Senior/Staff/Principal Technical Product Manager (U.S. Air Force) New

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Senior/Staff/Principal Technical Product Manager (U.S. Air Force)

United States

About Skylight

Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services.

We’re at the forefront of a civic movement to reinvent how all levels of government serve families, patients, and many others in today’s digital world.

If you want to play a part in driving this critical movement forward, we’d love for you to join our growing team of public interest technologists.

The work we do matters.

About the job

At Skylight, product managers are responsible for strategy, planning, execution, stakeholder management, and team health. Product managers partner with researchers, designers, engineers, client stakeholders, and others to inform their product decisions. At a high level, it’s the product manager’s job to figure out what to build next and why.

A technical product manager specializes in products with significant technical depth — platforms, APIs, data systems, or modernization efforts — where product decisions depend on fluency with the underlying architecture and engineering tradeoffs.

Skylight has partnered with the U.S. Air Force across multiple legacy modernization efforts. The work spans modernization of legacy systems, new capability development in multi-vendor environments, iteration on established platforms, all inside an agile transformation and broader organizational change.

You’ll own product direction for a legacy modernization effort where the architecture, integrations, and vendor landscape shape what’s possible. Expect to make the technical tradeoffs legible to stakeholders, pair closely with your government partners, and put AI-assisted ways of working to use across the team.

What to know going in

Your first 30 days are about working with the Skylight team and government personnel, learning the client’s domain and organization, and enabling your government partners. Access to users varies from team to team, so you’ll need to get creative about how you reach them. The client is early- to mid-transformation, so expect organizational and operational change along the way.

This role is contingent on Skylight being awarded the underlying contract. If we’re not awarded the contract, we’ll let you know promptly and discuss whether there are other opportunities that fit.

What you’ll do

Lead a cross‑functional team of researchers, designers, engineers, and subject matter experts to build and ship high‑impact products and services

Translate needs from users and government partners into a product strategy, including vision, objectives, measures of success, product roadmap, and product backlog

Manage the direction, scope, and priorities of the modernization effort, weighing architecture, integration, and migration tradeoffs alongside user needs

Write user stories, prioritize stories, and build release plans

Work in close partnership with government teams to transfer digital skills and product knowledge throughout the course of the project

Creatively navigate bureaucratic challenges, paving the way for more intuitive processes in the future

What we’re looking for

Understand lean product principles and how to apply them (e.g., minimum viable product) at various stages of the product life cycle in order to mitigate risk, validate assumptions, and amplify learning

Can develop a product strategy that is informed by an understanding of the problem to be solved, prioritizes outcomes over feature sets, and establishes the direction of the product over time (e.g., product roadmap), including success criteria

Ability to execute the product strategy by breaking down the product’s scope into usable chunks of value that can be realized sooner rather than later, creating and maintaining a prioritized backlog with validated user stories, and facilitating team ceremonies over the course of the product’s iterations

Understand how to engage in the process of human‑centered design in order to better inform product direction

Ability to manage clients and stakeholders in a way that builds trust, alignment, and healthy environments for individuals and teams

Understand the merits of different software development methodologies (e.g., agile, lean) and how to put them into practice

Enough technical fluency to weigh architecture and engineering tradeoffs with engineers and explain them to non‑technical stakeholders

Interest in mentoring, coaching, and pairing with government partners so they can carry the work forward

Experience working on cross‑functional teams (product, design, engineering, ops) in iterative delivery

A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values

Nice‑to‑haves

Military or government experience

Experience leading legacy modernization efforts

Experience delivering technology in government, regulated industries, or other public‑benefit settings

A track record of staying aligned and accountable on remote teams

Don’t meet every qualification but think you can do the job? We’d still love to hear from you. If you’re excited about the role, apply. We consider candidates with a range of backgrounds and experiences.

Other requirements

Some of our available roles are on federal contracts that require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute.

All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories.

This contract requires U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment.

You must be able to obtain and maintain a Common Access Card (CAC), which requires a favorable background check.

You must complete a company background check successfully.

Logistics

Position type

This is a full‑time, exempt position.

Location

This is a fully remote position.

Travel

Expect occasional travel to Air Force bases across the U.S., quarterly at most.

November 2026

We want to give you the most competitive salary possible. After all, you deserve it! To that end, we use the results of our interview process to determine what salary is most appropriate given your current level of seniority. For a Product Manager at Skylight, the current salary ranges are as follows:

Associate Product Manager: $90,000–$125,000

Senior Product Manager: $150,000–$185,000

Staff Product Manager: $170,000–$203,000

Your well‑being is important to us, so we focus on supporting you in a variety of ways:

Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance

Short‑term and long‑term disability insurance

Life and AD&D insurance

Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account

Dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period

Flexible paid‑time‑off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays

Up to 12 weeks paid‑time‑off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents

Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options

Annual $2000 allowance for professional development

Annual $750 allowance for tech‑related purchases

Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)

Flexible, remote‑friendly work environment

An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good

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Our process includes a preliminary screen, a skills interview, a behavioral interview, and a reverse interview where you meet your potential team — usually four conversations across two to three weeks. Here are some tips to help you prepare for a successful interview:

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