Chief Product Manager

The role

The Chief Product Manager owns product development execution across the Rapid Capabilities portfolio and builds product processes to scale. This role works with the VP & CTO to turn strategy into roadmaps, priorities, and shipped outcomes.

What you will do

• Translate the VP & CTO's vision into an outcome-based portfolio roadmap with KPIs.
• Design, implement and continuously improve product practices across all projects.
• Own product development from concept through general availability.
• Partner with engineering on technical tradeoffs and delivery performance.
• Represent product direction to executives, customers and partners.
• Manage competing demands across programs.
• Support process, funding and IP management for projects.
• Help recruit, coach and grow product talent.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years in product management, including at least 5 years leading product across multiple concurrent cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated record of measurable product outcomes, such as sustained user growth, workflow time reduction or cost savings.
• Strong engineering fluency: able to engage credibly on architecture, technical debt and tradeoffs, with hands-on experience in at least one modern programming language or framework.
• Experience improving software delivery performance using recognized measures (e.g., DORA metrics) across cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Working mastery of Lean, user-centered design and Agile/XP practices, including discovery, framing and iteration planning.
• Proven ability to build or mature a product practice: defining standards, playbooks and career expectations for product roles.
• Track record of navigating complex organizational structures, bureaucracy and policy or compliance requirements to deliver results.
• Composure and sound judgment under sustained pressure and competing priorities

Nice to have

• Active TS clearance (SCI eligible)
• Experience delivering software for defense, intelligence or other government mission customers, ideally in a software-factory or rapid-acquisition setting
• Experience with mission or data platforms common in the defense space
• History of advising senior executives and shaping organizational policy, standards or workforce structures
• Experience recruiting at scale and coaching product leaders
• Public speaking or thought leadership in the product management community

Benefits

• Performance-based bonuses
• Extensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Substantial paid time off and holidays
• Flexible work arrangements where possible
• Income protection benefits

About the company

Clarity Innovations is a national security partner delivering software and data engineering platforms for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. The company focuses on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring.