Senior Product Manager

Nava; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nava is at the forefront of reimagining how government serves its people, and we’re looking for a Product Manager to drive our vision forward. You’ll work with government partners and cross‑functional teams of engineers, designers, and project managers to set direction, scope features, and measure business impact on government contracts.

You care deeply about end users and are passionate about crafting simple, usable solutions, with a bias toward action in ambiguous situations and transparent

Qualifications

• Experience leading product development for government-focused digital services.
• Ability to collaborate with designers, analysts, and technical leads.
• Proven track record prioritizing features and measuring outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define vision, goals, and success measures for products and services.
• Collaborate with designers, analysts, and leads to synthesize research and requirements.
• Set direction and priority of projects, from initiatives to features and metrics.
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop and ship projects.
• Socialize plans and build buy-in with partners and contractors.
• Partner with project management to prioritize roadmaps.

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional collaboration

User-centered design

Job description

About Nava

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges.

As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.

Please note: the level of the role will be determined by Nava leadership based on experience and skillset.

Position summary

Nava is at the forefront of reimagining how our government serves its people, and we’re looking for a Product Manager to drive our vision forward.

You’ll help us execute our mission of reimagining the digital services our government provides. Working directly with government partners and across Nava’s engineering, design, and business teams, you’ll create experiences that improve the lives of millions of Americans. You care deeply about end users and are passionate about crafting simple and usable solutions.

You’ll work with government partners and cross‑functional teams of engineers, designers, and project managers to set direction, scope product features, remove obstacles and barriers, and assess the business impact on a government contract.

You will be uniquely positioned and empowered to make a huge impact on Nava's mission to reimagine how our government serves its people.

You think holistically and take pride in working through highly ambiguous situations to deliver value to users. You have a strong bias towards action when faced with incomplete information and communicate transparently to build consensus internally and externally.

What you’ll do

• Define the vision, goals, and measures of success for the products and services you manage
• Work with designers, business analysts, and technical leads to discover and synthesize market research, user needs, business requirements, and technical approaches
• Define the direction, scope, and priority of projects, from high-level initiatives to specific features, user stories, and business metrics
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and ship projects
• Proactively socialize, iterate on, and build buy-in for product initiatives with the team, government partners, and other contractors
• Collaborate with the project management team to prioritize roadmaps and in