Staff/Principal Product Lead (ACF)

About Skylight

Lead a cross-functional team of researchers, designers, engineers, and subject matter experts to build and ship high-impact products and services

Translate needs from users and government partners into a product strategy, including vision, objectives, measures of success, product roadmap, and product backlog

Manage the direction, scope, and priorities of the product initiative, building from user research to minimum viable products to scalable solutions

Write user stories, prioritize stories, and build release plans

Facilitate team ceremonies such as planning meetings, stakeholder syncs, and retrospectives

Draw on data and feedback to inform the product strategy and roadmap

Work in close partnership with government teams to transfer digital skills and product knowledge throughout the course of the project

Creatively navigate bureaucratic challenges, paving the way for more intuitive processes in the future

Collaborate with government partners to ensure compatibility with existing processes and technologies

What we're looking for

Minimum qualifications

Has demonstrated experience leading product development from concept through launch for net-new digital tools, navigating ambiguity, defining scope, and building alignment across cross-functional stakeholders in resource-constrained environments

Experience with participatory research processes that centered people with lived experience as active collaborators in product definition, ensuring solutions reflected the real needs and priorities of the communities served

Understand lean product principles and how to apply them (e.g., minimum viable product) at various stages of the product life cycle in order to mitigate risk, validate assumptions, and amplify learning

Can develop a product strategy that is informed by an understanding of the problem to be solved, prioritizes outcomes over feature sets, and establishes the direction of the product over time (e.g., product roadmap), including success criteria

Ability to execute the product strategy by breaking down the product’s scope into usable chunks of value that can be realized sooner rather than later, creating and maintaining a prioritized backlog with validated user stories, and facilitating team ceremonies over the course of the product’s iterations

Understand how to engage in the process of human-centered design in order to better inform product direction

Ability to collaborate with folks outside of your discipline, such as researchers, designers, engineers, and others, in order to get things done

Ability to manage clients and stakeholders in a way that builds trust, alignment, and healthy environments for individuals and teams

Understand the merits of different software development methodologies (e.g., agile, lean) and how to put them into practice

Commitment to equipping federal teams with documentation, training, and mentoring so improvements last beyond the contract

Ability to work effectively in a professional services environment

Passion for improving public outcomes through great government services

A mindset and work approach that align with Skylight’s core values

Nice-to-have qualifications

Background in driving user adoption and enablement, including training, change management, or service design

Demonstrated ability to support large, distributed, or operational user populations

Hands-on involvement with UAT, usability testing, or readiness assessments

Experience working with Palantir’s Foundry platform.

Prior experience working in the civic tech space

Experience working in a remote-team environment

Don’t meet every qualification but think you can do the job? We’d still love to hear from you. If you’re excited about the role, apply. We consider candidates with a range of backgrounds and experiences.

Other requirements

All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories. Some federal contracts require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment.

You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship.

As a government contractor, you may be required to obtain a public trust or security clearance.

You may be required to complete a company background check successfully.

Some of our available roles are on federal contracts that require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute.

Location

This is a fully remote position.

Travel

This role may require occasional or regular travel based on company, client, or contract needs.

Care package

Salary

We want to give you the most competitive salary possible. After all, you deserve it! To that end, we use the results of our interview process to determine what salary is most appropriate given your current level of seniority. For a Product Manager at Skylight, the current salary ranges are as follows:

Associate Product Manager: $90,000–$125,000

Product Manager I: $120,000–$140,000

Product Manager II: $135,000–$160,000

Senior Product Manager: $150,000–$185,000

Staff Product Manager: $170,000–$203,000

Principal Product Manager: $180,000–$230,000

Benefits

Your well-being is important to us, so we focus on supporting you in a variety of ways:

Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance

Short-term and long-term disability insurance

Life and AD&D insurance

Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account

Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period

Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays

Up to 12 weeks paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents

Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options

Business development / sales bonuses

Referral bonuses

Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development

Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases

Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)

Dollar-for-dollar charity donation matching, up to $500 per year

Flexible, remote-friendly work environment

An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good

Interview tips

Visit our join page to learn more about how our interview process works.

Check out our Career Pathways framework to learn more about the different roles within Skylight and the skills needed to do them.

If you’d like to request reasonable accommodations during the application or interviewing process, please contact our recruiting team at [email protected].

We participate in E-Verify and upon hire, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you’re authorized to work in the U.S.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.