SkillBridge Intern - Product Manager
Please note that eligible Service members must be within 180 days of separating from Service. Based on the evolving needs of our fast paced startup, we recruit for SkillBridge on a rolling basis. Opportunities will be posted as they become available. If no SkillBridge Intern roles are currently posted, no internships are presently available. Please check back periodically to see when new opportunities arise.Role Description:
As a Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our innovative platform designed for military personnel and defense contractors. You will own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and implementation, ensuring alignment with both customer needs and company objectives. This role requires a unique blend of collaboration across business segments, technical expertise, and a deep understanding of secure development environments and Department of Defense security requirements. You will be responsible for facilitating a cross-functional team of engineering, design, and marketing experts to deliver a platform that enhances development efficiency, operational security, and innovation in mission-critical projects.
Responsibilities:
- Define and execute team product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with company objectives and customer needs
- Collaborate with engineering teams for implementation of a cohesive architecture and integration of development tools
- Work closely with a Product Designer to architect and design an intuitive platform that meets the unique needs of military personnel and contractors
- Prioritize and manage the product roadmap, balancing customer, business, and technical priorities while synthesizing external customer requests into actionable features and backlogs
- Measure and assess the impact of product solutions through key performance indicators (KPIs), including adoption rates, user engagement metrics, and development efficiency improvements
- Stay current with industry trends and best practices related to secure development environments and Department of Defense software development requirements, ensuring our platform meets evolving needs and compliance standards
- Present product updates and strategic insights in customer-facing engagements, ensuring clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Thrive in a fast-paced, remote working environment, demonstrating high levels of discipline, self-motivation, and adaptability
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Enough technical breadth to work with engineering and design to trade off roadmap versus engineering effort needed
The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.
Required Experience and Qualifications:
- Experience in the DoD software ecosystem, to include organizations such as Platform One, Kessel Run, Army Software Factory, Space CAMP, Kobayashi Maru, NavalX, BESPIN, LevelUP, etc
- Within 180 days of separation from service
- Experience establishing a product roadmap with themes, a team charter, measurable outcomes in the form of OKRs/KPIs to track success, design docs
- Experience leading products from ideation to operations, with a preference on secure development environments or internal developer platforms
- Ability to work independently, manage time efficiently, and thrive in a remote work setup
- Familiarity with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in developer platform development, such as supply chain security, open source development, and internal developer platforms.
Join our dynamic team and make a meaningful impact in shaping the future of our platform offering for the national security sector. If you're passionate about leveraging technology to drive positive change and thrive in a challenging, collaborative environment, we invite you to apply and join our team.
Who We Are
Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation. Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security. Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.
What We Do
We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery. Defense Unicorns consolidates the best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners. Our solutions are agnostic by design and we believe that growing a robust ecosystem of secure, cloud-native software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.
Who We Serve
Defense Unicorns’ customers are mission-focused leaders across public and private enterprises. We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products.
What We Work On
- Kubernetes
- Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
- Infrastructure-as-code (like Terraform/Pulumi)
- Continuous Delivery and automation tooling
- GitOps
- Containers
- CNCF projects and open source products and packages
- Helm/Kustomize-Value Stream Mapping
- Building and improving security delivery
- Building Kubernetes and cloud native applications
Benefits Our Unicorns Enjoy
Health:
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Premiums are 100% Company Paid
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
Financial:
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Company Stock Options
- Home Office Budget
Leave:
- We offer all full-time Unicorns Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s
- Paid Parental Leave
Learning:
- Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
- Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
Don’t have all the preferred experience or qualifications? Studies show that underrepresented groups like women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they don't meet every requirement listed.
At Defense Unicorns, we're committed to diversity. If you're enthusiastic about the role but don't match every criteria, we encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this or another role! Defense Unicorns is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.