Senior Geospatial Product Manager (remote)

Company Description

About Element 84 

Element 84 is a woman-owned small business that works with public, private, and non-profit sector clients to develop geospatial data processing pipelines & build software that helps answer big questions about our health, our infrastructure, and our changing planet. We solve challenging problems across a wide range of industries, but our superpower is cloud-based geospatial data processing, remote sensing, and Earth science systems. Our headquarters is located in Alexandria, VA and we have a satellite office in Philadelphia, PA. Element 84 also supports a large remote workforce from a variety of other states.

A Few Other Things You Should Know

1. Element 84's values are: We Invest in Each Other, We are Reliable, and Our Work Benefits our World.

2. Element 84 works on meaningful projects that are challenging—from a technical, people, and team perspective. We make an impact on large projects through our leadership and expertise, both formal and informal.

3. Element 84 values life outside of work. We offer parental leave for everyone and support each other through family challenges like medical problems, adoptions, and new babies.

4. Element 84 has had a flexible work schedule since our founding in 2010.

5. Element 84 is committed to fostering a culture of curiosity and respect for all individuals as we constantly strive to create a work environment where everyone feels welcome and supported.

About You

You are curious about the world, are constantly learning, driven to lead (formally or informally), and have a strong work ethic. You're interested in solving impactful problems in science, medicine, and other projects that have a societal good. You can work independently or with a team, prioritize your projects, and be effective without micromanagement.

You'll care about writing. Our team is remote and written communication is essential. In addition to caring about a well-crafted email and a succinct conference abstract, you understand that good writing is good design and engineering.

Job Description

Element 84 is seeking a Product Manager to join Raytheon’s NASA EED-3 program to work in a fast-paced Agile environment that ensures the accurate and timely design, development, and deployment of products and services that allows the large collection of NASA earth science data to be more discoverable by the end-user community. Search and Discovery is an Agile Release Train in which the products and services are built as part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data Information System (EOSDIS) program, which provides end-to-end capabilities for managing NASA’s Earth science data from various sources – satellites, aircraft, field measurements, and other programs. Search and Discovery products include the Common Metadata Repository (CMR) and Earthdata Search Client (EDSC). At Element 84, product managers are expected to be intimately involved with their team's performance, execution, budget, and customer satisfaction. The product manager will oversee the roadmap and delivery of a Scaled Agile (SAFe) release train.

As a member of the EED-3 team you will also ensure the adherence to operational agreements and policies and compliance to program and federal agency standards and requirements.

Duties & Responsibilities

Teamwork & Leadership

You demonstrate the 'We Invest In Each Other' company value in the following ways:

• As a customer-facing leader, you help the team understand high-level customer goals and the value of individual feature requests so that the team may deliver the most value possible.
• You help the customer understand Element 84's development process and advocate for better processes so that the development team is not hindered by external factors.
• You seek opportunities to grow the team by engaging with the customer and driving a vision for your projects.
• You collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists, business users, and other project managers to achieve elegant solutions.
• You build and maintain working relationships with team members, vendors, and other departments involved in your projects.

Execution

You demonstrate the "We Are Reliable" company value in the following ways:

• You define and support the building of desirable, feasible, viable, and sustainable cloud-based products that meet customer needs over time.
• You build relationships and collaborate with internal and external teams to identify and define customer needs, build consensus on strategy, and track dependencies and roadmaps.
• You support the Agile Release Train (ART) in delivering value through the Program Kanban and Continuous Delivery Pipeline.
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