Sr Product Manager

Ultimate Knowledge Institute; Virginia; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Disability coverage

Basic life insurance

Supplementary life insurance policy

Company-paid premiums for benefits

401k with 4% match

15 days PTO annually

12 holidays + Christmas Eve

Job summary

Ultimate Knowledge Institute is seeking an experienced Product Manager to own strategy, discovery, and a prioritized roadmap for an assigned product area. You will validate problems with AI-driven tooling, develop prototypes, and translate insights into clear requirements for engineering, UX, and AI agents.

You will collaborate with UX Design and Engineering to drive features from concept through launch, while communicating roadmap status and risks to leadership.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of product management experience in B2B SaaS
• Experience owning discovery and roadmap decisions for a defined product area
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to say no and explain why
• Working familiarity with agile delivery models
• Hands-on fluency with AI-assisted prototyping and development tools; able to produce a working prototype
• Experience in an AI-assisted or AI-driven development lifecycle or quick tooling adoption

Responsibilities

• Lead AI-accelerated discovery to validate problems before Engineering time is committed
• Partner with UX Design on research, validation, and design review
• Build AI prototypes when fastest validation is needed and test with users
• Collaborate with Engineering in the ADLC from planning to delivery
• Write unambiguous requirements and acceptance criteria for engineers, designers, and AI agents
• Turn roadmap priorities into a delivery plan and track progress
• Report product-level success metrics after launch and communicate risks to leadership

Skills

Product management

Discovery

Roadmap decisions

Communication

Agile delivery

AI prototyping tools

Tools

Claude

Cursor

Lovable

v0

Job description

Position Summary

Owns strategy, discovery, and roadmap prioritization for an assigned product or product area, translating customer and market insight into a validated, prioritized set of initiatives. Operates within UKI's AI-driven development lifecycle (ADLC): uses AI tooling to validate problems and solutions before engineering time is committed, building working prototypes where that is the fastest way to reduce uncertainty, and writes requirements that engineers and AI agents can execute against. Partners with UX Design and Engineering to drive features from concept through launch, and partners directly with Engineering on delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Leads AI-accelerated discovery to validate problems and solutions before Engineering time is committed, partnering with UX Design on research, validation, and design review. When a working prototype is the fastest way to validate a problem, solution, or workflow, builds one with AI-assisted tools, tests it with customers and internal stakeholders, and carries the evidence into prioritization and requirements. Works alongside Engineering in the ADLC harness, from planning and selecting specialists and agents through the build, review, and fix loop, capturing learnings from each cycle and staying current on AI tooling. Writes unambiguous, testable requirements and acceptance criteria that engineers, designers, and AI agents can execute against, paired with a validated prototype or reference where one exists, and partners with Engineering to turn roadmap priorities into a delivery plan. Tracks and reports product-level success metrics after launch, and communicates roadmap status, tradeoffs, and risks to product leadership and stakeholders.

Requirements

Required

• 3-5+ years of product management experience in B2B SaaS
• Experience owning discovery and roadmap decisions for a defined product area
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable saying no and explaining why
• Working familiarity with agile delivery models
• Hands-on fluency with AI-assisted prototyping and development tools (for example Claude, Cursor, Lovable, v0, or similar); able to produce a working prototype, not only a specification
• Experience working in an AI-assisted or AI-driven development lifecycle, or a demonstrated record of adopting new tooling and ways of working quickly

Preferred

• Experience with cybersecurity training, cyber ranges, workforce readiness, or learning platforms (LMS/LXP)
• Experience building for or selling to DoD, federal, or SLED customers, including familiarity with procurement, security, and compliance constraints
• Familiarity with cyber workforce competency frameworks (NICE Framework, DCWF, DoD 8140) and assessment-driven readiness models
• Prior Experience partnering with and directing a delivery team
• A portfolio of prototypes or shipped features you built or materially shaped with AI tooling

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Short and long-term disability coverage for added security
• Basic life insurance provided by the company
• Optional supplementary life insurance policy available for additional coverage
• UKI covers 100% of individual premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability, and basic life insurance
• A 401k plan with a basic safe harbor matching (up to 4% match with a 5% contribution)
• Enjoy 15 days of PTO annually for vacation or sick leave
• Benefit from 12 company holidays, aligning with 11 federal holidays, plus Christmas Eve