Staff Product Manager - Remote Leadership & Delivery

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

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.