Staff Product Manager (HHS)

skylighthq; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Retirement match

Flexible PTO

Job summary

skylighthq is seeking a Lead Product Manager to oversee a portfolio supporting federal health programs. You will lead a small team of product managers, shape new requests into focused work, and guide delivery in a fast-evolving environment.

You will partner with research, design, and engineering to inform direction, while coaching managers and navigating changing client priorities. A modern, remote-friendly setup with travel to Washington, DC may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience applying lean product practices to test assumptions and reduce risk.
• Ability to set product strategy around user problems and outcomes with roadmaps and clear success criteria.
• Skill in prioritizing backlogs, defining validated user stories, and delivering in increments.
• Understanding of human-centered design and collaboration across disciplines.
• Strong client and stakeholder management to build trust and alignment.
• Direct experience managing product managers with agile/lean delivery methods.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary product contact for agency stakeholders, turning requests into scoped, prioritized work.
• Establish intake, planning, and team routines that enable fast progress with minimal process overhead.
• Own a product workstream, translating needs into vision, roadmap, success metrics, and backlog.
• Decompose goals into increments, validate user stories, and facilitate delivery ceremonies.
• Collaborate with research, design, and engineering to influence direction via human-centered design.
• Coach product managers and support their growth and performance amid shifting priorities.

Skills

Lean product practices

Roadmap development

Backlog prioritization

Stakeholder management

People leadership

Agile delivery

User-centered design

Job description

Role overview

Lead product work across a portfolio supporting federal health programs, while managing a small team of product managers and owning a workstream yourself. The role combines client-facing strategy and delivery with people leadership: you will shape new requests into focused work, help teams move forward amid changing priorities, and develop the people you manage. The environment favors early, iterative delivery and clear decisions when scope is still emerging.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary product contact for agency stakeholders, uncovering the need behind new requests and turning them into scoped, prioritized work.
• Establish practical intake, planning, and team routines that support fast progress without unnecessary process.
• Own a product workstream, translating user and stakeholder needs into a vision, roadmap, success measures, and prioritized backlog.
• Break product goals into useful increments, validate user stories, and facilitate delivery ceremonies.
• Work with research, design, and engineering partners to inform product direction through human-centered design.
• Manage and coach product managers, supporting their growth, performance, and day-to-day work while navigating shifting client priorities.

Requirements

• Ability to apply lean product practices, including minimum viable approaches, to test assumptions and reduce risk.
• Experience setting product strategy around user problems and outcomes, with roadmaps and clear success criteria.
• Skill in prioritizing backlogs, defining validated user stories, and delivering work in manageable increments.
• Understanding of human-centered design and the ability to collaborate across disciplines.
• Strong client and stakeholder management skills that build trust and alignment.
• Direct experience managing product managers, along with knowledge of agile and lean delivery methods.

Benefits and work setup

• Full-time, exempt, fully remote position; occasional travel to Washington, DC may be needed.
• Salary is determined by level and interview assessment. The listed Staff Product Manager range is $170,000–$203,000.
• Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; disability and life insurance; retirement match; flexible paid time off and federal holidays; and paid leave for eligible new parents.
• Additional offerings include performance rewards, professional development and technology allowances, and a remote-friendly work environment.