Senior Product Manager - Department of War

Fortress Information Security is seeking a Senior Product Manager for the Department of War, responsible for leading product strategy and executing on products that enhance military readiness and decision-making. The role involves collaborating with various teams to deliver compliant and high-quality products while overseeing the product lifecycle and communicating progress to stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the product vision and roadmap for capabilities supporting Department of War, ensuring alignment with operational needs and evolving defense priorities
• Convert user insights, field requirements, and program objectives into clear product direction and measurable outcomes
• Partner with engineering, design, and data teams to deliver secure, reliable, and high-quality products optimized for mission use
• Oversee the product lifecycle to ensure ongoing reliability, sustainment, and continuous improvement across mission-critical capabilities
• Define success metrics, analyze performance, and refine product decisions based on data, user feedback, and mission impact
• Communicate progress and strategic recommendations to executives and government stakeholders while representing the voice of military users across the organization

Requirements:

• 5+ years of product management (or equivalent) experience, ideally with complex enterprise or government-facing products
• Strong analytical, strategic, and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach
• Excellent leadership and communication abilities, with experience influencing cross-functional teams
• Ability to understand DoD mission needs, acquisition processes, and technical requirements. Includes familiarity with FAR/DFARS, compliance frameworks (NIST, CMMC), program offices, and how federal contract vehicles operate
• Technical fluency (APIs, AI/ML, data models, architecture, scaling) and comfort working closely with engineering
• Customer-obsessed approach with experience gathering insights through interviews, research, and usability testing, especially with high-stakes user groups
• Familiarity with agile/lean methodologies and modern product development practices
• Active clearance preferred; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (required)
• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, information technology, supply chain, business administration or equivalent professional work experience required
• Prior experience working within federal, defense, or high-growth technology environments
• Experience with AI/ML features, data-driven products, or platform ecosystems
• Experience with Jira, Looker, MongoDB, Postgres, Aha!, etc
• Previous startup-scale or high-growth company experience