CWS Portfolio Product Architect

This senior-level, remote opportunity is ideal for an experienced product and systems professional with expertise in federal acquisition, contract writing, procurement, and enterprise application delivery. You will lead portfolio-level product strategy and roadmap development for Contract Writing Systems (CWS) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) capabilities, aligning mission priorities with delivery execution. Working closely with Government stakeholders, functional users, enterprise architects, and technical delivery teams, you will translate complex operational needs into actionable product plans and delivery-ready requirements. You will help coordinate modernization, cybersecurity, integration, and technical-debt reduction initiatives while ensuring alignment with approved priorities, funding, and contractual scope. Through strategic stakeholder engagement and data-driven performance insights, you will support informed decision-making and continuous improvement. This role offers the opportunity to influence enterprise technology direction and deliver meaningful outcomes across complex federal acquisition systems.

• At least eight years of progressively responsible experience in product management, business architecture, business analysis, systems analysis, program management, acquisition systems, procurement systems, or enterprise application delivery.

• At least five years of experience supporting federal acquisition, contract writing, procurement, financial management, procure-to-pay, or related business systems.

• Demonstrated experience leading requirements elicitation, backlog refinement, prioritization, roadmap development, and stakeholder engagement for complex enterprise systems.

• Experience translating business, mission, policy, and user needs into clearly defined epics, features, user stories, business rules, and acceptance criteria.

• Understanding of Agile or hybrid Agile delivery methods, including backlog management, sprint planning, demonstrations, release planning, and iterative delivery.

• Experience analyzing cross-system business processes, data flows, integrations, dependencies, and operational impacts.

• Ability to develop and present decision briefs, product roadmaps, stakeholder communications, performance measures, and actionable recommendations.

• Strong facilitation, written communication, interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with Government stakeholders, functional users, technical teams, program leadership, and external partners in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.

• Ability to satisfy applicable Government background investigation, suitability, and security requirements.

• Preferred: Direct experience with federal Contract Writing Systems, procurement platforms, Procure-to-Pay environments, acquisition lifecycle management tools, or financial-management integrations.

• Preferred: Familiarity with CON-IT, ACWS, ECWM, PIEE, or comparable federal acquisition and procurement platforms.

• Preferred: Experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Product Architect, Business Architect, Lead Business Analyst, or Functional Lead for an enterprise application portfolio.

• Preferred: Knowledge of federal acquisition regulations, contracting workflows, purchase-request processes, procurement policy, contract administration, invoice processing, financial-system interfaces, or related acquisition business processes.

• Preferred: Experience supporting modernization, cloud migration, enterprise integration, data exchange, cybersecurity, or technical-debt reduction initiatives.

• Preferred: Experience developing portfolio performance measures, dashboards, delivery metrics, and data-driven improvement recommendations.

• Preferred: Familiarity with product and Agile management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, ServiceNow, or comparable platforms.

• Preferred: Experience supporting change management, user training, communications planning, and adoption initiatives for enterprise system deployments.

• Education: A bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Public Administration, Acquisition Management, or a related discipline is required. Additional relevant professional experience may be substituted for a degree.

• Citizenship and clearance: U.S. citizenship is required. Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a federal Secret clearance; an active clearance is highly preferred.