Technical Product Manager

Your Dream. Our Team. About Ironwood Digital Ironwood Digital builds custom, secure software for government organizations, measuring success by impact: lives saved, time returned, and missions advanced. We think big, start small, and scale fast with elite teams across product, design, and engineering to drive continuous delivery for critical missions. We believe customer experience starts with employee experience, so we take care of our employees. Ironwood Digital is where you’ll do the best work of your career—supported by a culture you won’t find anywhere else. We offer competitive pay and benefits, but what sets us apart is our commitment to autonomy, growth, and a culture rooted in kindness, candor, and continuous learning. Certified as a Great Place to Work® , with 100% of employees saying they love working here, Ironwood Digital is where bold ideas become real capabilities. Where mission meets meaning. And where fewer bad things happen because of bad software. About You You want to make tomorrow better than today. You have a passion for high-speed security and you care about risk management over compliance. You believe the biggest vulnerability in any system is time . You live to securely reduce cycle time. You enjoy daily decision making and real product delivery. You help ensure project success and client satisfaction. You enjoy collaborative teams, pairing with team members, and inviting your clients to participate. You like to work alongside, and learn from, lean and agile leaders. You are a creative problem solver who is comfortable with uncertainty. You’re a curious and keen learner who thrives on enhancing your (and our) practices and knowledge. As a Technical Product Manager for Mission OS at Ironwood Digital , you will: Serve as the connective tissue between technical execution and mission impact, translating complex DevSecOps, platform engineering, and digital transformation concepts into compelling, actionable content and product experiences. Partner with open source software (OSS) communities and contributors to shape tooling, content distribution, and platform integrations that amplify Mission OS's reach and impact. Drive continuous delivery of the Mission OS product — including the video series, workbook, marketing campaign, and live event strategy — applying lean product methodologies to optimize each release cycle. Own and evolve the product vision and strategy in collaboration with Ironwood Digital leadership, content creators, marketing partners, and government stakeholders. Facilitate productive workshops and discovery sessions with subject matter experts, clients, and community members to extract insights and validate product direction. Actively embed with cross-functional teams — including developers, designers, content strategists, and government partners — modeling the balanced team practices central to the Mission OS curriculum. Assist clients and government change agents in adopting Mission OS principles, acting as both a product leader and a hands-on transformation practitioner. Apply the Improvement Kata and other Mission OS frameworks to your own work, continuously measuring outcomes and iterating based on evidence from production. Qualifications 6–10+ years of experience spanning product management, technical program management, software engineering, or platform engineering, with a demonstrated track record of delivering outcomes in complex environments. Deep technical fluency — you can hold your own in architecture discussions, understand CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices, and evaluate platform and tooling tradeoffs without needing translation. Hands-on experience with open source software (OSS) — whether as a contributor, maintainer, community participant, or product leader who has built or shipped OSS-backed products. Proven ability to lead and mentor balanced, cross-functional teams across product, design, and engineering disciplines. Exceptional communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to distill technical complexity into clear narratives for both technical and non-technical audiences. Strong facilitation skills for leading workshops, discovery sessions, and cross-functional alignment activities. A deep passion for continuous skill development and a desire to tackle intriguing challenges and complex problems. Ability to obtain a security clearance for US Government work. Preferred Qualifications Experience working within or alongside the Department of Defense, federal agencies, or large regulated enterprises. Proficiency in lean product methodologies — Lean Enterprise, Continuous Delivery, DORA metrics — and the ability to coach teams and stakeholders on their application. Familiarity with DevSecOps practices including Platform as a Service (PaaS), path-to-production pipelines, and Continuous Authority to Operate (cATO) frameworks. Experience building or growing a product community, educational program, or developer ecosystem. Motivation and interest in speaking and writing on product management, digital transformatio