We are continuously sourcing for talent while we await anticipated job openings. Candidates who apply to this role understand we may not have an immediate opening and wish to be considered for future opportunities.
This is a remote position.
Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.
Work on things that matter
Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government thinks about and uses technology.
Built for a remote life
Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We’ve designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team. Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives. Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that’s welcomed.
Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture
Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government.
The
Federal Health business unit covers our work with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including HealthCare.gov, and Medicare.gov. Our team supports Federal Heath in building and improving online public experiences and APIs that are reliable, accessible, and user-centered. We help millions of people enroll in healthcare and access Medicare and Medicaid benefits, and we help Federal Health improve the quality of Medicare and Medicaid services for beneficiaries and clinicians. This opportunity is for Support Information Technology and Data Innovation (ITDI) office for an ARPA-H Task Order 4.
Primary Responsibilities
In this role, you will serve as an emerging subject matter expert, while serving as an individual contributor that exhibits a high level of trust, autonomy and empowerment. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for leading and monitoring the ability to meet scope, schedule and delivery requirements and may support adjacent programs with the business unit. A Staff Product Manager exhibits strong influential skills to represent the product management practice in planning sessions, advocating for the best solution, while communicating tradeoffs. You will serve as the primary lead and proactively communicate with stakeholders; while utilizing strong influential skills to drive improvements in product management processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Staff Product Manager:
- Strong influential skills to garner consensus among stakeholders, leadership, programs, and practice teams
- Primarily supports a program/portfolio, but may support business unit initiatives in order to drive thought leadership among practice and delivery
- Serves as a mentor to individuals within the assigned business unit or Program, providing constructive feedback to support employee development and practice innovations
- Presents to a wide variety of audiences, inclusive of internal and external stakeholders
- Primarily focused on program/portfolio strategic initiatives, but may support tactical assignments
- Exhibits strong communications skills in order to gain consensus, mitigate conflict, and serves as a stewardess of innovation or change
- Responsible for defining the vision and strategy for products and identifying areas of growth for a program or portfolio of work
- Demonstrates the ability to make educated decisions and understands when to pivot and how to experiment in order to reduce uncertainty and inform next steps
- Utilizes effective communication skills and understands how to translate complex issues for a wide variety of audiences in order to influence decision making for the highest value outcome
- May support growth opportunities, inclusive of proposal writing, solution development, presentations, and briefings
- Serves as a partner to Project and Program Managers to support the delivery of required scope and deliverables
Basic Qualifications
- PhD in Computational Biology or related scientific field and 15+ years of experience
- Prior ARPA-H, DARPA, or other ARPA-like contracting experience is required
- Experience in large scale, high dimensional AI/data analysis required
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building cross functional teams and collaboration building preferred
To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit: https://adhocteam.us/join/
Benefits
- Company-subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Use What You Need Vacation Policy
- 401K with employer match
- Paid parental leave after one year of service
Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.
In support of the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, and others like it across the country, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $125,000 - $154,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.
job reference: STAFF001720
