Forum One - Lead Product Strategist, Public Sector
Requirements
• 6+ years of experience in digital product strategy, product management, or a related field, including experience leading or supporting federal technology, CMS, cloud, or web modernization projects. • Experience working on large-scale digital transformation initiatives and web CMS platforms, including Drupal and Acquia. • Familiarity with AI integration, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud security frameworks such as FedRAMP, WAF, and CDNs. • Strong understanding of federal contracting environments, including FFP, IDIQs, and FAR/DFARS, and how product management operates within fixed-scope government contracts. • Demonstrated experience partnering with Project Managers and multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex digital products on time and within scope. • Strong communication, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder management skills. • Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of digital product strategy, product management, or related experience leading or supporting federal technology, CMS, cloud, or web modernization projects. • Must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
Responsibilities
• Serve as a trusted product advisor throughout the product development lifecycle, helping clients establish a digital product vision and carry that vision through delivery. • Develop product roadmaps, success metrics, product briefs, and other resources that create alignment around goals and priorities. • Help clients prioritize the highest-value outcomes based on program goals, user needs, technical considerations, and project constraints. • Partner closely with Project Managers to ensure product scope and priorities align with contractual requirements, budgets, and timelines. • Champion user-centered methodologies and lean product approaches to help teams navigate priorities and trade-offs. • Serve as a product strategy lead and embedded or surrogate Product Owner, guiding clients through feature prioritization and product decisions. • Lead discovery, user research synthesis, and requirements gathering, translating complex business and user needs into structured product specifications and epics. • Translate client needs into actionable technical requirements and feature specifications for large-scale Drupal digital transformation and cloud implementations. • Identify opportunities to introduce new digital services and capabilities, including artificial intelligence and large language model applications. • Own and prioritize product backlogs in Jira and Confluence, translating strategic goals into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and sprint plans. • Lead backlog refinement, story mapping, and sprint planning with cross-functional development teams. • Validate that delivered features meet quality, usability, design, and product expectations before release.
Benefits
• At Forum One, we partner with government agencies and mission-driven organizations to create digital experiences that improve how people access information and services. Our teams combine strategy, design, technology, and data to solve meaningful problems.
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