Leads technical product management for Federal Student Aid, translating mission and user needs into product strategies, roadmaps, capabilities, backlogs, and measurable outcomes. Mentors product owners, partners with architecture and engineering teams, prioritizes technical dependencies and risks, supports backlog refinement, defines requirements, and facilitates stakeholder decisions. Coaches teams on product lifecycle management, incremental delivery, governance, product performance, user outcomes, service health, and mission value.
At Goldschmitt and Associates LLC (G&A), we’re not just another company—we’re a catalyst for innovation and impact, and we’re inviting passionate, forward-thinking individuals to join us on this journey. Recognized multiple times on the Inc 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies, G&A is a leader in tech transformation and system modernization for some of the nation’s most important federal agencies.
Our culture is built on creativity and collaboration. We offer flexible schedules, telework options, and an environment where your ideas truly matter. At G&A, you won’t just clock in—you’ll be solving real-world challenges and working on projects that make a difference in the lives of millions.
Joining our team means becoming part of a vibrant, connected community where innovation thrives, your voice is heard, and your impact is felt. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast, a strategic thinker, or a problem-solver, at G&A, you’ll have the opportunity to level up your career while making a real-world impact.
If you’re ready to be part of a company that values purpose as much as progress, G&A is the place for you!
Summary:
Goldschmitt & Associates is seeking a Product Management SME to help Federal Student Aid translate mission and user outcomes into technically achievable product strategies, roadmaps, capabilities, backlogs, and measurable results.
The Product Management SME will serve as the technical bridge between FSA product owners and the architecture, data, integration, platform, security, engineering, and operations teams responsible for delivering the product. This role requires strong product-management expertise combined with sufficient technical depth to understand complex systems, challenge assumptions, identify dependencies, and help product owners make informed tradeoffs.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Our culture is built on creativity and collaboration. We offer flexible schedules, telework options, and an environment where your ideas truly matter. At G&A, you won’t just clock in—you’ll be solving real-world challenges and working on projects that make a difference in the lives of millions.
Joining our team means becoming part of a vibrant, connected community where innovation thrives, your voice is heard, and your impact is felt. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast, a strategic thinker, or a problem-solver, at G&A, you’ll have the opportunity to level up your career while making a real-world impact.
If you’re ready to be part of a company that values purpose as much as progress, G&A is the place for you!
Summary:
Goldschmitt & Associates is seeking a Product Management SME to help Federal Student Aid translate mission and user outcomes into technically achievable product strategies, roadmaps, capabilities, backlogs, and measurable results.
The Product Management SME will serve as the technical bridge between FSA product owners and the architecture, data, integration, platform, security, engineering, and operations teams responsible for delivering the product. This role requires strong product-management expertise combined with sufficient technical depth to understand complex systems, challenge assumptions, identify dependencies, and help product owners make informed tradeoffs.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Mentor FSA product owners and supporting contractors on product-management practices
- Help define product visions, desired outcomes, measurable objectives, roadmaps, and product performance measures
- Translate mission and user needs into product capabilities and technically actionable priorities
- Work with engineering, architecture, cloud, security, integration, and data teams to understand technical dependencies and constraints
- Facilitate roadmap development and prioritization using business value, user outcomes, technical risk, architecture, security, operational health, and technical debt
- Support backlog refinement and ensure backlog items remain connected to defined product outcomes
- Help define epics, capabilities, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and nonfunctional requirements
- Incorporate system telemetry, operational data, user feedback, analytics, and performance information into product decision-making
- Identify opportunities to deliver capabilities incrementally rather than through large project-based releases
- Support product lifecycle management from discovery and initial capability development through modernization, operations, and continuous improvement
- Facilitate discussions between technical and nontechnical stakeholders and translate complex technology issues into product implications
- Identify architecture, integration, data, security, and platform decisions requiring escalation or executive review
- Help develop reusable product-management practices, templates, metrics, decision frameworks, and governance standards
- Coach teams in moving from output-based measures to measures of product performance, user outcomes, service health, and mission value
- Strong experience managing complex digital or technology products
- Demonstrated understanding of software architecture, APIs, cloud platforms, data environments, integrations, DevSecOps, and modern software delivery
- Experience developing product roadmaps and managing technically complex backlogs
- Ability to engage architects and engineers credibly while communicating technical concepts to business and executive stakeholders
- Strong analytical and facilitation skills
- Experience with Agile and iterative delivery methods, while understanding that product management extends beyond Agile ceremonies
- Possess at least 8 years of product management, technical product management, engineering/product delivery, systems analysis, or related technology experience
- Possess the ability to pass a 6C Public Trust investigation, including US citizenship
- Experience in federal or regulated technology environments
- Experience with financial services, lending, servicing, data platforms, or large-scale digital services
- Experience with enterprise platforms or products spanning multiple systems and organizational boundaries
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