Product Manager

The role

The Product Manager will create and maintain tooling and pipelines that support UDS application packaging and core software deliverables. This person will report to the Director of Product and work with teams to deliver outcomes that support missions and internal teams.

What you will do

• Participate in and foster open source communities around Defense Unicorns’ open source projects
• Own a product vision end-to-end and be accountable for delivering to customer segments
• Manage the expectations and delivery of outcomes of engineers
• Establish and communicate vision and objectives at all levels of the company
• Balance customer, business, and technical priorities with limited resources
• Synthesize external customer requests into an internal product roadmap
• Keep Growth and Delivery teams aligned on roadmap and value proposition
• Understand business strategy and adapt product strategy and roadmap to accomplish company objectives
• Present information in customer facing engagements
• Have technical conversations with engineering and design to trade off roadmap versus engineering effort

Required qualifications

• Experience managing, updating and using task, information and code management tools like GitHub, Notion, Hubspot, Google Workspace, etc.
• Experience working with and continuously delivering software under Agile software development principles

Nice to have

• A deep understanding of how DevSecOps pipelines operate and the tools which make them work
• An understanding of core Kubernetes concepts, specifically images, Helm charts, and related technologies
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to leverage data and metrics for informed decision-making
• Experience establishing a clear product roadmap and value proposition to prospective customers
• Knowledge of and experience with monetization models for open source software

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Premiums are 100% Company Paid
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Company Stock Options
• Home Office Budget
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Federal Holidays
• One week for Thanksgiving
• Two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s

About the company

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so their customers can focus on the most important challenges. They create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery.