Senior Solution Architect Product Manager

IQUASAR LLC; Sterling (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IQUASAR LLC is seeking a Senior Solution Architect & Product Manager based in Sterling, VA/Remote. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in Product Management or Solution Architecture, with a strong focus on Real Time Location Systems (RTLS). Key responsibilities include leading technical architecture, supporting proposal development, and owning the RTLS product roadmap. The role requires a solid understanding of Agile processes and excellent communication skills. Candidates should be familiar with VA environments and asset management workflows.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Product Management, Solution Architecture, or related roles.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing RTLS solutions.
• Experience in Agile delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead RTLS solution architecture for opportunities across VA environments.
• Support proposal development and ensure solutions align with VA standards.
• Own the RTLS product roadmap while ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Act as Product Owner in Agile delivery, managing backlog and priorities.
• Support governance processes and ensure compliance with enterprise standards.
• Provide technical leadership and support for active delivery efforts.

Skills

Product Management

Solution Architecture

Agile Delivery

Strong Communication Skills

RTLS Solutions

Change Management

Job description

AgileRank is a dynamic IT services firm specializing in support to federal customers. As industry leaders in Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), we deliver innovative solutions that improve operational efficiency, asset visibility, and decision-making across complex healthcare environments.

Overview

Position: Senior Solution Architect & Product Manager.
Location: Sterling, VA/Remote
Position Type: Full time

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture & Opportunity Support: Serve as the lead RTLS solution architect for deals, opportunities, and capture activities across VA environments. Partner with Business Development and Capture teams to shape opportunities, define solution approaches, and influence win strategies. Lead solutioning for RTLS opportunities, including technical architecture and integration approaches, deployment and operational concepts, and phased rollout and sustainment models. Participate in customer discovery sessions to clarify needs and translate them into actionable solution designs.
• Proposal Support: Support proposal development by contributing to and/or authoring technical volumes and product narratives, implementation and transition approaches, and sustainment, operations, and risk mitigation strategies. Ensure proposed solutions align with VA standards, ATO/RMF constraints, enterprise architecture, and delivery realities.
• Product Ownership & Roadmap Leadership: Own the RTLS product roadmap (active RTLS and passive RFID), ensuring alignment with business objectives, VA enterprise initiatives, and technology evolution. Translate strategy into a clear, executable product operating plan with priorities, milestones, success metrics, and reporting.
• Agile Delivery & Product Ownership: Act as Product Owner within Agile delivery, including backlog ownership and prioritization, feature definition and acceptance criteria, and trade-off decisions balancing speed, risk, and value. Lead requirements definition and prioritization with traceability from stakeholder needs through delivery and sustainment. Incorporate delivery feedback, lessons learned, and operational outcomes into continuous product improvement. Measure and communicate product health, performance, risks, and roadmap progress to leadership and stakeholders.
• Governance, Change Management & Compliance: Support structured governance processes including Change Control Boards (CCBs), release coordination, and technical bulletins and communications. Ensure RTLS product changes are documented and traceable, aligned with enterprise architecture and security standards, and introduced in a controlled, operationally safe manner. Apply awareness of ATO, RMF, and continuous monitoring when making product and architecture decisions. Ensure product evolution accounts for security impact analysis, documentation updates, and operational and sustainment risk.
• Delivery Support & Technical Leadership: Act as a technical SME and advisor to active delivery efforts, supporting RTLS capabilities (active RTLS and passive RFID), asset tracking and location workflows, tagging and commissioning processes, battery lifecycle management, and inventory and cycle count operations. Provide hands-on guidance to projects to resolve architectural, integration, or operational challenges. Partner with delivery leaders to define and standardize repeatable implementation models, artifacts, and best practices across VA sites. Serve as a trusted escalation point for complex technical or product-related delivery issues.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Product Management, Solution Architecture, or related senior product/technical leadership roles.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience designing and implementing RTLS solutions (active RTLS and/or passive RFID).
• Experience working with RTLS OEMs, integrators, or healthcare delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of asset tracking, tagging, inventory management, and sustainment workflows.
• Proven experience supporting capture, proposal, or pre-sales solutioning efforts.
• Experience operating within Agile or hybrid Agile delivery environments, including backlog and roadmap ownership.
• Working knowledge of change management and governance in regulated or enterprise environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience producing product documentation, technical proposals, and executive briefings.
• Proven ability to engage effectively with technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
• Direct experience supporting VA / VHA / VISN / VAMC environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise healthcare IT, HTM, and clinical operations.
• Experience supporting or delivering ATO/RMF-driven systems.

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