Technical Product Manager - IT Operations & Security

PhoenixTeam is a federal technology program provider, and they are seeking a Technical Product Manager to lead the Operations workstream. The role involves managing multiple projects, building relationships with stakeholders, and ensuring alignment with client priorities while overseeing technical delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary point of contact and relationship owner with the VA Operations lead, building trust and a collaborative working partnership
• Maintain and continuously refine a prioritized roadmap across approximately 15 Operations projects, incorporating ROI, risk, technical dependencies, and VA-wide mandates
• Facilitate prioritization discussions with the VA Operations lead, providing data-driven recommendations and clearly articulated trade-offs
• Manage 3-4 concurrent in-flight projects (e.g., infrastructure upgrades, CyberArk/secrets management implementation, application compliance enhancements) from initiation through delivery
• Oversee delivery of projects across a mixed technology environment, including Linux and Windows servers, Oracle databases, Salesforce, MuleSoft, and AWS Lambda, coordinating with the technical leads and engineers responsible for each platform
• Assess staffing needs for upcoming and in-flight projects; screen and evaluate resumes and candidate qualifications for infrastructure, security, and DevSecOps engineering roles
• Partner with technical leads and delivery teams to validate proposed solutions, staffing plans, and estimates before they are committed to the client
• Support development of cost proposals and rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimates for new Operations projects, incorporating lessons learned, actuals, and staffing models from prior work
• Identify, track, and manage risks, issues, and dependencies across the Operations portfolio and communicate impacts proactively to the VA lead and program leadership
• Coordinate with other product/workstream leads on the program to manage cross-portfolio impacts and shared resource or infrastructure dependencies
• Own project-level reporting, including status, burn rate, schedule, and risk reporting to both VA stakeholders and internal program leadership
• Maintain and refine the Operations backlog in Jira (or equivalent), including epics, features, and user stories, in partnership with technical leads
• Support onboarding and ramp-up of new project staff, ensuring clear understanding of scope, priorities, and VA operating norms
• Contribute to continuous improvement of program processes for roadmapping, estimating, and delivery based on lessons learned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and 7 years of relevant experience managing technology products and/or projects
• An additional 2 years of experience with an Associate's Degree
• An additional 4 years of experience with a high school diploma
• Demonstrated experience managing infrastructure, security, or IT operations-focused technology projects (e.g., cloud migration, identity/access or secrets management, network or systems upgrades)
• Working familiarity with enterprise technology environments comparable to this program's stack, such as Linux and Windows server administration, relational databases (e.g., Oracle), Salesforce, integration platforms (e.g., MuleSoft), and AWS serverless services (e.g., Lambda) — sufficient to plan, staff, and manage projects involving these technologies without requiring hands-on engineering expertise
• Experience building and maintaining a product/project roadmap and prioritizing a multi-project portfolio based on ROI, risk, and stakeholder input
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects (3 or more) with competing timelines, dependencies, and resource constraints
• Experience reviewing technical resumes and assessing candidate qualifications for infrastructure, security, or engineering roles, in partnership with technical leads
• Experience contributing to cost proposals, estimates, or statements of work, including incorporating lessons learned from prior projects
• Strong working knowledge of Agile delivery practices and tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with client stakeholders
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage ambiguity and shifting priorities
• Ability to assess and communicate the impact of decisions across a broader program of related technology products
• Experience supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or other federal government clients
• Familiarity with CyberArk or other Privileged Access Management (PAM) and secrets management platforms
• Direct experience managing or delivering projects involving Salesforce, MuleSoft, Oracle databases, or AWS Lambda/serverless architectures
• Experience navigating VA (or other federal agency) technology mandates, compliance requirements, or ATO processes
• PMP, CSM/PSM or equivalent project/product management certification
• Experience with cost estimation, basis of estimate (BOE) development, or federal proposal support
• Background in infrastructure, cloud (e.g., AWS), network, or security engineering prior to moving into product/program management
• Experience managing subcontractor or vendor relationships in support of project delivery
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and CI/CD or infrastructure-as-code concepts