Who we are:

Raft (https://TeamRaft.com) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional small business with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development, with headquarters in Reston, VA. Our range of clients include innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting edge tech stack, and cloud native ecosystem. We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans.

We’re looking for an experienced Technical Product Manager to support our customer and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers. This is a unique opportunity to help build and shape a game-changing organization where we put our customers and people first.

About the role:

• Provide SME support to CNO Agile project management efforts and support for Agile tools/systems that are used to support UP program office execution
• Execute Agile ceremonies associated to Program Increment and Sprint planning and execution
• Coach and train personnel to ensures Agile practices and ceremonies are understood and executed including but not limited to backlog development, backlog refinement, estimation, release planning, Sprint planning, visible management, daily standups, retrospectives, Sprint demos, Kanban, and other relevant practices
• Implement and maintain Dev Team plan within Space Camp Program Office
• Develop, implement, execute, maintain, and continuously improve Agile processes to support consistent application across the entire program office
• Develop, implement, execute, maintain, and continuously improve detailed guidance to track all work within Agile management systems for UP leadership to ensure transparency of work status and traceability of work to each hierarchical component of USCYBERCOM and USSF requirements
• Develop, implement, execute, maintain, and continuously improve methodology to continuously groom and prioritize team backlogs that align with requirements, as well as near-term and long-term capability roadmaps
• Develop, implement, execute, maintain, and continuously improve detailed strategy to monitor and visualize mission and/or business value, supported by metrics, of planned and delivered work for UP leadership decision support
• Develop, implement, execute, maintain, and continuously improve Agile Workflow systems to support UP and JCWA Systems of Systems planning and execution

What we are looking for:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a technical environment
• Experience managing one or more programs
• Experience supervising technical personnel
• Experience with Scaled Agile and DevSecOps methodologies
• Experience with technical requirements analysis, dependency resolution, risk management, task tracking, and schedule management
• Experience interfacing with customer leadership, user community members, and teams of software developers
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Highly preferred:

• Experience with a Cyber component of the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA)
• Experience with Big Data Platforms
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline implementations
• Experience with Authorization to Operate (ATO) and Certificate to Field (CtF) processes
• Experience with Team Topologies concepts, team organization, and interaction modes
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, and/or GitLab
• Experience with conflict resolution and team building
• Ability to professionally communicate verbally and in writing to present technical details to audiences of varying technical depth
• Certification in Scaled Agile execution
• Certification in program/project management

Highly preferred:

• Direct experience working with DoD clients
• Proven track record managing favorable profit and loss
• AWS knowledge and experience
• Agile certification(s)
• Experience working in a software factory environment 
• Experience with ATO and RMF processes

Clearance Requirements:

• Active Secret security clearance

Work Type:

• Hybrid (Colorado Springs, CO)
• May require up to 10% travel

What we will offer you:  

• Highly competitive salary 
• Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage 
• 401(k) and company match 
• Take as you need PTO 11 paid holidays 
• Education & training benefits 
• Annual budget for your tech/gadgets needs 
• Monthly box of yummy snacks to eat while doing meaningful work 
• Team off-site in fun places! 
• Generous Referral Bonuses 
• And More!

Our Vision Statement: 

We bridge the gap between humans and data through radical transparency and our obsession with the mission.

Our Customer Obsession:

We will approach every deliverable like it's a product. We will adopt a customer-obsessed mentality. As we grow, and our footprint becomes larger, teams and employees will treat each other not only as teammates but customers. We must live the customer-obsessed mindset, always. This will help us scale and it will translate to the interactions that our Rafters have with their clients and other product teams that they integrate with. Our culture will enable our success and set us apart from other companies.

How do we get there?

Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. We, at Raft, want to innovate and solve complex problems. And, if we are successful, our generation and the ones that follow us will live in a delightful, efficient, and accessible world where out-of-box thinking, and collaboration is a norm.

Raft’s core philosophy isUbuntu: I Am, Because We are. We support our“nadi”by elevating the other Rafters. We work as a hyper collaborative team where each team member brings a unique perspective, adding value that did not exist before. People make Raft special. We celebrate each other and our cognitive and cultural diversity. We are devoted to our practice of innovation and collaboration.