Remote Cloud Product Manager - AWS & Gov

Focus; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 135.000 - 175.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Focus is a fully remote digital services company delivering modern, accessible, and secure software for government programs. We seek a Technical Product Manager (Cloud) to lead product strategy and delivery for the U.S.

Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid, building CI/CD pipelines in AWS and tools for test data generation and automation. You'll work at the intersection of product management, cloud engineering, and quality, partnering with engineers, FSA stakeholders, and

Qualifikationen

• 4-year degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in technical product management, software engineering, or a closely related technical role.
• Prior experience working as an engineer, or working on infrastructure or cloud environments and projects (test automation, QA engineering, or DevOps).
• Experience on government modernization projects.
• Hands-on cloud experience, AWS preferred (Azure also welcome).
• Working knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, APIs, and infrastructure-as-code, enough to clarify edge cases and challenge estimates.
• Strong skills in MVP definition, roadmap creation, and cross-functional delivery using agile methodologies.
• Exceptional executive communication, with the ability to synthesize technical details into clear, scannable updates for leadership.
• Data-driven decision-making; comfortable establishing metrics strategies and analytics frameworks.

Aufgaben

• Define and maintain a clear product roadmap aligned to FSA's mission, milestones, and contract objectives using the Focus Delivery Framework.
• Apply structured prioritization frameworks to balance user needs, compliance requirements, and technical feasibility.
• Turn vendor team pain points, release data, and stakeholder goals into epics, user stories, and clear acceptance criteria.
• Define success measures for test coverage, release velocity, defect escape rate, and pipeline reliability.
• Partner with engineering leads on AWS architecture, CI/CD pipelines, test automation strategy, APIs, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Own the backlog for developer self-service tools used by vendor teams and government stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the Technical Lead on DevSecOps and ATO readiness activities so security and compliance are planned in from the start.
• Coordinate technical dependencies across engineering, external vendors, and FSA platform owners.
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives to keep cross-functional teams aligned.
• Partner with FSA product owners to balance competing priorities across a multi-vendor federal ecosystem.
• Build alignment across program, policy, and technology partners without formal authority.
• Run demos and sprint reviews that keep stakeholders informed and promote continuous learning.
• Establish a metrics strategy including leading indicators, counterweight metrics, and performance dashboards.
• Create a single source of truth linking technical specifications, user requirements, and decisions.
• Prepare Monthly Project Status Reports and represent delivery health to FSA leadership.

Kenntnisse

Technical product management

Executive communication

Agile methodologies

Data-driven decision making

Cloud delivery

Vendor / multi-team coordination

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Playwright

DataDog

Jobbeschreibung

Focus is a fully remote digital services company delivering modern, accessible, and secure software for government programs. We seek a Technical Product Manager (Cloud) to lead product strategy and delivery for the U.S.

Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid, building CI/CD pipelines in AWS and tools for test data generation and automation. You'll work at the intersection of product management, cloud engineering, and quality, partnering with engineers, FSA stakeholders, and