Senior Product Manager - AI Defense Platform (Remote)

Virtualitics; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical/Dental/Vision

Unlimited PTO

Growth path to Staff PM

Job summary

Virtualitics is seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive direction for Iris and Forward Deployed Applications, with remote options (DC area preferred) and clearance considerations. You’ll partner with engineering and AI teams to shape deployments for DoD operators and delivery teams.

You will own end-to-end product delivery, lead architectural discussions, and translate user needs into actionable product requirements, balancing technical feasibility with user impact.

Qualifications

• US citizen with active Secret (or higher) DoD clearance.
• CS degree or equivalent technical degree.
• 4+ years of product management or software engineering experience shipping software in agile environments.
• Comfortable reading code, reviewing architecture, and holding your own in technical discussions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Preferred: experience with AI/ML products, defense/government tech, or classified environments (SIPR/NIPR).

Responsibilities

• Own your product deployment end-to-end: requirements, backlog, sprint planning, scope decisions, releases, and outcomes.
• Drive technical decisions with engineering: architecture, feasibility, trade-offs. Challenge estimates that don't add up.
• Bridge users and engineers: translate operational readiness problems into product requirements through direct user research.
• Shape platform evolution: R&D work across data ontology management, agent orchestration (MCP/A2A), generative interfaces.
• Support delivery operations: ensure the product reduces manual effort across contract types and deployment models.
• Communicate clearly: executive briefings, demos, PRDs, strategic docs, cross-functional alignment.

Skills

DoD clearance

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile practices

Code reading

Technical discussion

Communication skills

Education

CS degree

Job description

Virtualitics is seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive direction for Iris and Forward Deployed Applications, with remote options (DC area preferred) and clearance considerations. You’ll partner with engineering and AI teams to shape deployments for DoD operators and delivery teams.

You will own end-to-end product delivery, lead architectural discussions, and translate user needs into actionable product requirements, balancing technical feasibility with user impact.