Product Manager

Thoriva; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Thoriva, an AI product company serving government agencies, seeks a Product Manager to own vision, strategy, and roadmap for the product suite. You will work with engineering, design, data, security, marketing, and customer-facing teams to translate needs into testable features released on a cadence.

The ideal candidate is customer-obsessed, data-driven, and adept at prioritization, trade-offs, and guiding products from concept through launch and iteration in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years in product management or related software roles.
• Experience translating strategy into a prioritized backlog delivering outcomes.
• Proficient in Agile/Scrum delivery and backlog management.
• Bachelor's degree in business, CS, engineering, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Own and articulate the product vision, strategy, and multi-release roadmaps.
• Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and customer discovery.
• Prioritize backlog balancing value, feasibility, risk, and business goals.
• Define acceptance criteria and ensure readiness for development.
• Lead sprint planning and release planning with the team.
• Draft product KPIs and OKRs, measure outcomes, and guide iterations.

Skills

Product Roadmap

Market & Competitive Analysis

Backlog Grooming

Requirements Definition

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Thoriva is an AI product company that delivers intelligent, data-driven solutions to transform government operations. We combine AI solutions, commercial expertise, and complex business logic to address federal, state, and local government agencies’ biggest challenges.

Job Summary

As a Product Manager, you will own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Thoriva’s product suite, translating market needs and business objectives into a cohesive direction that delivers measurable value. This role sits at the intersection of product strategy, market and competitive research, user experience, and agile delivery.

You will work with engineering, design, data, security, marketing, and customer-facing teams to turn customer needs into well-defined, testable features that ship on a predictable cadence. The ideal candidate is a customer-obsessed, data-driven product leader who is comfortable setting direction, making prioritization trade-offs, and guiding a product from concept through launch and iteration.

Clearance Requirements

Active Secret clearance required; Top Secret preferred. Must be able to obtain a higher-level clearance.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and clearly articulate the product vision, strategy, and multi-release roadmap for Thoriva’s core product offerings, aligning stakeholders around outcomes and business value.
• Conduct customer discovery, market research, and competitive analysis to identify opportunities, validate demand, and inform product direction and differentiation.
• Own, groom, and continuously prioritize the product backlog, balancing customer value, technical feasibility, risk, effort, and business priorities.
• Define and communicate clearly scoped, testable work items with well-defined acceptance criteria, ensuring requirements are ready for development.
• Lead sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release planning, and represent the voice of the customer throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, customers, engineering, design, data, and security teams, translating needs into actionable requirements.
• Define and track product KPIs, success metrics, and OKRs, using data and user insights to measure outcomes and guide iteration.
• Make timely scope and trade-off decisions and clearly communicate rationale, priorities, roadmap changes, and release plans to stakeholders.
• Participate in sprint reviews, demos, and retrospectives; accept completed work against acceptance criteria; and maintain a healthy, transparent backlog.
• Partner with UX/design and engineering to shape intuitive, accessible, and valuable user experiences, including AI-enabled and citizen-developer workflows.
• Develop go-to-market, release, and adoption plans in collaboration with marketing, sales, and customer success, and support product launches and enablement.
• Maintain product documentation, release notes, and roadmap artifacts, and communicate product updates across the organization.
• Continuously gather and incorporate customer feedback, usage data, and stakeholder input to improve the product and inform future investment.

Required Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, or a closely related role delivering software products.
• Demonstrated experience owning product vision and roadmap and translating it into a prioritized backlog that delivers measurable business outcomes.
• Experience conducting market research, competitive analysis, and customer discovery to inform product strategy and prioritization.
• Strong working knowledge of Agile/Scrum delivery, backlog management, sprint planning, and release management.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work across product, engineering, design, data, security, and business teams.
• Experience prioritizing a backlog using structured frameworks such as MoSCoW, RICE, WSJF, or Kano, and making transparent trade-off decisions.
• Experience defining product KPIs and success metrics and using quantitative and qualitative data to drive decisions.
• Bachelor's degree in business, Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with product management and road mapping tools.
• Familiarity with AI/ML-enabled products, human-in-the-loop workflows, and the product considerations unique to shipping AI features.
• Experience delivering products in regulated or public-sector environments with compliance, security, and audit requirements.
• Experience working with onshore/offshore delivery teams.
• Experience with go-to-market planning, product launches, and adoption/enablement in partnership with marketing, sales, and customer success.
• Domain experience in government technology (federal, state, or local) or another regulated industry.

Key Skills

• Product Road mapping
• Market & Competitive Analysis
• Backlog Grooming & Prioritization
• Requirements Definition & Acceptance Criteria