Remote On-Call Lead Product Manager - Federal IT

ICF; United States; Remote; USD 108,000 - 184,000; Part time

Job summary

ICF is hiring an On-Call Lead Product Manager to serve as a senior engagement leader for federal government clients. You will shape Agile processes, manage backlogs, and articulate client goals while tailoring approaches for each project.

The role emphasizes MVP thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic messaging to diverse audiences. The position suits a senior consultant with strong communication skills and experience in consulting, Agile delivery, and product strategy, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience in a digital product delivery role.
• 3+ years direct product management or product strategy experience on an Agile team (e.g. as a product owner or product manager).
• 2+ years experience in a professional consulting role.
• 1+ years experience leading virtual workshops that employ human-centered design, design thinking, or generative brainstorming techniques.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance, must reside in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a leader on federal client engagements, shapes the Agile team and processes for success and drives the backlog of work in the right direction
• Is a consultant first; able to effectively represent our practice’s product management playbook and the services we sell in the way they do their work, while also tailoring their approach on a project-by-project basis to deliver value to their teams and customers
• Uncovers and articulates the needs and goals of the client organization as they relate to the contract and product; Loves to dig in and make sense of things, can quickly get smart on a new program or subject matter
• Collaborates with a variety of internal and external experts, facilitates conversations and workshops to brainstorm and get buy-in for decisions
• Generates clear and compelling artifacts to explain the product vision, strategy, process, target outcomes, progress toward those outcomes, and high-level requirements to a variety of audiences
• Brings a minimum viable product (MVP) mindset to everything they do, keeps the team focused on what matters in different phases and minimizing risks, while also creating time, space, and confidence amongst our teams to innovate and deliver the best results long-term
• Manages and plans Agile work across multiple workstreams, can effectively balance and steer discovery and delivery tasks to drive the backlog and deliver value to users continuously
• Is a team player with excellent problem-solving and consensus-building skills; fosters a culture of creativity, collaboration, innovation, honesty, and best ideas forward
• Is an active member of our product practice; contributes to our community by building relationships across the company, mentoring others, creating and collecting best practices, supporting proposal writing, other internal initiatives that help us grow and thrive

Skills

Agile methodologies

Verbal and written communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Workshop facilitation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Mural

Job description

ICF is hiring an On-Call Lead Product Manager to serve as a senior engagement leader for federal government clients. You will shape Agile processes, manage backlogs, and articulate client goals while tailoring approaches for each project.

The role emphasizes MVP thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic messaging to diverse audiences. The position suits a senior consultant with strong communication skills and experience in consulting, Agile delivery, and product strategy, with