Vice President of Product Management

About Nava

Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple and effective. Since 2015, federal, state, and local agencies have trusted Nava to help solve highly scrutinized technology modernization challenges.

As a client services company, we guide agencies constrained by legacy systems to a future with sharp user experiences built on secure, reliable, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure. We bill for our time, offering our expertise and problem-solving approach to help our government partners enhance their digital products and services. People are at the heart of our work, from members of the public who rely on benefit programs to government agency staff. Through human-centered design and modern engineering best practices, we help our government partners understand user needs and deliver on their missions more effectively. This focus gives everyone at Nava the opportunity to do work that is meaningful, impactful, and deeply connected to public good.

Position overview

The Vice President of Product is a company-level leader who is the head of Nava’s product practice, a core member of Delivery leadership, and a member of Nava’s executive team. This leader directly shapes Nava's competitiveness and the quality of the outcomes we deliver for government clients and for the public.

The VP sets the strategic direction for Nava’s Product practice, a department of 75+ product managers and policy strategists who work across over two dozen federal and state government contracts. They work closely with two Product Directors to build Nava’s product management practice, oversee hiring and staffing decisions, and coach Nava delivery teams. As a product leader, the VP ensures that Nava stays at the forefront of how modern product teams work, shaping how the practice builds with AI in regulated public sector environments, and directing product strategy for capabilities and solutions that differentiate Nava in the government market.

The VP of Product operates within a matrixed organization where successful delivery outcomes depend on close coordination across:

Program Delivery for multiple portfolios

Product, Engineering, and Design practices

Delivery Operations

Finance, People Operations, and Business Development

Rather than relying on direct authority over every product team, the VP succeeds by ensuring that product managers know how to maximize the value their teams deliver, modeling and coaching strong cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring that teams understand how their work connects to company goals.

What you’ll do

AI leadership and the future of the practice

Set and own the strategy for how Nava's Product practice adopts AI, including identifying opportunities, sponsoring pilots, scaling what works, and embedding AI-informed workflows across product teams

Lead Nava's point of view on AI in government product delivery, including how product competency is evolving as AI blurs the lines between product, design, and engineering

Shape how AI products and services are developed and governed in regulated public-sector environments

Keep the practice at the forefront of how modern product teams work, translating emerging methods into repeatable capabilities

Product strategy and go-to-market

Own product strategy for capabilities and solutions that differentiate Nava from competitors

Set direction for the go-to-market strategy for Nava's solutions, driving decisions and holding the work accountable end-to-end

Oversee activities to establish product-market fit for new offerings and reusable assets

Decide where the practice should invest to grow its expertise, methods, and capabilities

Growth and business development

Translate delivery insight into opportunity shaping and Nava's competitive positioning

Contribute product expertise to growth opportunities including organic expansion and formal procurements

Identify and staff subject matter experts from the Product practice to support business development proposals

Delivery partnership

Ensure teams apply Nava's cross-functional delivery model to build modern, user-centered products that achieve strong client outcomes

Partner with portfolio VPs/directors and program managers in Program Delivery to ensure smooth delivery and effective staffing across contracts

Serve as a senior escalation point for product management performance and delivery concerns

Practice and people leadership

Set the standards of excellence, leveling, and career direction for product management and policy strategy at Nava

Lead Product Directors who carry day-to-day management, mentoring, staffing, and development across the practice

Accountable for retention, engagement, performance, and a healthy leadership pipeline

Foster a culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement

Stakeholder engagement and communication

Partner with the Chief Delivery Officer and executive leadership on product strategy and the directio…