Nava PBC - Vice President of Product Management
Requirements
• 10+ years in product management, with at least 5 years leading product leaders (not only individual contributors) • Experience leading a large team or department through hiring, staffing, performance management, and career development • Proven success establishing product-market fit and shaping go-to-market strategy for new products and platforms • Strong analytical, strategic-thinking, and problem-solving skills • Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills • Experience with agile methodologies and modern product management practices • Demonstrated AI leadership in a product organization: setting and executing AI strategy, scaling AI workflows across multiple product teams, and building AI products • Experience in digital services, software delivery, or government modernization programs • Experience leading billable or client-deployed staff in a professional services model • Experience working across federal, state, and/or local government programs • Leadership characteristics • Strong communicator who engages executive, client, peer, and team audiences with clarity and credibility • Skilled facilitator and influencer who can align stakeholders across a matrix, navigate competing priorities, and build forward momentum for company priorities • Client-centered leader who understands that product excellence and delivery excellence are inseparable • Credible external voice who can shape Nava's point of view in the market and with clients • Empathetic, transparent people leader who sets a high bar for collaboration, speed, and quality • $250,000—$275,000 USD • All roles at Nava require the following: • Legal authorization to work in the United States • Ability to meet any other requirements for government contracts for which candidates are hired • Work authorization that doesn’t require visa sponsorship, now or in the future • May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract
Responsibilities
• AI leadership and the future of the practice • Set and own the strategy for how Nava's Product practice adopts AI, including identifying opportunities, sponsoring pilots, scaling what works, and embedding AI-informed workflows across product teams • Lead Nava's point of view on AI in government product delivery, including how product competency is evolving as AI blurs the lines between product, design, and engineering • Shape how AI products and services are developed and governed in regulated public-sector environments • Keep the practice at the forefront of how modern product teams work, translating emerging methods into repeatable capabilities • Product strategy and go-to-market • Own product strategy for capabilities and solutions that differentiate Nava from competitors • Set direction for the go-to-market strategy for Nava's solutions, driving decisions and holding the work accountable end-to-end • Oversee activities to establish product-market fit for new offerings and reusable assets • Decide where the practice should invest to grow its expertise, methods, and capabilities • Growth and business development • Translate delivery insight into opportunity shaping and Nava's competitive positioning • Contribute product expertise to growth opportunities including organic expansion and formal procurements • Identify and staff subject matter experts from the Product practice to support business development proposals • Delivery partnership • Ensure teams apply Nava's cross-functional delivery model to build modern, user-centered products that achieve strong client outcomes • Partner with portfolio VPs/directors and program managers in Program Delivery to ensure smooth delivery and effective staffing across contracts • Serve as a senior escalation point for product management performance and delivery concerns • Practice and people leadership • Set the standards of excellence, leveling, and career direction for product management and policy strategy at Nava • Lead Product Directors who carry day-to-day management, mentoring, staffing, and development across the practice • Accountable for retention, engagement, performance, and a healthy leadership pipeline • Foster a culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement • Stakeholder engagement and communication • Partner with the Chief Delivery Officer and executive leadership on product strategy and the direction of the practice • Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders where product leadership is the differentiator • Represent Nava externally as a credible voice on product delivery and AI in government
Benefits
• Health coverage — comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans to support your overall health needs • Health coverage • Insurance coverage — Nava provides disability, life, and accidental death insurance at no cost • Insurance coverage • Time off — vacation, holidays (including Juneteenth), and floating holidays to rest and recharge • Time off • Company holidays — enjoy 12 paid federal holidays each year on top of your regular PTO • Company holidays • Annual bonus — when Nava meets its goals, eligible employees receive a performance-based annual bonus • Annual bonus • Parental leave — paid time off for new parents, plus weekly meals delivered to your home • Parental leave • Wellness program — full platform offering physical, mental, & emotional health resources & support tools • Wellness program • Virtual care — see doctors online with no copay through a virtual visit program (depending on available providers) • Virtual care • Sabbatical leave — earn extended unpaid leave after continuous service for personal growth or rest • Sabbatical leave • 401(k) match — Nava matches 4% of your salary to support your retirement savings plan • 401(k) match • Flexible work — remote-first environment with flexibility built around your schedule and responsibilities • Flexible work • Utility support — monthly reimbursement to help offset eligible home office utility expenses • Utility support • Learning opportunities — internal training programs and resources to help grow your professional skills • Learning opportunities • Development opportunities — LinkedIn Learning access & an annual allowance for courses, tuition, & certs • Development opportunities • Referral bonus — get rewarded when you refer great people who join the Nava team • Referral bonus • Commuter benefits — pre-tax commuter programs to support in-office travel when applicable • Supportive culture — A collaborative and remote-friendly team environment where people genuinely care • Supportive culture • Location • Location • We have fully remote options if you reside in one of the following states: • Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin • If you are not living in one of the states listed above, unfortunately, you will not be considered for a position at this time. • Stay in touch • Stay in touch • Please contact the recruiting team at [email protected] if you would like to request reasonable accommodation during the application or interviewing process. • We participate in E-Verify. Upon hire, we will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. This role requires you to work from the contiguous United States. • Equal Employment Opportunity • Nava is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, gender and/or gender identity or expression, color, creed, religion, religious creed, age, national origin, ethnicity, disability, veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, reproductive health autonomy, pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth, genetic information, domestic violence victim status, marital status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Nava prohibits any such discrimination or harassment. This policy applies to all employees, applicants, contractors, and temporary workers of Nava.
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