Platform Government Product Manager

About the role

Join a dedicated team focused on shaping the future of AI-powered enterprise software for the public sector and capturing the massive market opportunity within the expanding global government vertical. This new, critical function will bridge the gap between our go-to-market strategy and our product engineering execution, ensuring we deliver world-class, compliant solutions to public sector clients.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the end-to-end technical platform product roadmap for the government vertical, ensuring it aligns with GTM priorities and contractual requirements.
• Act as the primary liaison between offering management, cloud engineering, and product engineering to ensure a single, aligned strategy.
• Translate complex compliance needs (FedRAMP, DoD IL5, EU AI Act, etc.) into clear, actionable requirements and dependencies for engineering teams.
• Eliminate rework and discovery issues by intentionally designing products and features that are ready to operate in government clouds on day one.
• Provide confident and reliable GA dates to GTM teams and partners, dramatically improving our sales effectiveness.
• Drive alignment so horizontal platform features evolve to support the unique compliance and workflow requirements of the Government vertical.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on government product requirements, dependencies, and timelines for the entire organization.
• Engage with customers, partners, and GTM teams to validate needs and communicate roadmap direction.

Requirements

Please note because of the federal nature of this role, we require US Citizenship for this position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business-related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• 8+ years of experience in software product management, with a significant focus on the government or public sector.
• Expert-level understanding of government compliance and security standards (FedRAMP, DoD IL4/5, IRAP, GPDR, etc.).
• Proven success in leading product strategy for a government-focused software solution.
• Demonstrated analytical expertise, problem-solving skills, and business judgment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, with a history of effectively engaging with senior leadership.
• Strong knowledge of and/or background in cloud technologies and the software development lifecycle.

Skills

You are a highly influential product leader with deep subject matter expertise in the government technology space. You excel at navigating complex, matrixed organizations and are a master communicator, capable of translating high-level business goals into detailed technical requirements. You are a strategic thinker who can build consensus and drive alignment between commercial ambitions and engineering execution, and a life-long learner who embraces technology change.

Benefits

Pega offers an industry analyst acclaimed technology leadership across our categories of products, continuous learning and development opportunities, an innovative, inclusive, agile, flexible, and fun work environment, competitive global benefits program inclusive of pay + bonus incentive, employee equity in the company, and a high-impact, individual contributor role with significant executive visibility and the opportunity to shape the future of a billion-dollar business line.

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $113,800 - $176,500 USD annually. This role may also be eligible for annual bonus OR commission, as well as benefits and other incentives.

Schedule

The final compensation will be determined during the offer process based on the candidate's education, experience, skills, and qualifications, as well as market conditions and may vary from the posted range.