Product Manager (Research Computing Platform)

System One; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

System One in Washington, DC seeks a Senior Product Manager to lead strategy and development of a cloud-based research computing platform for federal contractors. This onsite role requires collaborating with researchers, security, and data teams to translate needs into clear product specifications and roadmaps.

Candidates should have 6+ years in technical product management with cloud infrastructure experience, hands-on design for cloud apps, and a track record of shipping enterprise research

Qualifications

• 6+ years of technical product management experience.
• 4+ years cloud infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on design experience for cloud-based applications and systems.
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, IaC and observability.
• Strong understanding of AI-based development workflows.
• Proven track record shipping enterprise or research products from conception to launch.
• Experience collaborating with security and compliance teams, data governance and risk review processes.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, security, data and business stakeholders.
• Experience defining strategy and roadmaps for enterprise platforms.
• Excellent communication with business, technical and executive stakeholders.
• Experience with academic research workflows is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for a cloud-based platform to support economic research.
• Partner with researchers to gather requirements and translate into clear specifications and priorities.
• Understand user needs across use cases and drive prioritization and solutioning.
• Collaborate with architecture, cloud engineering, data platform and security teams to meet research needs with governance and security.
• Lead discovery activities including user research, journey mapping, and workflow design.
• Demonstrate ownership and drive cross-team alignment and timely delivery of outcomes.
• Balance short-term delivery with long-term platform strategy for scalable solutions.
• Define success metrics and iterate based on usage data and feedback.
• Communicate product vision, progress and tradeoffs to technical, non-technical and executive stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

System design

CI/CD IaC observability

AI workflows

Strategy roadmaps

Security governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Enterprise product shipping

Academic research workflows

Job description

Product Manager- Cloud-based Research

Washington, DC – ONSITE

Per Federal contract

U.S. citizenship is required

Must be able to PASS federal background & credit check for Public Trust clearance

Must Apply by September 15th

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.

ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

START DATE: 10/12/2026 END DATE: 12/31/2026

NOTE: Performance period may go beyond the specified end date.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

On-site at FRB locations, Washington, DC

NOTE: On-site requirement is NOT flexible.

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.

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