Product Manager

Dark Wolf Solutions is looking for a Product Manager to manage the development of products including the resource management, product strategy, functional requirements, and releases.  The Product Manager will coordinate work done by functions (i.e. software developers, software architects, and testers/evaluators).This position requires full-time onsite work in Fort Meade, MD.

Required Responsibilities:

• Product Strategy: Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the product vision, mission, and goals.  Define and prioritize product requirements, including functional and non-functional requirements. 
• Resource Management: Manage and allocate resources, including personnel, equipment, and compute resources, to ensure successful product development and launch. 
• Functional Requirements: Define and document functional requirements, including user stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria. 
• Release Management: Plan and manage product releases, including coordinating with development teams, testing and evaluation teams, and stakeholders. 
• Stakeholder Management: Communicate and collaborate with stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, and internal teams, to ensure that product requirements are met and that products are delivered on time and within budget. 
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with various functions, including software development, software architecture, testing and evaluation, and design, to ensure that products are developed and delivered successfully.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years managing teams using agile and DevOps methodologies
• Experience using User Centered Design and working closely with users using investigative techniques to discover high priority user needs
• Experience working with product teams to research and design solutions to user needs in the form of wireframes, storyboards, and prototypes
• Excellent oral communications skills and experience leading briefing for customer, outreach, and user training sessions
• Excellent written communication skill and experience writing status reports, manuals, and user guides
• Bachelor's degree
• US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance with an active Counter Intelligence (CI) Polygraph

Desired Qualifications:

• Leading agile ceremonies including standups, sprint planning, review, and retrospective meetings
• Briefing customer on project status and leading product demos
• Working closely with product teams to assist with onboarding to a DevSecOps environments
• Providing training to product teams to assist with environment onboarding and leading orientation sessions and outreach meetings
• Working closely with product owners and other customer stakeholders to lead requirements identification and feature demonstrations.
• Supporting and working alongside a cross-functional engineering team on the latest technologies
• Developing and iterating best practices to increase the quality and velocity of deployments

The estimated salary range is $120,000.00 - $150,000.00, commensurate on experience, technical expertise, certifications, and clearance level.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.

We are strictly looking for direct, full-time W2 employees. We do not engage with third-party staffing agencies, C2C, or 1099 independent contractors for this role.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.