Staff Product ManagerVirtualitics Iris and Forward Deployed Applications
Remote (DC area preferred) | Active Security Clearance or Security Clearance Eligibility | HQ: Pasadena, CA
The RoleYou will work closely with cross-functional peers to drive product direction while ensuring day-to-day operational efficiency from the product development team. You will work with the engineering and AI team to make architecture decisions, scope sprints, run demos, and pressure-test trade-offs in real time. The product serves two audiences: DoW operators and delivery teams (data scientists, engineers, partner integrators) who configure and maintain deployments of Virtualitics' product offering.
Responsibilities- Own your product deployments end-to-end: defining strategic vision, requirements, backlog, sprint planning, scope decisions, releases, and outcomes.
- Drive technical decisions with engineering: architecture, feasibility, trade-offs, maintaining strong company-wide standards. Challenge estimates that don't add up.
- Bridge users and engineers: translate operational readiness problems into product requirements through direct user research. You'll be hands on with real users.
- Shape platform evolution: R&D work across data ontology management, agent orchestration (MCP/A2A), generative interfaces. Collaborate with other senior technical staff to define the vision.
- Support delivery operations: ensure the product reduces manual effort across contract types and deployment models.
- Communicate clearly: executive briefings, demos, PRDs, strategic docs, cross-functional alignment. You are the connective tissue. As a Staff PM, you should also be mentoring other product team members.
Qualifications- US Citizen with active Secret, TS, or TS/SCI clearance (or ability to obtain quickly)
- CS degree (or equivalent technical degree) or 1-2 years of software engineering experience
- 6+ years of product management or software engineering experience shipping software in agile environments
- Comfortable reading code, reviewing architecture, and holding your own in technical discussions
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
Preferred:- Experience with AI/ML products, defense/government tech, or classified environments (SIPR/NIPR)
- Startup experience, especially navigating the scalability and automation phase
- Platform product experience: technical interfaces (APIs, SDKs) alongside standard web applications
Compensation- Competitive salary, equity, and performance bonus
- Medical, dental, vision. Unlimited PTO.
- Growth path to Principal Product Manager or Management Track
