Vannevar Labs

Staff Technical Product Manager

Vannevar Labs

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

Distributed Systems

About the role

  • Define and evolve cross-platform system primitives and structures, translating mission and product needs into durable system behaviors and producing artifacts that clarify system intent (PRDs, specs, evaluation criteria)
  • Drive resolution of structural problems spanning multiple engineering organizations
  • Build alignment across engineering leadership, design, and mission stakeholders
  • Maintain convergence momentum across teams implementing shared capabilities
  • Partner with Engineering Managers to translate structural intent into execution plans and hold convergence through delivery
  • Stay engaged through delivery to ensure implementations converge on intended outcomes
  • Identify architectural divergence early and drive corrective action
  • Identify and drive resolution of cross-team dependencies arising from shared platform primitives and structural initiatives

Requirements

  • Experience operating at Staff level in TPM, product architecture, or engineer-to-PM hybrid roles
  • Strong systems reasoning across distributed systems, identity/authorization, or platform architecture
  • Demonstrated success shaping technical direction across multiple teams
  • Demonstrated ability to drive cross-organizational technical initiatives through to outcome - articulating tradeoffs, aligning stakeholders, and landing durable decisions
  • Credible communicator able to influence senior engineers and technical leadership across domains without relying on formal authority structures
  • High ownership mindset in ambiguous environments
  • Outstanding driver and communicator who identifies structural risks early - such as unclear ownership, missing definitions, or weak execution setup - and intervenes to correct course
Benefits
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Remote friendly with WeWork access
  • Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
  • 401(k) match
  • Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
  • Salary top-up during military reserve duty
  • Fully paid parental leave
  • Child and pet care reimbursement during travel
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
cross-platform system primitivessystem behaviorsarchitectural divergencedistributed systemsidentity/authorizationplatform architecturetechnical directioncross-organizational technical initiativesexecution plansstructural initiatives
Soft Skills
strong systems reasoningcredible communicatorinfluencehigh ownership mindsetoutstanding driveridentify structural risksintervene to correct coursearticulate tradeoffsalign stakeholdersland durable decisions