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# Product Manager (SRA - VDB) at Black Canyon Consulting

- **Company:** Black Canyon Consulting
- **Location:** Bethesda, MD
- **Posted:** 2024-07-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting/jobs/6069055003

## Job description

## Overview

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is a premium provider for life sciences, project and program management. We are searching for a Product Manager to support our work with a renowned federal agency where you will help drive modernization in one of the world’s largest data repositories. We are looking for full-time candidates currently residing in the United States. This position is available for remote work.

Position Description

We are seeking a dynamic Product Manager who will play a vital role in the success of the IT/Product Modernization for one of the largest public repositories of high-throughput data sequencing. The ideal candidate will guide product success, define vision, and prioritize government customer requirements. You will collaborate to meet contract deliverables and ensure customer satisfaction. In this role, you will work 50% with a Product Team and 50% with the Customer Experience/Stakeholder Engagement team. Working with the Product Team, you will ensure continued alignment of the software Product with the overall Product Modernization roadmap and provide transparent communication and management of the Product Roadmap. As part of the Customer Experience/Stakeholder Engagement team, you will conduct customer outreach, analyze market trends, conduct competitive analysis, and develop strategies to increase SRA platform usage. Strong leadership, excellent communication, and understanding of government clients are essential.

If you are interested in being a part of an organization that operates within the intersection of technology and health, please apply today!

Roles & Responsibilities

- Understand goals and outcomes for this highly visible data sequencing initiative.
- Work closely with the Customer Experience team and incorporate learnings from outreach into SRA Product Roadmaps
- Drive product roadmap to meet milestones and timelines to stay aligned with high-visibility deliverables
- Facilitate sprint planning and backlog grooming activities within the product team in order to drive timely product releases
- Prepare and review product requirements documents, establish success criteria, and KPIs
- Conduct user research to gather insights on user needs and preferences
- Conduct market research, audit current assets and their impact, competitor analysis, and distill that into insights that inform strategy and decisions
- Compile findings into actionable requirements for the product roadmap in collaboration with product owners
- Organize product releases properly and ensure compliance with the schedule
- Development of risk assessments and risk mitigation countermeasures
- Compile findings into actionable requirements for the updated data model development
- Prioritize requirements based on business goals and user needs
- Measure the impact of the initiative on users’ sentiment
- Plan outreach activities to engage stakeholders and users
- Cross-team collaboration amongst multiple product/development teams

Education and Experience

- 5+ years of experience in software product management
- 5+ years of experience with Jira and agile methodology
- Experience leading and developing KPIs, executive reporting, and stakeholder management
- Experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, MURAL
- Comfortable leading strategy and discovery sessions with multiple stakeholders
- Able to synthesize complex data into actionable insights
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; advanced degree desired
- Qualified candidates will have some combination of these certifications:
- Product Management certifications and experience
- SAFe Agilist (SA)

Bonus Skills:

- Experience working with genetic and biological DNA sequencing data
- Familiarity with NGS computational tools and formats (BWA, GATK, Galaxy, etc.)

## Benefits and Salary

We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement.

We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience and location. If you enjoy being a part of a high-performing, professional service and technology-focused organization, please apply today!

## About Black Canyon Consulting

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is a privately held, woman-owned small business that delivers innovative program and IT management support services to federal research and development programs.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Woman-Owned Small Business, SBA-certified WOSB)
- **Headquarters**: Fairfax, Virginia, United States
- **Founded**: 2017 [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)
- **Founders**: Manish Salhotra (Managing Director, Co-Founder) and Haley Esser (Principal / CEO) [sba.gov](https://dsbs.sba.gov/search/dsp_profile.cfm?SAM_UEI=WB3LFMA4KM45) | [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-canyon-consulting-llc)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Federal IT consulting and program management support for life sciences, bioinformatics, tool development, and environmental sciences.
- **Target customers**: U.S. federal government agencies (e.g., NIH, HHS) and other R&D-focused organizations.
- **Mission/purpose**: “Integrity, Impact, Innovation” – providing agile, adaptive, customer-focused support to advance national missions. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)

## Products & Services
- **Program Management Support**: Strategic and tactical program oversight, administrative management, and consulting for federal R&D initiatives.
- **IT Management Support**: Custom computer programming, systems design, cloud engineering, DevOps, data engineering, AI/ML, and cybersecurity services.
- **Proprietary Technologies**: BCC leverages its own IT system tools, workflows, and a distributed network of consulting resources to deliver turn-key enterprise solutions. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)
- **GSA Schedule Holder**: Contract #47QTCA18D00JA, providing a streamlined procurement vehicle for federal clients. [gsaelibrary.gsa.gov](https://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/home.do/contractorInfo.do?contractNumber=47QTCA18D00JA&contractorName=BLACK+CANYON+CONSULTING+LLC&executeQuery=YES)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue not disclosed; total funding not applicable (bootstrapped / organic growth).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors; key certifications include WOSB, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000-1:2018, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, FISMA compliance, and SOC readiness. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)
- **Growth Signals**: LinkedIn reports 42 employees (+75% year-over-year growth), 65 active job postings on Greenhouse, and a +50% increase in job postings monthly/quarterly. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-canyon-consulting-llc) | [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Certified Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB)**: Provides set-aside contracting advantages in the federal market.
- **Deep Federal R&D Focus**: Over 125 years of combined experience in supporting NIH and other research programs.
- **Compliance & Security**: Holds multiple ISO certifications and FISMA, NIST, and PCI-DSS compliance, enabling work on sensitive government systems.
- **Agile Delivery**: Proprietary workflows and IT tools allow rapid, high-value execution for complex program needs. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding support for NIH bioinformatics, data platforms (e.g., DailyMed, RxNorm, SRA), and AI/LLM initiatives. Actively hiring for roles like AI/ML Specialist, FHIR API SME, and Platform DevEx Engineer. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting)
- **Growth direction**: Continuing to secure federal contracts, growing the consulting workforce, and deepening capabilities in cloud, DevOps, and data science.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes “Integrity, Impact, Innovation” with a collaborative, mission-driven environment focused on supporting national research priorities. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)
- **Work location**: Most roles are based in Bethesda, Maryland (NIH campus) or Fairfax, Virginia. Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated but likely on-site or hybrid given federal client requirements.
- **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work on high-impact federal R&D programs (e.g., NIH’s National Library of Medicine), professional growth in a rapidly expanding company (75% YoY headcount growth), and exposure to cutting-edge technologies (AI, cloud, bioinformatics). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-canyon-consulting-llc)
- **Engineering culture**: Strong focus on software development, DevOps, data engineering, and AI/ML. Teams are organized into divisions like Software Engineering, Platform & DevOps, and Information Engineering. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting)

## Sources
1. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)
2. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting)
3. [sba.gov](https://dsbs.sba.gov/search/dsp_profile.cfm?SAM_UEI=WB3LFMA4KM45)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-canyon-consulting-llc)
5. [gsaelibrary.gsa.gov](https://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/home.do/contractorInfo.do?contractNumber=47QTCA18D00JA&contractorName=BLACK+CANYON+CONSULTING+LLC&executeQuery=YES)

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