Technical Product Manager

This is a U.S. based position. All of the programs we support require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.

Who we are:

Raft (https://goraft.tech) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional small business with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development, with headquarters in Reston, VA. Our range of clients include innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting edge tech stack, and cloud native ecosystem. We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans.

About Role: 

We’re looking for an experienced Technical Product Manager to support our customer and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers. This is a unique opportunity to help build and shape a game-changing organization where we put our customers and people first.

About the role:

• Work with stakeholders to drive cross-cutting and/or critical initiatives for the company
• Ensure that we can deliver projects on time
• Proactively identify and resolve roadblocks/challenges affecting projects
• Train and help other leaders to become better in program management
• Make technical decisions to keep projects running on time
• Explain technical architecture, decisions, and 'trade-offs' to both engineering and other functions
• Work with Engineering, Product, and Security leadership to streamline and drive our projects on a predictable schedule
• Run cross-functional meetings and drive decision-making around schedule adjustments, bug triage, and internal and external partner/customer delivery
• Act as a communications liaison between technical and non-technical colleagues
• Lead technical design and architecture discussions across cross-functional teams

What we are looking for:

• Experience driving complex and massive projects across the organizations
• Strong communication, interpersonal and leadership skills to work with both engineering and other non-technical stakeholders
• Experience managing end-to-end lifecycle of technical projects
• Strong technical skills. Experience in actual design and development of software projects is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent practical experience

Highly preferred:

• Strong technical skills. Experience in actual design and development of software projects is a plus
• Act as a communications liaison between technical and non-technical colleagues

Clearance Requirements:

• Active Top Secret security clearance

Work Type:

• San Antonio, TX (Hybrid)

What we will offer you:  

• Highly competitive salary 
• Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage 
• 401(k) and company match 
• Unlimited PTO + 11 paid holidays 
• Education & training benefits 
• Annual budget for your tech/gadgets needs 
• Monthly box of yummy snacks to eat while doing meaningful work 
• Team off-site in fun places! 
• Generous Referral Bonuses 
• And More!

Our Vision Statement:  

We bridge the gap between humans and data through radical transparency and our obsession with the mission.

Our Customer Obsession:

We will approach every deliverable like it's a product. We will adopt a customer-obsessed mentality. As we grow, and our footprint becomes larger, teams and employees will treat each other not only as teammates but customers. We must live the customer-obsessed mindset, always. This will help us scale and it will translate to the interactions that our Rafters have with their clients and other product teams that they integrate with. Our culture will enable our success and set us apart from other companies.

How do we get there?

Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. We, at Raft, want to innovate and solve complex problems. And, if we are successful, our generation and the ones that follow us will live in a delightful, efficient, and accessible world where out-of-box thinking, and collaboration is a norm.

Raft’s core philosophy is Ubuntu: I Am, Because We are. We support our “nadi” by elevating the other Rafters. We work as a hyper collaborative team where each team member brings a unique perspective, adding value that did not exist before. People make Raft special. We celebrate each other and our cogni