Mobile Apps Software Product Management Lead

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Business, Product Management, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related discipline. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered when permitted by contract requirements., * Minimum 8 years of experience in software product management, product ownership, digital product delivery, or technology leadership.
• Experience leading product vision, roadmaps, feature strategies, backlogs, releases, and user-focused requirements for native or cross-platform mobile applications.
• Demonstrated experience managing mobile products across discovery, design, development, testing, app-store release, analytics, sustainment, and modernization.
• Experience leading Agile cross-functional teams in complex federal, DoD, public-sector, healthcare, human services, or similarly regulated environments.
• Experience collaborating with government stakeholders and translating mission and policy needs into actionable mobile software outcomes.

Technical Knowledge (Required)

• Strong understanding of iOS and Android product ecosystems, mobile application lifecycles, device constraints, platform design conventions, app-store delivery, and mobile release management.
• Working knowledge of native mobile technologies including Swift, SwiftUI, Xcode, Objective-C, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android Studio, Java, Gradle, and platform SDKs.
• Working knowledge of cross-platform technologies such as React Native with JavaScript/TypeScript, Flutter with Dart, Kotlin Multiplatform, Ionic, or Capacitor.
• Understanding of mobile architecture, API integration, OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect, secure local storage, offline synchronization, push notifications, deep links, analytics, crash reporting, and performance optimization.
• Experience overseeing Git-based source control, pull requests, automated testing, mobile CI/CD, code signing, dependency management, software composition analysis, and staged releases.
• Understanding of mobile usability and accessibility, including platform accessibility APIs, assistive technology testing, responsive/adaptive layouts, and Section 508 considerations.
• Understanding of secure mobile design and testing, including data protection, cryptography and key management, authentication, network security, platform interaction, privacy, code quality, resilience, and software supply-chain risks.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery, backlog management, sprint planning, release management, and end-to-end software development lifecycles.
• Working knowledge of ITIL practices supporting digital product operations.

Technical Knowledge (Preferred)

• Experience with open-source mobile frameworks and tooling such as React Native, Flutter, Kotlin Multiplatform, Ionic, Capacitor, Fastlane, Appium, Detox, Maestro, or similar solutions.
• Familiarity with cloud-native mobile backends in AWS GovCloud or Microsoft Azure Government, including APIs, serverless functions, containers, managed databases, identity, messaging, content delivery, observability, and infrastructure as code.
• Experience supporting regulated IL4/IL5 environments and integrating mobile products with federal identity, security, monitoring, and enterprise services.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, or similar product and engineering collaboration tools.
• Experience with human-centered design, mobile usability research, prototypes, design systems, accessibility testing, product analytics, feature flags, experimentation, and phased rollout.
• Experience with on-device ML, privacy-preserving analytics, generative AI integrations, mobile threat modeling, penetration testing, and secure coding reviews.
• Experience supporting high-availability, public-sector, multilingual, offline-capable, or high-traffic consumer mobile products.

Certifications

• Required: ITIL 4 Foundation.
• Required: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or comparable product owner certification.
• Required: CompTIA Security+ or approved equivalent.
• Preferred: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Project Management Professional (PMP), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, or additional product management certifications.
• Preferred: AWS, Azure, mobile development, accessibility, cybersecurity, secure software, Agile, or DevSecOps certifications.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate mission needs and mobile user journeys into clear business, user, technical, security, and accessibility requirements.
• Excellent prioritization, decision-making, analytical, risk-management, and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong leadership skills for guiding distributed cross-functional teams without relying solely on direct authority.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior government leaders, mobile engineers, designers, cybersecurity specialists, operations personnel, and end users.
• High attention to detail, customer advocacy, technical curiosity, sound judgment, and commitment to accessible, secure, reliable, user-centered mobile services.