevates the business of building.

Reporting to theChief Information Officer, the Director of Software Product managesaHITT’s agentic podor pods— small, lean, agile teams in which AI-fluent engineers build alongside AI agents—and is accountable for what those pods deliver. This leader owns the software product portfoliofor their areaend to end: partnering with business and field leaders to find the highest-value problems, translating them into clear product bets, sequencing the roadmap, and driving delivery through rapid, iterative cycles.

Because HITT builds software for builders, everything this role ships must earn adoption in high-velocity, decentralized field environments,on jobsites, in trailers, and in offices,by users of many backgrounds. The specific applications and features will evolve as HITT’s business and technology evolve; the Director’s charge is durable: keep the pods pointed at what matters most, keep them shipping, and keep raising the standard for what construction software can do.

Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Portfolio

• Own the software product portfolio and roadmap, continuously prioritizing initiatives by business value, adoption potential, and strategic fit as HITT’s needs evolve

• Lead product discovery with business, operations, and field partners across the full value chain — from preconstruction through project delivery to corporate functions — toidentifythe highest-value problems worth solving

• Translate business problems into clear product strategies, success metrics, and well-sequenced product bets, and revisit them as conditions change

• Consolidate, sunset, or reinvest in products as the portfolio matures, keeping the pods focused on what matters most rather than onmaintainingeverything ever built

Agentic Pod Leadership & Delivery

• Directly managea collection ofHITT’s agentic pods — small, lean, agile teams of AI-fluent engineers building alongside AI agents — including pod composition, cadence, and delivery commitments

• Run the delivery system hands-on: shape backlogs,facilitateplanning and reviews, clear blockers, and sustain a fast, healthy shipping rhythm built on small batches and rapid iteration

• Work in the product daily — writing and refining requirements, pressure-testing prototypes, reviewing releases, and making scope and tradeoff calls in real time

• Apply and improve the practice’s agentic development methods in partnership with theHead ofSoftware Engineering and Principal Software Engineer, ensuring pods pair AI-enabled workflows withappropriate human-in-the-loopreview

• Balance speed with quality, security, and reliability so that everything the pods ship can be trusted in the field

Field Partnership & Adoption

• Build deep, ongoing relationships with project teams, field leaders, and corporate partners, spending time where the work happens to understand problems firsthand

• Own adoption as a product outcome: plan launches, enable users, gather feedback, and iterate until the software is genuinely used and valued on jobsites and in offices

• Establish feedback loops and usage analytics that connect what the pods build to measurable operational and business results

• Communicate roadmaps, progress, and outcomes clearly to stakeholders at every level, from field crews to the executive team

Talent & Practice Development

• Recruit, develop, andretainproduct managers, product owners, and product-minded engineers who thrive in lean, AI-augmented teams

• Coach pod members in modern product craft — discovery, experimentation, analytics, and AI-enabled ways of working — and help train HITT’s existing team members as they join the practice

• Model a culture of experimentation,fail fast and pivot,while managing risk responsibly

• Contribute to the standards, playbooks, and operating rituals of the agentic engineering practice as it scales

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field; advanced degree a plus

• 10+ years of experience in software product management, product delivery, or engineering leadership, including 4+ years directly managing teams that ship production software

• Hands-on experience leading teams that build with AI-enabled and agentic development methods, including AI coding agents and assistants and human-in-the-loop workflows

• Proventrack recorddelivering software products end to end — from discovery through launch, adoption, and iteration — in lean, agile teams

• Player-coach leadership style, equally comfortable managing the team and working in the product, with sound instincts for when to do each

• Fluency in outcome-based product management: defining success metrics, instrumenting products, and making evidence-based roadmap and tradeoff decisions

• Excellent stakeholder management, with the range to work credibly with executives, corporate functions, and frontline field users

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to make priorities and tradeoffs clear to any audience

• Experience delivering software for field-based or operational users, or in construction, engineering, or manufacturing environments, is a plus

In accordance with Virginia Senate Bill 215 (SB 215), the base salary range for this position is:

$130,000.00 - $210,000.00

Compensation in other cities and states may vary.

HITT Contracting offers a competitive total benefits and compensation package.

• performance-based bonuses
• premium health care coverage including vision and dental
• employer-matched 401(k)
• wellness reimbursement program
• paid holidays and time-off
• other voluntary benefits and leave types

The determination of salary is based on the candidate’s individual professional experience, qualifications, education, skills, and training.

_ HITT Contracting is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring and developing the most qualified individuals based on job-related experience, skills, and merit. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We value a respectful, inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. HITT Contracting maintains a drug-free workplace, consistent with applicable local, state, and federal laws. _