Senior Product Manager

Ad Hoc LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-subsidized health, dental, and

Flexible PTO

401K with employer match

Paid parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Ad Hoc LLC seeks aSenior Product Manager to steer program product strategy and governance for VA initiatives. You will lead cross-functional teams spanning product, engineering, UX and DevOps to deliver outcomes aligned with the VA’s mission.

You will partner with customers and product owners to craft vision, manage roadmaps, and maintain artifacts, while driving lean, iterative development and scalable partnerships across platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of relevant experience.
• 1+ years of experience leading or directing work across cross-functional teams.
• Experience developing product strategy, roadmaps, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• Experience working directly with customers, product owners, and other stakeholders to translate needs into product direction.
• Experience working within Agile or iterative product development environments.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Must be able to complete any required federal background investigation.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and influence decisions across teams.
• Mentor and coach product team members and strengthen product management practices.
• Lead cross-functional efforts across product, engineering, UX, business analysis, DevOps and delivery disciplines.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for customers and stakeholders as needed.
• Focus on program and delivery strategy while supporting tactical product management.
• Apply Agile and iterative development practices to deliver against customer needs and program goals.
• Lead cross-functional teams in delivering products aligned with customer’s mission and outcomes.
• Partner with customers and product owners to shape product vision and strategy.
• Develop and maintain product artifacts like briefs, roadmaps, and success metrics.
• Work with customers to prioritize high-value outcomes based on goals, needs, and constraints.
• Advocate for user needs and lean product practices during prioritization.
• Identify and grow partnerships to increase adoption of products and platforms.
• Define activities to establish new partnerships within the VA, including adjacent platforms.
• Understand complex system integrations and endpoints to connect services across platforms.
• Help establish scalable onboarding for partners to tools and platforms.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Product strategy

Roadmaps

Measurable outcomes

Agile methodologies

Customer collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Are you ready for new challenges and new opportunities?

Join our team!

Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available.

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government.

Work on things that matter

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology.

Built for a remote life

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable the VA to increase the use, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities

In this role, you will serve as an experienced individual contributor within a cross-functional team, with opportunities to further develop your leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will support the team in meeting scope, schedule, and delivery requirements while helping shape the long-term goals and product strategy of the program.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will contribute to the continued development of the program’s product management practice and may serve as the discipline’s primary lead when working with customers and stakeholders. You will use strong communication, relationship-building, and influencing skills to drive product strategy, improve product management practices, and help teams deliver meaningful outcomes.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and influence decisions across teams
• Mentor and coach product team members, helping strengthen product management practices across the program
• Lead cross-functional efforts across product, engineering, UX, business analysis, DevOps, and other delivery disciplines
• Serve as a primary point of contact for customers and stakeholders, as needed
• Focus primarily on program and delivery strategy while supporting tactical product management needs when necessary
• Apply deep knowledge of Agile and iterative product development practices to help cross-functional teams deliver against customer needs and program goals
• Lead cross-functional teams in delivering and improving products aligned with the customer’s mission and desired outcomes
• Partner with customers and product owners to shape product vision and strategy and encourage iterative, outcome-driven ways of working
• Develop and maintain product artifacts, including product briefs, roadmaps, success metrics, and other tools that create a shared understanding of product direction and priorities
• Work with customers to develop strategies that prioritize the highest-value outcomes based on program goals, user needs, technical considerations, and constraints
• Advocate for user needs and lean product practices when establishing priorities and navigating tradeoffs
• Identify and grow key partnerships that increase adoption and use of products and platforms
• Define the activities and coordination needed to establish new partnerships within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including opportunities involving adjacent platforms and services
• Understand complex system integrations, dependencies, and endpoints to help connect services across platforms and products
• Help establish scalable processes for onboarding new partners to tools and platforms, with the goal of enabling greater partner self-service

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of relevant experience
• Additional relevant experience may be substituted for education
• 1+ years of experience leading or directing work across cross-functional teams, including disciplines such as engineering, UX, business analysis, and DevOps
• Experience developing product strategy, roadmaps, priorities, and measurable outcomes
• Experience working directly with customers, product owners, and other stakeholders to translate needs into product direction
• Experience working within Agile or iterative product development environments
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, now or in the future
• Must be able to successfully complete any required federal background investigation and obtain and maintain the level of suitability or security clearance required for the position

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting digital products, platforms, or services within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or another federal government environment
• Experience developing partnerships and driving adoption across multiple products, platforms, or stakeholder groups
• Experience working with complex technical ecosystems involving integrations, APIs, system dependencies, or shared services
• Experience establishing scalable onboarding or self-service models for customers or partners
• Ability to obtain and maintain relevant product or Agile certifications, such as:
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
• SAFe certification
• Other related product management or Agile certifications
• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with employer match
• Paid parental leave after one year of service
• Employee Assistance Program

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work‑related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.

We value the unique skills gained through military service and encourage veterans and transitioning service members to apply.

In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $100,000 - $150,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.