Requirement/Product Manager

Job Family:
SAAS/PAAS/Cloud Consulting

Travel Required:
Up to 25%

Clearance Required:
None

What You'll Do

As a Requirements/Product Manager, you will drive the vision, strategy, and delivery of technology and business transformation initiatives. You will serve as the primary liaison between stakeholders and development teams, ensuring that business needs are translated into actionable solutions and that agile practices are championed across teams. In addition to managing the product backlog and prioritizing features, you will oversee requirements traceability and facilitate cross-team collaboration as Chief Scrum Master.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Management & Vision
  
  • Define and communicate the product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
  • Prioritize and manage the product backlog, making trade-offs between scope, budget, and timeline.
  • Approve and be accountable for deliverables and artifacts developed by the team.
  • Engage stakeholders and end users to gather feedback and inform product direction.
  • Review and approve deliverables, including business cases, scope, and requirements.
• Requirements Traceability Management (RTM)
  
  • Oversee the creation, maintenance, and validation of the Requirements Traceability Matrix.
  • Ensure all requirements are captured, mapped, and tracked throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Collaborate with business analysts and functional leads to verify that requirements are met and documented in the RTM.
  • Support compliance and audit activities by providing clear traceability from requirements to deliverables.
• Agile Leadership
  
  • Champion agile principles and practices, ensuring teams follow the Scrum framework.
  • Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives) and ensure they are productive and timeboxed.
  • Lead Scrum of Scrums sessions to coordinate across multiple agile teams, resolve cross-team dependencies, and remove impediments.
  • Track and communicate team performance using defined metrics and KPIs.
  • Foster a culture of servant leadership, mentoring team members and encouraging ownership of deliverables.
  • Coordinate re-estimation of incomplete work, determine team velocity, and generate sprint review reports.
  • Lead process improvement initiatives identified during retrospectives.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
  
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, ensuring expectations are managed and communications are clear.
  • Present product updates, metrics, and progress to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Facilitate workshops, demos, and user acceptance testing sessions.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Minimum FIVE (5) years of professional experience in product management, agile leadership, and scrum roles.
• Experience managing requirements traceability and agile ceremonies across multiple teams.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycle, agile methodologies, and scaled agile frameworks.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Experience with COTS or Platform-based solution.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience in a consulting or client-facing role.
• Experience with court case management systems.
• Experience supporting digital transformation or modernization initiatives.
• Certification in Product Management (e.g., AIPMM, Pragmatic, CSPO, SAFe POPM) and/or Scrum Master (e.g., CSM, PMI-ACP).
• Familiarity with low-code platforms and responsible AI principles.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

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