Lead Technical Product Manager

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Lead Technical Product Manager (CDC) based in the United States.

The Lead Technical Product Manager will lead the modernization and adoption of a critical public health technology platform serving jurisdictions across the United States.

• Own the integrated service and product roadmap for migrating at least three state, tribal, local, and territorial public health jurisdictions per year onto the modernized platform.
• Identify migration opportunities, assess jurisdiction readiness and constraints, sequence initiatives, and define clear plans and milestones for successful adoption.
• Lead multiple cross-functional delivery teams spanning DevOps, content design, full-stack engineering, and related disciplines to build migration tooling, materials, documentation, and infrastructure.
• Build strong relationships with public health stakeholders, understanding their operational needs, concerns, migration challenges, and priorities while maintaining alignment throughout the transition.
• Partner with agency stakeholders who work directly with jurisdictions to coordinate migration priorities, timelines, expectations, and delivery activities.
• Facilitate team ceremonies, stakeholder meetings, planning sessions, and cross-functional discussions to maintain alignment and momentum.
• Use data, user research, feedback, and lessons from migrating jurisdictions to continuously refine the migration strategy and broader product roadmap.
• Set direction for delivery teams in partnership with agency stakeholders, establishing clear objectives, priorities, measures of success, and accountability.
• Guide teams through the complexity and ambiguity associated with government technology, legacy modernization, change management, and public-sector delivery.
• Balance migration priorities with the continued operation of the legacy system and parallel development of the modernized platform.
• Apply human-centered design principles to ensure product and migration decisions reflect the needs and experiences of public health users.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve adoption, usability, scalability, security, and effectiveness of the modernized platform.

• Experience working within the public health domain, with sufficient understanding of case surveillance, investigation workflows, and the operational needs of public health systems.
• Demonstrated experience managing and delivering digital services or technology products within public health or a closely related environment.
• Proven people management experience, including mentoring, coaching, supporting career development, and creating healthy, high-performing team environments.
• Experience leading legacy modernization, technology migration, or system transformation initiatives, including the organizational change management required to transition users from established systems.
• Strong understanding of human-centered design and the ability to incorporate user research and feedback into product strategy and prioritization.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and the ability to collaborate effectively with infrastructure and engineering teams supporting on-premises and cloud environments.
• Strong stakeholder and client management skills, with the ability to build trust, create alignment, navigate competing priorities, and maintain productive relationships.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams across product, design, engineering, operations, and related disciplines in iterative delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies such as Agile and Lean, with the ability to adapt and apply them appropriately to different delivery contexts.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple delivery teams working toward a shared outcome.
• Strong communication, facilitation, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills, particularly in complex and ambiguous environments.
• Experience delivering technology within government, regulated industries, healthcare, or other public-benefit settings is highly valuable.
• Hands-on experience with an integrated disease surveillance system, either as a user or delivery professional, is a strong advantage.
• Experience with complex deployment infrastructure or on-premises-to-cloud migrations is a plus.
• Previous experience working for a state, tribal, local, or territorial health department is advantageous.
• Proven ability to remain aligned, accountable, and effective while working as part of distributed or remote teams.
• Ability to work within a values-driven environment focused on using technology to create meaningful public benefit.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States now and in the future without employment sponsorship.
• All work must be performed within the United States.