SME SOFTWARE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT LEAD

Ignite • Full-time • Washington, DC, US • 2w ago

Job Description

Ignite is an ISO 9001:2015 and CMMI Services Level 3 and Development Level 2 certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), headquartered in Huntsville, AL. By design, Ignite is a provider of professional services to customers in educational, federal, and commercial industries and in every action seeks to be the preeminent provider within this business space.

The Software Product Management Lead (SME) is responsible for defining and maintaining product roadmaps, prioritizing feature backlogs, and ensuring alignment with mission and program objectives. This role serves as a key member of the software development team and functions as the Deputy Program Manager and Scrum Master, supporting program leadership and leading Agile ceremonies. The SME SPML monitors sprint performance, tracks metrics, and coordinates task execution across development teams. Acting as the primary liaison between software development, architecture, requirements, and program execution teams, this position ensures requirements are clearly defined, traceable, and compliant with mission needs .

This position is contingent upon contract award.

Job Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Define and maintain product roadmaps, prioritize feature backlogs, and ensure alignment with mission and program objectives.
Serve as Deputy Program Manager and Scrum Master, leading Agile ceremonies and supporting day-to-day program execution.
Translate operational and technical requirements into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria in coordination with engineering and architecture teams.
Monitor sprint performance and Agile metrics, providing actionable insights and status updates to program leadership and stakeholders.
Ensure requirements traceability, compliance, and alignment with DoD acquisition, security, and governance standards.
Coordinate cross-functional teams to manage dependencies, risks, and delivery timelines across the product lifecycle.
Support release planning, integration, testing, and deployment of mission-critical software capabilities.

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Qualifications – SME Level:

Education:
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, and math-related or similar field
Required Experience:
- A minimum of 9+ years of (SME/Senior level) DoD Software Architecture and Development experience, including experience architecting, developing, deploying, and maintaining high-availability, mission-critical, systems and capabilities.
- A minimum of 9+ years of experience supporting end-to-end iterative software development product sprint development processes and product release launches.
- Experience defining and prioritizing Epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria based on customer and business needs, data, and feedback.
- A minimum of 4+ years of experience communicating and presenting product backlogs, metrics, strategies, and roadmaps to technical scrum teams and non-technical stakeholders
Desired Experience
- Possess one of the following certifications:
  - Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) credential
  - Scrum Alliance (e.g., Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner),
  - Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) credentials (e.g., SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Product Owner/Manager).
- Experience supporting the DoD or Military Service Department CMA mission areas
- A minimum of 3+ years of AWS GovCloud and DoD CC SRG experience.
- A minimum of 9+ years of experience in systems and capabilities with U.S. services (e.g., U.S. Army, U.S. Navy (USN), U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)).

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