Lead Product Strategist, Public Sector

• Forum One is looking for a Lead Product Strategist, Public Sector to help our federal clients define, shape, and deliver digital products and services that meet both user and organizational needs.
• We’re looking for someone who can see the big picture while also getting into the details—helping clients make informed product decisions and translating complex needs into clear priorities for delivery teams.
• What You’ll Do
• Serve as a trusted product advisor throughout the product development lifecycle, helping clients establish a digital product vision and carry that vision through delivery.
• Develop product roadmaps, success metrics, product briefs, and other resources that create alignment around goals and priorities.
• Help clients prioritize the highest-value outcomes based on program goals, user needs, technical considerations, and project constraints.
• Partner closely with Project Managers to ensure product scope and priorities align with contractual requirements, budgets, and timelines.
• Champion user-centered methodologies and lean product approaches to help teams navigate priorities and trade-offs.
• Serve as a product strategy lead and embedded or surrogate Product Owner, guiding clients through feature prioritization and product decisions.
• Lead discovery, user research synthesis, and requirements gathering, translating complex business and user needs into structured product specifications and epics.
• Translate client needs into actionable technical requirements and feature specifications for large-scale Drupal digital transformation and cloud implementations.
• Identify opportunities to introduce new digital services and capabilities, including artificial intelligence and large language model applications.
• Own and prioritize product backlogs in Jira and Confluence, translating strategic goals into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and sprint plans.
• Lead backlog refinement, story mapping, and sprint planning with cross-functional development teams.
• Validate that delivered features meet quality, usability, design, and product expectations before release.
• 6+ years of experience in digital product strategy, product management, or a related field, including experience leading or supporting federal technology, CMS, cloud, or web modernization projects.
• Experience working on large-scale digital transformation initiatives and web CMS platforms, including Drupal and Acquia.
• Familiarity with AI integration, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud security frameworks such as FedRAMP, WAF, and CDNs.
• Strong understanding of federal contracting environments, including FFP, IDIQs, and FAR/DFARS, and how product management operates within fixed-scope government contracts.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with Project Managers and multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex digital products on time and within scope.
• Strong communication, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of digital product strategy, product management, or related experience leading or supporting federal technology, CMS, cloud, or web modernization projects.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Why Forum One?

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