Systems Intelligence is excited to uphold the Army Software Factory’s mission of enabling Soldiers to become software professionals. We are looking for a Product Management Practice Lead to enable others in a one-to-many model, focusing their efforts on activities that scale to many practitioners at once and cultivating an environment for continuous practice improvement. The Practice Lead establishes core practices, drives continuous learning, deliberately coaches for professional growth, curates learning resources and coordinates with Executive Leadership in standardizing enablement practices for the organization. Travel: CONUS travel in performance of the contract will be determined at the time of need. Shift: Core business hours of 8:45 A.M through 5:15 P.M central time, Monday through Friday, with eight working (non-lunch) hours per day Prescribed period during which lunch may be taken: 11:00 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. **Responsibilities** The Practice Lead is the principle assessor for all personnel in the unit with corresponding practice and is responsible for performing the following duties: + Executes lean and agile rituals and methodology. + Develops and implements customer practices. + Measures the health of practice. + Responsible for professional growth and development of 6-8 Soldiers. + Coaches and mentors to progress Soldier competencies. + Serve as senior expert in their technical craft who translates that expertise to coach and enable at appropriate audience level to include novice, junior, intermediate, senior, and/or executive. + Support the Learning and Product Office to inform and evolve the skills matrix, adapting and adding skills to the changing needs of the customer, which may require developing the skills matrix for a new language, new software frameworks, or similar, and recommendations and curriculum to train end users on the new skills. + Contribute training support and planning to practice times and training events. + Draft agendas and training plans. + Transfer knowledge via tangible program documentation and support to training events, both recurring and ad hoc (e.g., Hackathon). + Support evaluation and recommendation regarding technologies that can and should be used to enable ASWF practices. **Qualifications** + Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar relevant field. + 10 years of experience as Product Manager. + Capable of coaching and managing the development of multiple senior product managers and their products including resource management, product strategy (physical or digital), functional requirements, and releases. + 5 years of Experience coaching and coordinating work done of teams of functions (like software engineers, security, compliance, data scientists, and product designers). + Familiar with lean and DevSecOps principles. + Able to confer with systems analysts, engineers, and others to design applications and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces. + Capable of managing client relationships, including determining client needs/requirements, managing client expectations, and demonstrating commitment to delivering quality results. + Ability to obtain interim Secret clearance prior to start date and achieve/maintain Secret clearance upon final adjudication. **Job ID** 2025-15611 **Work Type** On-Site **Company Description** **Work Where it Matters** Systems Intelligence, an Akima company, is not just another federal IT contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska. At Systems Intelligence, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States. **For our shareholders,** Systems Intelligence provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years. **For our government customers,** Systems Intelligence delivers innovative information technology solutions that evolve and modernize IT infrastructures. **As a Systems Intelligence employee,** you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options. We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender or gender-identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability, or have known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at job-assist@akima.com or 571-353-7053 (information about job applications status is not available at this contact information).