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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented SETA AI Product Manager to join our team! In this role you will get to advise and support the design, integration, and maturation of AI-enabling infrastructure across mission-focused environments. This role is ideal for a technically strong engineer who understands how to stand up, assess, and guide modern AI platforms in secure government settings, who will be product manager in the MADA ART.
The ideal candidate is not just technically capable, but deeply curious, self-motivated, and passionate about AI. We are looking for someone who continuously learns, experiments, and stays current with emerging tools, architectures, and best practices—even outside formal work requirements. This person should bring both engineering judgment and an enthusiasm for helping government teams adopt AI platforms in a practical, secure, and mission-aligned way.
What You'll Be Doing:
Provide SETA support to government leadership and technical teams on AI platform architecture, integration, and sustainment.
Provide SETA advisory support on AI product strategy, planning, and execution.
Define and refine AI use cases, product goals, success criteria, priorities, and delivery roadmaps.
Review proposed AI solutions for feasibility, mission relevance, and alignment with available resources.
Support requirements development, backlog shaping, and capability prioritization.
Guide teams in aligning AI solution development with mission outcomes, user needs, and program objectives.
Monitor effort execution and help keep teams on track with milestones, dependencies, risks, and decision points.
Translate between technical teams and non-technical leadership, ensuring shared understanding of goals and risks.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
12+ years with a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Operations, or related discipline; 10 years with Masters' degree.
Experience in product management, technical program support, capability delivery, or requirements management in a government, defense, or complex enterprise environment.
Demonstrated ability to work with technical teams building software, data, AI, or digital solutions.
Strong understanding of product lifecycle concepts, roadmap planning, prioritization, stakeholder management, and execution tracking.
Familiarity with AI concepts, terminology, current capabilities, and practical implementation challenges.
Ability to advise leadership while also engaging productively with engineers and solution teams.
Excellent written, verbal, and briefing skills.
Active TS SCI w/ Polygraph security clearance required
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
Experience supporting AI, data, analytics, or software modernization efforts.
Familiarity with Agile, SAFe, DevSecOps, or iterative capability delivery models.
Ability to understand technical topics such as LLMs, AI tools, cloud platforms, agentic workflows, evaluation, and data dependencies without needing to be a hands-on developer.
Experience in defense, cyber, or operational mission environments.
Background in technology strategy, innovation support, requirements development, or portfolio management.
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret SCI w/Polygraph security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $134,100.00 - $241,400.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree with 12+ years relevant experience (or Master's with 10 years)
- Experience in product management, technical program support, capability delivery, or requirements management in government, defense, or complex enterprise environments
- Demonstrated ability to work with technical teams building software, data, AI, or digital solutions
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle concepts, roadmap planning, prioritization, stakeholder management, and execution tracking
- Familiarity with AI concepts, terminology, current capabilities, and practical implementation challenges
- Ability to advise leadership while also engaging productively with engineers and solution teams
- Excellent written, verbal, and briefing skills
- Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph security clearance
- Experience supporting AI, data, analytics, or software modernization efforts
- Familiarity with Agile, SAFe, DevSecOps, or iterative capability delivery models
- Ability to understand LLMs, AI tools, cloud platforms, agentic workflows, evaluation, and data dependencies without being a hands-on developer
- Experience in defense, cyber, or operational mission environments
- Background in technology strategy, innovation support, requirements development, or portfolio management
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
