Product Manager- Cloud Computing

System One; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

System One, Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead strategy and development of a cloud-based research computing platform in Washington, DC. This role blends remote and onsite work, with a requirement to obtain a federal clearance as part of the project scope.

You will drive end-to-end product strategy, collaborate with researchers, architecture, security, and data teams, and translate diverse requirements into actionable roadmaps while ensuring governance and security standards are met.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years in technical product management with 4+ years in cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on system design for cloud-based applications.
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, IaC, observability and monitoring.
• Strong understanding of modern AI-based development workflows.
• Proven track record shipping enterprise or research-focused products from conception to launch.
• Experience collaborating with security and compliance teams, including data governance and risk reviews.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, security, data and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for a cloud-based platform to support economic research.
• Partner closely with researchers to gather requirements and translate them into clear product specifications and priorities.
• Deeply understand user needs across use cases and use that insight to drive prioritization and solutioning.
• Partner with architecture, cloud engineering, enterprise data platform, security and delivery teams to design a platform that meets researcher needs with governance and security.
• Lead discovery efforts including user research, journey mapping, and workflow design to ensure solutions are usable and aligned with real-world processes.
• Demonstrate ownership, operate with high agency and hold teams accountable for cross-team alignment and timely delivery.
• Balance short-term delivery with long-term platform strategy to support scalable solutions.
• Define success metrics and continuously measure, iterate, and improve the product based on usage data and user feedback.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and implement processes for sharing updates with business stakeholders clearly.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

System design

CI/CD IaC

AI workflows

Cross-functional collaboration

Product roadmaps

Security & compliance

Stakeholder communication

Executive engagement

Job description

Product Manager- Cloud Computing

Washington, DC - Remote or Onsite
Per Federal contract U.S. citizenship is required
Must be able to PASS federal background & credit check for Public Trust clearance

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Product Manager for Research Computing Platform

BACKGROUND: We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the strategy and development of a cloud-based research computing platform.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum 6 years of technical product management experience, with at least 4 years of experience working directly with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) in a product or engineering capacity.
• Candidates with only project or program management experience need not apply.
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and services including compute, storage, networking, security, containers, orchestration etc.
• Hands-on experience with system design for cloud-based applications and systems.
• Proficiency in platform engineering principles like CI/CD pipelines, IaC, observability and monitoring.
• Strong understanding of modern AI based development workflows.
• Proven track record of shipping successful enterprise or research and development focused products from conception to launch
• Experience collaborating closely with security and compliance teams, including navigating data governance, access controls and risk review processes

• Demonstrated ability to work cross functionally across engineering, security, data and business/end-user stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience defining strategy and roadmaps for enterprise platforms.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to engage effectively with business, technical and executive stakeholders.
• Experience with academic research-based workflows is a huge plus.

The Contractor shall deliver, but not limited to, the following:

• Manage the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for a cloud-based platform to support economic research.
• Partner closely with researchers across our economic divisions to gather requirements and translate them into clear product specifications and priorities
• Deeply understand user needs and pain points across different use cases and use that insight to drive prioritization and solutioning.
• Partner with architecture, cloud engineering, enterprise data platform, security and the platform delivery team to design and develop a platform that meets the needs of researchers while ensuring proper data governance and security.
• Lead discovery efforts including user research, journey mapping, and workflow design to ensure solutions are usable and aligned with real world processes
• Demonstrate ownership, operate with high agency and hold teams accountable to ensure cross team alignment and timely delivery of outcomes and deliverables.
• Balance short term delivery with long term platform strategy to support scalable solutions.
• Define success metrics and continuously measure, iterate, and improve the product based on usage data and user feedback.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and implement processes for sharing relevant information and project updates with business stakeholders in a clear and consistent manner.
• Communicate product vision, progress, and tradeoffs clearly to technical, non-technical and executive stakeholders.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

Remote or On-site at FRB locations, Washington, DC

CITIZEN STATUS: US citizenship is required

INTERVIEW: Selected candidates will participate in a phone screening. Those that pass the phone screening may be invited to an in-person interview. The use of video conference tools (e.g., MS Teams or WebEx) can be used in accordance with agency guidelines.