OCO Product Manager, Senior

Parsons; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a seasoned Cyber Product Manager with a strong Offensive Cyber Operations background to join our growing team. You will drive development, delivery, and sustainment of mission-critical cyber capabilities for national defense missions.

You will partner with Product Owners, cyber operators, and cross-functional delivery teams to translate complex technical solutions into fielded capabilities, leveraging SAFe Agile practices and collaboration with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in a STEM field with ~12+ years of industry experience, including 5+ years in cyber operations.
• Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph clearance is required.
• Experience with exploitation frameworks and offensive cyber techniques.
• Strong communication and collaboration across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate product vision and roadmap for cyber mission systems.
• Lead backlog refinement and translate features into actionable user stories.
• Drive PI execution, risk mitigation, and cross-team collaboration.
• Engage with stakeholders to align capability delivery with objectives.
• Collaborate with designers/engineers to deliver multi-platform applications.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

SAFe Agile

Product management

Cyber operations

Jira/Confluence

Stakeholder collaboration

Messaging product vision

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Job Description:

Parsons is seeking a seasoned Cyber Product Manager with strong background in Offensive Cyber Operations to join our growing team!

USCC Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) Program Management Office (PMO) is seeking an experienced Cyber Product Manager to drive the development, delivery, and sustainment of mission critical cyber capabilities. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of SAFe Agile principles, thrives in highly dynamic environments, and has a strong track record of working with Product Owners, cyber operators, and cross-functional delivery teams to shape complex technical solutions into fielded capabilities that support national defense missions.

What You'll Be Doing :

• Define and communicate the product vision and roadmap for cyber mission systems in support of OCO.
• Provide thought leadership and work with key stakeholders to understand requirements, build partnerships, and provide technology solutions
• Lead Product backlog refinement, ensuring features and capabilities are well defined, prioritized, and decomposed into actionable user stories.
• Collaborate with other Product Managers, Release Train Engineers, and Scrum Masters to drive Program Increment (PI) execution, risk mitigation, and cross team collaboration.
• Engage with Joint Cyber Warfare stakeholders, NSA, Services and CCMDs to gather feedback and align capability delivery.
• Participate in technical exchange meetings (TEMs) operational working groups, and other OCO forums.
• Partner with clients to understand business objectives, user behaviors, and product vision, develop product concepts, roadmaps, test plans, and functional specifications
• Collaborate with designers and engineers to conceptualize, design, and deliver multi-platform applications
• Lead engagements alongside company partners as well as the top designers and technologists in the industry

What Required Skills You'll Bring :

• Bachelors degree in a STEM discipline and 12+ years of industry experience, to include 5+ years of experience in offensive cyber operations, exploitation, and or a related field.
• Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph security clearance required.
• In-depth knowledge of exploitation frameworks, reverse engineering tools, and offensive cyber techniques (e.g., Metasploit, Cobalt Strike, IDA Pro, Ghidra).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment, with a strong focus on collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Familiar with SAFe.
• Facilitate interactions between all stakeholders and understand team needs.
• Hands on personality that gets entrenched with product and constant engagement with stakeholders.
• Monitor and control schedules and their dependencies.
• Strong leadership, communication and analytical skills, along with experience with Agile methodologies and cloud services.
• Strong background in Human Intelligence (HUMINT) with demonstrated experience in sensitive activities, with specific focus on Cyber Personas.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and Atlassian tools, such as Jira and Confluence.
• Build and implement product strategies aligned with the OCO PMOs vision, develop roadmaps, and prioritize features.
• Work with various stakeholders, including clients, senior management, and other teams, to gather feedback and shape product requirements.

What Desired Skills You May Bring :

• 10+ years' experience and Master's degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
• Experience with APTs: Demonstrated experience in tracking, analyzing, and mitigating Advanced Persistent Threats.
• Programming Skills: Proficiency in programming/scripting languages commonly used in exploitation (e.g., Python, C/C++, Assembly).

Security Clearance Requirement:

An active Top Secret SCI w/Polygraph security clearance is required for this position.

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what's next to deliver the solutions our cust