What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Lead position at BlueForge Alliance?
About BlueForge Alliance (BFA):
BlueForge Alliance is an agile program integrator positioned to meet the demand to build capacity for the defense industrial base. We are a unifying organization converging technology, manufacturing, economics, and state and federal government to provide a forward-facing, federated umbrella with national visibility.
As a non-profit, neutral convener, BlueForge Alliance aligns strategy with execution to coordinate regional stakeholders, assess and propose high-value efforts, and rapidly establish and deploy U.S. Department of Defense investments. By streamlining competing priorities and viewpoints, we aim to increase manufacturing capacity and technology adoption, boost the number of available suppliers and diversify investment into the defense industrial base.
Position Summary:
As Product Lead, you will play a key role in the software development lifecycle and product management to support our mission-driven initiatives. This position offers the opportunity to work cross-functionally, leveraging your product management experience to support our organizational goals. You will be a key decision-maker who balances business priorities with technical feasibility and user needs. In addition to the following details, by being a BlueForger, you will be expected to uphold and exemplify our values of Belonging, Selfless Service, Integrity, Leadership, Respect, and Excellence. We uphold these values upon a backbone of humility driven by a culture of safety, vulnerability, and purpose.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Defines product vision and strategy, collaborating cross-functionally with multiple stakeholder groups to understand the needs and speak on their behalf
- Manages product backlogs to drive efficient development following an Agile framework, to include bug fixes and customer-desired functionality
- Creates user acceptance criteria, requirements documentation, and conduct user acceptance testing
- Oversees product releases and maintains documentation related to features, capabilities, and release schedules
- Promotes an atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Manage tasking of Product Managers/Owners.
- Cross-functional alignment on vision, strategy, and roadmap for a portfolio of products across the organization.
- Influence decisions related to product development, prioritization, and resource allocation by presenting data, insights, and recommendations.
- Provides constructive feedback and timely performance evaluations.
