Atlassian

Senior Product Manager - Atlassian Government Cloud

Atlassian$168K — $219K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in B2B SaaS product management with a focus on platform security and compliance.
  • Experience with FedRAMP Moderate/High and DoD SRG/IL5 authorization processes.
  • Familiarity with NIST 800-53 and RMF frameworks; knowledge of CMMC and ITAR is beneficial.
  • Understanding of cloud infrastructure, specifically AWS and GovCloud, and how controls are implemented.
  • Strong track record of leading large, cross-functional initiatives and communicating effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with US Government customers to gather mission requirements and convert them into engineering tasks.
  • Develop product strategy and roadmap collaboratively with peers in engineering and compliance.
  • Execute cross-functional initiatives, defining scope, success metrics, and risk management strategies.
  • Forge partnerships with federal agencies to gather feedback and represent product vision in various forums.
  • Support pricing, packaging, and launch activities across multiple departments including sales and marketing.
  • Act as an internal and external thought leader, clarifying customer experiences and regulatory challenges.
  • Drive overall success for both Atlassian and its customers by ensuring product alignment with user needs.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellbeing resources.
  • Paid volunteer days to engage with the community.
  • Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Access to a wide range of perks including wellness programs and team-building activities.
Full Job Description
Overview

This role is part of the team that is shaping and delivering Atlassian Government Cloud, with a focus on supporting our customers missions that require FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 authorized platforms. The team translates customer and regulatory requirements into a sequenced roadmap while balancing compliance scope, engineering cost, and market impact with a "build once, authorize many" architecture.
What this team does
  • Defines and communicates the end-to-end vision, roadmap, and success metrics for FedRAMP High and IL5 offerings.
  • Partners with core engineering, platform, security, Risk & Compliance, Legal, and GTM to design and deliver an isolated, compliant environment and achieve authorizations to operate (ATOs).
  • Engages with agency sponsors and design partners to validate requirements, secure letters of intent, and plan migrations.
  • Shapes pricing, packaging, and launch plans aligned to public-sector buying and budget cycles.
  • Influences Marketplace and app-readiness strategy to meet FedRAMP High and IL5 constraints.
  • Partners with the Atlassian Marketplace team and third-party app vendors to ensure critical apps and plugins are technically and compliance-ready for FedRAMP High and IL5.
  • Collaborates with go-to-market and solution provider partners to build repeatable implementation patterns and reference solutions for public-sector customers.
  • Works with GTM and commercialization teams (pricing, packaging, sales, marketing) to design smooth evaluation, purchase, onboarding, and deployment experiences that meet federal procurement and compliance constraints.


Responsibilities

What you'll do as a Product Manager on this team
  • Work directly with US Government customers and their partners to understand their missions, requirements, and needs, and translate those into actionable requirements for engineering
  • Co-create product strategy and roadmap with peer PMs, engineering, and compliance leaders; frame trade-offs and sequence milestones for FedRAMP High and IL5.
  • Drive cross-functional execution, clarifying scope, acceptance criteria, and success metrics; surface risks early and propose mitigation paths.
  • Collaborate with field and customer teams to establish design partnerships and gather feedback from federal agencies and primes; represent the roadmap in customer and executive forums.
  • Inform pricing and packaging decisions and support launch readiness across sales, marketing, customer success, and support.
  • Act as a thought leader internally and externally, helping your peers and supporting teams to understand the customer experience, regulatory realities, and mission.
  • Drive success for Atlassian and our Customers
On day one, you bring
  • B2B SaaS product management background with experience in platform, security, or compliance-focused products.
  • Hands-on delivery experience with FedRAMP Moderate/High and DoD SRG/IL5 at scale, including familiarity with authorization processes and working with assessors.
  • Working knowledge of NIST 800-53 and RMF; awareness of related frameworks such as CMMC and ITAR where relevant to SaaS.
  • Fluency with cloud infrastructure concepts (AWS; GovCloud experience preferred) and how they map to control implementation.
  • Proven ability to lead large cross-functional initiatives, make scope/sequence trade-offs, and communicate clearly with executives, regulators, and customers.
Nice to have
  • Direct collaboration with GSA/FedRAMP PMO, DISA, or US federal agencies on SaaS authorizations.
  • Background in public sector or highly regulated industries (defense, aerospace, critical infrastructure).
  • Experience enabling partner ecosystems/marketplaces within regulated cloud environments.


Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.

Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Pay Ranges

In The United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:

Zone A: $168,300 - $219,725

Zone B: $151,470 - $197,753

Zone C: $139,689 - $182,372

Qualifications

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits

About Atlassian

Atlassian is a leading provider of collaboration, development, and issue tracking software for teams. With over 194,000 customers worldwide, including 85 of the Fortune 100, Atlassian is changing the way teams work. Our products help teams organize, discuss, and complete shared work. Atlassian has a unique business model that allows us to deliver software to teams of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. Our products are available on a subscription basis, with no upfront fees or long-term commitments. Atlassian was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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