Product Manager

Leidos has an opportunity for a senior Product Manager supporting our Air Force  Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services (ACSS) contract. The ACSS Product Manager  operates at the program / capability level  within the Agile construct. This role directly supports the Government Cloud One PM  by translating mission needs, customer priorities, operational pain points, and strategic objectives into a clear roadmap, program backlog, and prioritized set of initiatives, epics, and features. The Product Manager is responsible for ensuring the program is building the right capabilities, in the right order, for the right mission outcomes . They work across Product Owners, technical leads, business owners, stakeholders, and external partner teams to align priorities, manage dependencies, prepare work for execution, and ensure delivered capabilities meet the intent of the Government and the needs of Cloud One users. Because this role supports the Government PM, the Product Manager should recommend, coordinate, and manage execution alignment , while ensuring final prioritization and direction remain with the Government. The Cloud One ACSS Product Manager is responsible for managing the program-level product roadmap and backlog in support of the Government Cloud One PM. The Product Manager coordinates across Product Owners, technical teams, business owners, and stakeholders to translate Cloud One priorities into executable initiatives, epics, and features. This role ensures work is aligned to mission value, properly sequenced, ready for PI planning, and traceable from stakeholder need through delivery and validation. The Product Manager does not replace Product Owners or Scrum Masters. Product Owners manage team-level backlogs and story execution, while Scrum Masters facilitate Agile execution and remove impediments. The Product Manager provides the program-level connective tissue that aligns strategy, priorities, dependencies, and outcomes across the broader ACSS delivery organization.

Maintain the ACSS product vision and roadmap in coordination with the Government PM, Technical Director, Product Owners, and key stakeholders. Manage the program-level backlog, including initiatives, epics, priorities, dependencies, target dates, and delivery status. Translate Government priorities into executable work, ensuring initiatives and epics are clearly defined, scoped, sequenced, and aligned to mission value. Coordinate across Product Owners, helping ensure team-level backlogs align to the broader ACSS roadmap and program priorities. Support prioritization decisions using value, urgency, dependency, risk, capacity, and funding considerations, including WSJF where appropriate. Drive PI planning and planning readiness, including roadmap review, priority alignment, dependency identification, and preparation of top initiatives for execution. Validate that delivered capabilities meet intent, participating in demos, reviews, and stakeholder feedback sessions to determine whether outcomes satisfy the need. Maintain visibility of cross-team dependencies and blockers, ensuring actions are assigned, tracked, and driven to closure. Coordinate with Business Owners, Government stakeholders, and external partners to ensure alignment on expected outcomes, schedule impacts, and delivery priorities. Run Product Management and PO sync meetings, using those forums to maintain roadmap alignment, resolve priority conflicts, and surface decisions needed from the Government PM.

Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, including experience supporting complex technical, cloud, software, or IT programs. 5+ years of Program or Product Management, Product Ownership, or equivalent Agile leadership experience managing capabilities across multiple delivery teams. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated