# Senior Product Manager > FutureSoft Consulting Inc · Harrisburg, United States (Hybrid) · Contract · Posted 2026-08-19 **Workplace:** hybrid ## Description \## Job Summary We are seeking an experienced \*\*Senior Product Manager\*\* to lead a major \*\*public-sector legacy application modernization initiative\*\* in Pennsylvania. This position will play a key leadership role in a multi-year digital transformation program focused on modernizing a mission-critical application used to support public-facing business processes and complaint resolution. The Product Manager will own the \*\*product vision, strategy, roadmap, requirements, product backlog, testing, and implementation activities\*\* associated with the modernization effort. The successful candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, IT leadership, solution architects, developers, UX/UI professionals, vendors, and other technical teams to design and deliver a modern, scalable, secure, and accessible enterprise solution. Candidates should have significant experience managing \*\*large-scale public-sector technology modernization programs\*\*, including projects valued at \*\*$10 million or more\*\*. \## Key Responsibilities \* Own and communicate the overall \*\*product vision, strategy, and roadmap\*\* for a large-scale application modernization initiative. \* Lead product planning throughout the modernization lifecycle, from discovery and requirements gathering through development, testing, implementation, and adoption. \* Work directly with business stakeholders to understand operational challenges, business processes, user needs, and modernization priorities. \* Elicit, document, prioritize, and manage business and functional requirements. \* Translate business requirements into detailed \*\*user stories, acceptance criteria, features, epics, and product backlog items\*\*. \* Develop and continuously maintain a prioritized product backlog. \* Prioritize product features and technical work based on business value, risk, dependencies, regulatory requirements, and strategic objectives. \* Collaborate with \*\*solution architects, software developers, UX/UI designers, database professionals, security teams, and external vendors\*\*. \* Participate in decisions related to modern application architecture, platforms, integrations, cloud technologies, data migration, and system design. \* Provide product leadership during the modernization of legacy systems and migration to modern technology platforms. \* Oversee and support \*\*large-scale data conversion and migration activities\*\*. \* Coordinate data validation and testing to ensure converted information is complete and accurate. \* Lead or participate in functional, integration, regression, user acceptance, and implementation testing. \* Define clear acceptance criteria and ensure delivered functionality meets business requirements. \* Facilitate or support Agile ceremonies including: \* Backlog refinement \* Sprint planning \* Sprint reviews \* Retrospectives \* Product demonstrations \* Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams. \* Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders in clear business terms. \* Communicate business requirements and priorities effectively to technical teams. \* Define measurable \*\*KPIs and product success metrics\*\* and monitor progress against established goals. \* Identify project risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and delivery impediments and drive them toward resolution. \* Support organizational change management activities associated with implementation of the modernized application. \* Assist with user communications, training, documentation, and adoption strategies. \* Ensure the solution complies with applicable \*\*security, accessibility, data privacy, enterprise architecture, and public-sector technology standards\*\*. \* Ensure digital solutions meet applicable \*\*WCAG accessibility requirements\*\*. \* Provide regular project status reports, recommendations, risks, and decision points to IT leadership and executive business sponsors. \* Promote continuous process improvement and identify opportunities to streamline or redesign existing business processes. \## Required Qualifications \* Minimum \*\*5 years of Product Management experience leading large-scale public-sector modernization initiatives valued at approximately $10 million or more\*\*. \* Demonstrated experience leading \*\*legacy application modernization or enterprise digital transformation projects\*\*. \* Strong experience gathering requirements and user stories from diverse business stakeholders. \* Experience converting business requirements into actionable product backlogs, user stories, and acceptance criteria. \* Strong knowledge of \*\*Agile and Scrum methodologies\*\*. \* Experience working with Agile delivery and product management tools such as: \* Azure DevOps \* Jira \* Similar Agile/product management platforms \* Experience overseeing and testing \*\*large-scale data conversions or migrations\*\*. \* Experience working with cross-functional software development and technical teams. \* Strong understanding of the complete \*\*software development lifecycle (SDLC)\*\*. \* Ability to manage competing priorities, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations. \* Excellent written and verbal communication skills. \* Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences. \* Strong organizational, analytical, leadership, and prioritization skills. \* Demonstrated ability to work with senior executives, business leaders, vendors, architects, and technology teams. \## Highly Desired Qualifications \* Experience with \*\*enterprise application modernization\*\*, including migration from legacy platforms to modern architectures. \* Experience supporting large-scale digital transformation programs. \* Familiarity with the \*\*Microsoft technology stack\*\*. \* Experience or familiarity with \*\*Microsoft Azure cloud technologies\*\*. \* Experience working with enterprise content management systems or similar platforms. \* Experience with \*\*business process improvement and business process reengineering (BPR)\*\*. \* Knowledge of \*\*WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards\*\*. \* Understanding of government security, privacy, accessibility, and compliance requirements. \* Previous experience working with the \*\*Commonwealth of Pennsylvania\*\*, Pennsylvania state agencies, or comparable state/local government organizations. \* Experience coordinating multiple vendors or system implementation partners. \* Bachelor's degree in \*\*Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Technology\*\*, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience. \* \*\*YAFOS Certification\*\* is highly desired. \## Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate is a senior-level Product Manager who combines strong business leadership with a solid understanding of enterprise technology. This individual should be comfortable leading a complex modernization initiative involving numerous stakeholders, legacy systems, application development teams, architects, vendors, data migration activities, testing, and organizational change. Candidates with previous experience delivering \*\*large public-sector modernization or digital transformation programs\*\* will be particularly well suited for this opportunity. \## Work Arrangement This is a \*\*hybrid position based in Pennsylvania\*\*. Candidates are expected to work onsite \*\*two days each week\*\*, with \*\*Wednesday being a required onsite day\*\*. The remaining three days may be worked remotely. Office locations are available throughout Pennsylvania. Candidates must be able to comply with all onsite and remote-work requirements associated with the engagement. \## Important Compliance Requirement Government-issued equipment must remain and be used \*\*within the United States at all times\*\*. Candidates must comply with all government information security, equipment-use, data privacy, and remote-work policies. ## Apply [Apply at FutureSoft Consulting Inc](https://apply.workable.com/futuresoft-consulting-inc-2/j/6FB6B4DE41/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)