Product Manager
Obviant
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Arlington • Virginia • United States
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About the role
- Own product areas end-to-end, from problem definition through delivery and iteration.
- Develop and maintain product vision, roadmaps, and priorities aligned with company goals.
- Make tradeoffs between speed, scope, and quality to maximize user impact.
- Define success metrics and use data, user feedback, and judgment to guide decisions.
- Develop deep understanding of user workflows across government, industry, and investor use cases.
- Engage directly with users to identify pain points, validate solutions, and uncover new opportunities.
- Translate complex, domain-specific problems into clear product requirements and narratives.
- Partner closely with engineering to scope work, write clear requirements, and drive predictable delivery.
- Break large initiatives into iterative, measurable increments that ship quickly.
- Support design reviews, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and release coordination.
- Ensure product decisions are clearly communicated and well understood across teams.
- Collaborate with engineering, design, data, and leadership on prioritization and execution.
- Align stakeholders around goals, tradeoffs, and timelines.
- Coordinate with go-to-market, content, and communications teams to support launches and messaging.
- Ensure features are intuitive, reliable, and aligned with real user needs.
- Continuously refine product based on usage data, feedback, and evolving mission requirements.
- Identify and manage product risks, dependencies, and technical constraints.
Requirements
- 5+ years of product management experience building complex software products
- Strong track record of owning products or features from concept to launch
- Experience working closely with engineering teams in fast-moving environments
- Ability to reason about complex data, workflows, and systems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong product judgment and comfort making decisions under uncertainty
- Passion for defense, national security, or public-sector missions
- Bonus:
- Experience in govtech, defense, or regulated environments
- Familiarity with data platforms, analytics tools, or AI-enabled products
- Prior experience working directly with government users or policy-driven domains
Benefits
- Flexible schedule
- Competitive compensation + meaningful equity
- Flexible vacation time
- Full health, dental, and vision insurance
- Ownership in a high-growth, mission-critical company
- And more…
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
product managementdata analysisuser feedback analysisrequirements gatheringagile methodologiesiteration planningrisk managementmetrics definitionfeature prioritizationsoftware development lifecycle
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingdecision-makingstakeholder alignmentuser empathyadaptabilityleadershipcritical thinkingorganizational skills