Technical Product / Program Manager

The role

Technical Product / Program Managers will own specific AI or software products from mission requirement to delivered capability. You will work alongside engineers and government stakeholders to manage roadmaps, backlogs, and delivery.

What you will do

• Own the roadmap, backlog, and delivery for an assigned product or capability line.
• Translate mission and operational requirements into clear, scoped engineering work.
• Make independent technical and programmatic trade-off decisions aligned to commander's intent.
• Review pull requests and technical designs to confirm work matches requirements.
• Scope work, challenge estimates, and surface technical risk early.
• Build a quick prototype or script when that is the fastest way to answer a product question.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for government stakeholders.
• Report schedule, risk, and dependencies to Spear AI leadership and the customer.
• Drive adoption and feedback loops with mission users.
• Support accreditation, deployment, and transition in classified environments.

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of product, program, or project management on software efforts
• Agile delivery practice and tooling (Jira, GitLab, or similar)
• Clear communication with both engineers and non-technical government stakeholders
• Working understanding of system architecture, APIs, data flows, cloud services, and deployment basics
• Demonstrated ability to learn new AI platforms, frameworks, and integrations quickly, including agentic AI tooling
• Experience managing AI/ML or LLM-based products
• Delivering software in classified environments, including RMF/ATO
• Active CI Polygraph from DIA or NSA
• Military or Intelligence Community experience
• PMP, CSPO, CSM, or equivalent
• AWS: Bedrock and related services
• Microsoft Azure: Azure AI Foundry and related services

Nice to have

• Palantir: Foundry, Gotham, AIP, Maven Smart System (MSS)
• Reads code in at least one modern language (Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Go) and follow a pull request
• Prior experience as a software engineer before moving into product or program management
• Agentic AI frameworks: LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, MCP

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Dedicated Sick Time
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Professional Development
• 401(k) with company match
• Relocation assistance (position dependent)
• Referral bonuses
• Performance bonuses
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Technology home office setup stipend
• Professional certification reimbursement (position dependent)

About the company

Spear AI is a growing defense contracting company dedicated to delivering cutting-edge solutions that support national security. The company builds sonobuoy sensors and works with the U.S. Navy to collect and process SONAR data.