Staff Product Manager (Temporary with Potential for Full-Time Conversion)

This is a remote position. Position Type: 3-Month Temporary Assignment with the possibility of converting to a full-time employee based on business needs and performance.

About the role

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government. Work on things that matter: our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start.

The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable the VA to increase the use, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes.

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

Responsibilities

• Lead product strategy, roadmap, and execution for a large healthcare-focused digital product supporting Veterans.
• Provide product leadership and strategic oversight for a secondary Tier 3 support product while partnering with an existing product lead.
• Serve as the primary product partner for government stakeholders, engineering teams, designers, and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Drive legacy modernization efforts by helping transition users from legacy systems to modern digital experiences.
• Translate business objectives and user needs into prioritized product backlogs and actionable delivery plans.
• Partner with Scrum teams to deliver incremental value through an Agile development process.
• Balance competing priorities while making informed product decisions with incomplete information.
• Communicate product strategy, priorities, risks, and tradeoffs to technical teams, executives, and government stakeholders.
• Collaborate across multiple organizations to remove blockers, align priorities, and successfully deliver product outcomes.
• Champion user-centered product decisions while balancing mission needs, technical constraints, and business priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 9+ years of relevant experience. Relevant years of experience may be substituted for education.
• 3+ years leading cross-functional Agile product teams.
• Experience serving as the primary product manager for externally facing digital products.
• Experience leading products using Agile Scrum methodologies.
• Experience influencing cross-functional teams and stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong experience managing product roadmaps, prioritization, and stakeholder expectations in complex environments.

Clearance Requirements

• An active Public Trust (Tier 2) security clearance is required on Day 1.
• Candidates who currently hold an active Secret or Top Secret security clearance are also encouraged to apply and will be fast-tracked through the required Public Trust clearance process.
• Must be able to maintain the required security clearance throughout employment.

Desired Skills

• Experience leading consumer-facing healthcare or medical technology products, particularly products involving protected health information (PHI), medical records, patient portals, laboratory results, or clinical notifications.
• Experience supporting federal government digital services programs.
• Experience supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
• Experience leading legacy modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience supporting live production environments, including Tier 3 support, incident management, or operational product ownership.

Benefits

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with employer match
• Paid parental leave after one year of service
• Employee Assistance Program

Pay

The range of starting pay for this role is $140,000-$150,000.