[Hiring] Senior Technical Product Manager @For People

Role Description

You'll join a high-impact project with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), helping to define and build a new automated system that replaces a critical manual process. As the Product Manager, you will be the voice of the user and the steward of the product vision, transforming ambiguous needs into a clear roadmap. Your work will ensure our team builds the right system, creating a valuable and sustainable tool that improves a vital government service for years to come.

Your Opportunities

• Lead the discovery and requirements-gathering process, working with senior government stakeholders to define the product vision.
• Translate complex policy goals and user needs into clear user stories, specifications, and an actionable product backlog for the technical team.
• Lead roadmap reviews with stakeholders. Own technical implementation scoping and prioritization for the data science team, and synthesize results into an actionable roadmap.
• Serve as the primary bridge between the client and the technical team, ensuring there is a shared understanding of the problems we are solving.
• Be prepared to speak about technical concepts to stakeholders, only pulling in the Data Science team when deep expertise is needed.
• Own and prioritize the product backlog to ensure the team is always working on the most valuable features to meet the project's aggressive timeline.
• Champion a user-centered approach, ensuring the final solution is intuitive and effective for the federal staff who will operate it.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and product demonstrations to gather feedback and drive alignment across different government groups.
• Contribute to the risk register to document decision points and tradeoffs around complexity, level of effort, and feasibility.

Qualifications

• A humble and caring attitude aligning with For People's values— how we work with passion, fun, curiosity and sustainability, humility and respect.
• Proven experience as a Product Manager, Business Analyst, or Product Owner on complex software, reporting, or data projects.
• A track record of successfully shipping products while working with cross-functional teams of engineers, data scientists, and subject matter experts.
• Demonstrated experience leading requirements-gathering processes, managing a product backlog, and writing clear, actionable user stories.
• An exceptional ability to navigate ambiguity and bring structure to undefined problem spaces.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• A strategic mindset combined with a humble, collaborative, and user-focused approach that aligns with our company values.
• Experience in government contracting, civic tech, or federal health programs (specifically Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program) is highly desirable.

Requirements

• You must perform all work physically within the United States at all times.
• You must be a United States citizen and be able to pass a government-performed public trust background check.

Benefits

• This position is 100% remote.
• This is a 6-month contract position with a competitive hourly rate of $80-110/hr.