Product Manager – Application Modernization

Product Manager – Application Modernization

Location: Pennsylvania – Hybrid (2 days onsite per week)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Residency Requirement: Must reside in Pennsylvania

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead a major application modernization initiative for a critical public-sector solution. This is a high-visibility, multi-year modernization project focused on transforming a legacy application into a modern, scalable, user-focused platform.

The Product Manager will own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, requirements, backlog, and delivery lifecycle. You will work closely with business stakeholders, architects, developers, UX/UI professionals, and vendors to ensure the modernized solution meets current and future business needs while adhering to security, accessibility, data privacy, and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a large-scale application modernization initiative.
• Gather, document, prioritize, and manage business requirements and user stories from diverse stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and actionable product backlog items.
• Partner with solution architects, developers, UX/UI designers, and vendors to define modern technical and integration approaches.
• Prioritize features and technical initiatives based on business value, risk, dependencies, and strategic objectives.
• Facilitate Agile/Scrum activities including backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Serve as the primary bridge between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams.
• Define product success metrics and KPIs and monitor progress against business objectives.
• Oversee and support large-scale data conversion and testing activities.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and delivery impediments and drive them toward resolution.
• Support change management, user adoption, communications, and training activities.
• Ensure the product aligns with applicable security, accessibility, data privacy, and compliance requirements, including WCAG standards.
• Provide regular project and product updates, recommendations, and risk assessments to leadership and business sponsors.

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of experience as a Product Manager leading large-scale, $10M public-sector modernization initiatives.
• Proven experience modernizing legacy applications or leading significant digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong experience gathering requirements and user stories from diverse business stakeholders and converting them into prioritized product backlogs.
• Hands-on knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar platforms.
• Experience overseeing and testing large-scale data conversions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong organizational, analytical, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities, stakeholders, risks, and dependencies.