Product Management Lead

Ad Hoc LLC is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. The Product Management Lead will work with leadership to shape the technical direction of the program, mentor team members, and advocate for effective product management practices to meet delivery requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Develops an understanding of program scope, schedule and cost management; with the support of leadership, articulates contractual delivery requirements to team members
• Provides coaching and development to product team members, and works with leadership to define growth goals and development plans, and creates a culture where people can learn and evolve
• Develops collaboration skills to partner with key stakeholders to represent the product management practice in advocating for the best technical solutions while communicating tradeoffs
• Exhibits effective and strong communications skills in order to gain consensus, mitigate conflict, and serves as a stewardess of innovation or change
• Responsible for defining the vision and strategy for the product management discipline and may support the identification of growth opportunities
• Leads team processes and seeks out best practices to fill gaps
• Responsible for supporting program leadership to meet the delivery of required scope and deliverables
• Development of people management skills to successfully assume direct management responsibilities
• Participates in interviews with new candidates and develops/grades homework
• May participate in bid-writing, tech demos, strategic planning, and other customer-facing communications
• Responsible for hiring, performance management, timecard reviews, PTO management and team development

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and 9+ years of experience
• Relevant years of experience may be substituted for education
• 2+ years of mentoring and coaching experience; experience with communicating and leading tasking efforts to support delivery
• Proven experience supporting technical and back end projects
• Ability to obtain/maintain any of the following: CSPO, CPM, CSM or other related certification
• General understanding of government contracting requirements and regulations
• Experience in implementing AI-powered productivity tools to enhance team workflows