[Hiring] Lead Product Manager @For People

Role Description

Every month, hundreds of thousands of people go looking for facts about Medicare and Medicaid. They are researchers, reporters, policy staff, and health care providers. When the data is hard to find, a file is too large to post, or a column quietly changes its name between releases, their work slows down or goes wrong.

This project supports the website where the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes that data for the public. It holds a large catalog of datasets, lookup tools, and dashboards from many parts of the agency, available as downloads, interactive tools, and a public API. As Lead Product Manager, you will lead the team that builds and runs it. This is a hands-on role. You’ll:

• Facilitate partner meetings.
• Support the team when they are blocked.
• Get into project details as needed to report clearly on the team’s progress.
• Work elbow-to-elbow with the project’s technical and product leadership.
• Learn about the work enough to identify and help mitigate delivery risks.
• Hold the team accountable for what we promise to government partners.

This position is a full-time position contingent on For People being awarded a federal contract. If awarded, this position’s expected start date is February 2027.

Qualifications

• A humble and caring attitude aligning with For People’s values: passion, fun, curiosity, sustainability, humility, and respect.
• Deep knowledge of agile product management principles and open data standards.
• Experience with collaboration and delivery tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Slack, and GitHub.
• Experience developing and evolving a product roadmap that communicates the vision and business value to stakeholders.
• Ability to oversee Task Order management activities, including reporting, sprint planning, product planning, and coordination of delivery activities.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and develop effective solutions involving schedules, technology, methodologies, tools, resources, and solution components.
• Experience facilitating stakeholder engagement across multiple Government components, business owners, and data owners.
• Experience leading Government digital or technology projects of similar size and complexity.

Requirements

• Experience with public websites built on Drupal.
• Familiarity with CMS security processes.
• Experience leading a contract transition from an incumbent team.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in program or project management, including managing government contracts.
• Master's degree in management, public administration, information technology, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience with open data projects and demonstrated expertise in DCAT-US 1.1, the federal metadata standard for open data.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams, with the ability to lead teams of 15 to 25 people as the contract grows.

Benefits

• 100% remote work.
• Occasional travel to CMS headquarters in Baltimore, MD (2-3 times per year).
• Published base salary range between $100,000 and $160,000 annually.
• Generous benefits including 100% of Gold-tier employee health insurance premiums.
• Annual company profit sharing.

Company Description

For People is improving government digital services for the disadvantaged population. We work directly with government agencies to modernize software, systems, and platforms so that they better serve people.