Product Manager (Design Background)

Company Description

Dcode was founded on the belief that technology can improve the way our government operates. Through our advisory services, we bring together a community of leaders across tech, government, industry, and venture capital to drive commercial innovation in the federal market.

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Dcode is seeking a design-oriented Product Manager to lead the development of internal software tools that will support our growing government advisory business. As the Product Manager, you will be responsible for translating our consulting processes into easy to use tools for our internal teams. You’ll work closely with our Client Success team to understand our consulting methodology and design software that facilitates consistent delivery practices. Your software will enable teams to share information more efficiently, track client outcomes, and provide world-class services to our clients. You’ll drive the product roadmap and work closely with our COO and CTO to ensure it aligns with product vision and business goals.

Salary range: $93,000-$126,000 plus bi-annual bonuses
Security clearance eligibility required.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Product Management

• Maintain a 3-6 month product roadmap
• Manage 1-2 software engineers 
• Maintain a development backlog for asynchronous engineers
• Set and track metrics to validate the products usefulness
• Instruct internal users how to integrate your software solutions into their workflows
• Adapt to evolving business challenges and constantly seek out opportunities for software to enhance Dcode’s operations

UX/UI Design

• Collaborate with teams across Dcode to understand our consulting processes
• Design software tools and features to enhance service delivery
• Seek out opportunities where software can solve business challenges
• Design software solutions that are intuitive and easy to use
• Create low-fidelity designs (mock-ups, wireframes) to propose software solutions to management.

Qualifications

KEY SKILLS

You’ll learn something new every day in this role. We’ll teach you the ropes but ideal candidates will have:

• 3 years of experience with UX/UI design. Ideal candidates will have experience in new product development.
• Experience in government consulting / advisory services
• Experience designing software around services
• Exposure to product management, software development, or user research
• A keen ability to listen to software users and discern needs
• Proven problem-solving, self-management, and organizational skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A desire and ability to work in an environment that is welcoming, open, transparent, curious, collaborative, fast, challenging, results-driven, and fun!
• Ability to obtain U.S. security clearance

Additional Information

You’ll love it here if:

• You like environments that are: 
  • Fast-paced and exciting
  • Diverse and inclusive 
  • Energetic and fun
  • Transparent and supportive
  • Mission-driven and collaborative
• You have a passion for making customers love you 
• You leave no stone unturned and are super organized
• You can make a mistake, own fixing it and won’t let it happen again
• You don’t have to have all of the answers to get started
• You can take feedback as well as give it
• You can get stuff done even when it seems impossible to others
• You can see what needs to be done and get it done

We look for resilient hustlers: 

Our CEO busted her face on the balance beam in college and got back up… our CRO has knocked on a thousand doors… rejected 999 times and kept on knocking. What is your story? Please provide a few short sentences on your resilient hustler story.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We provide equal opportunity to all persons without regard to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

We believe diversity is a strength and aim to build an equitable, innovative and welcoming culture where people from all backgrounds feel safe, respected, and included. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has the tools, resources, and opportunities to excel.