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title: 'Senior Product Manager at Obviant'
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# Senior Product Manager at Obviant

- **Company:** Obviant
- **Location:** Arlington, VA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/obviant/01f1266f-0f7a-46d3-91f2-98866184b741

## Job description

## About Obviant

The defense market is surging, but the data that drives it hasn’t kept up. Companies, government, and investors are forced to perform heavily manual processes and piece together hundreds of disparate sources to make decisions. Obviant is building a data source of truth and AI tools for defense acquisition to solve this. We fuse information from thousands of sources – structured + unstructured – to provide a cohesive picture of budget, programs, the organizations running them, and much more. Whether it’s a company navigating GTM or a program manager developing capabilities, we’re providing all sides with the intelligence they need to execute effectively. We’re growing fast and backed by top funds and DoD/national security veterans. We believe that public sector mission sets matter above anything else. If you feel the same way, we’d love for you to join us.

## The Role

We’re seeking a Senior Product Manager to own and drive core areas of Obviant’s platform, shaping how users discover, understand, and act on complex defense acquisition data. You will sit at the intersection of users, engineering, and the mission—translating real-world workflows into clear product direction and shipping high-impact features with urgency. This role requires strong product judgment, comfort with ambiguity, and a bias toward execution. You’ll work closely with engineering, data, and leadership to prioritize what matters most, define success, and continuously improve how Obviant delivers value to government and industry users.

## Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Ownership

- Own product areas end-to-end, from problem definition through delivery and iteration.
- Develop and maintain product vision, roadmaps, and priorities aligned with company goals.
- Make tradeoffs between speed, scope, and quality to maximize user impact.
- Define success metrics and use data, user feedback, and judgment to guide decisions.

User & Workflow Understanding

- Develop deep understanding of user workflows across government, industry, and investor use cases.
- Engage directly with users to identify pain points, validate solutions, and uncover new opportunities.
- Translate complex, domain-specific problems into clear product requirements and narratives.

Execution & Delivery

- Partner closely with engineering to scope work, write clear requirements, and drive predictable delivery.
- Break large initiatives into iterative, measurable increments that ship quickly.
- Support design reviews, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and release coordination.
- Ensure product decisions are clearly communicated and well understood across teams.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Collaborate with engineering, design, data, and leadership on prioritization and execution.
- Align stakeholders around goals, tradeoffs, and timelines.
- Coordinate with go-to-market, content, and communications teams to support launches and messaging.

Product Quality & Evolution

- Ensure features are intuitive, reliable, and aligned with real user needs.
- Continuously refine product based on usage data, feedback, and evolving mission requirements.
- Identify and manage product risks, dependencies, and technical constraints.

## Qualifications

- 5+ years of product management experience building complex software products
- Strong track record of owning products or features from concept to launch
- Experience working closely with engineering teams in fast-moving environments
- Ability to reason about complex data, workflows, and systems
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong product judgment and comfort making decisions under uncertainty
- Passion for defense, national security, or public-sector missions
- Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance

Bonus:

- Experience in govtech, defense, or regulated environments
- Familiarity with data platforms, analytics tools, or AI-enabled products
- Prior experience working directly with government users or policy-driven domains

What Success Looks Like

- Users clearly understand and trust the product’s value
- High-impact features ship regularly and improve real workflows
- Engineering execution is focused, predictable, and aligned with priorities
- Stakeholders trust product direction and decision-making
- Product strategy evolves in step with user needs and mission demands

Our Principles We live these every day. If they don't sound like you, this won't be a fit and we'd both rather know now.

- Impact. Our work matters. We take a lot of pride in building to advance mission outcomes.
- Overdeliver. We go above and beyond in everything we do - creating products and serving our users
- Hustle. We get stuff done, no matter what it takes.
- Empathy. Our users’ problems are our own. We don't push products, we solve problems.
- Humility. We’re not afraid to admit what we don’t know. Our job is to listen and grow.
- Integrity. Transparency & respect above all else. It’s non-negotiable, even when it isn't easy

## Compensation and Benefits

- Base salary of $180,000 – $220,000, commensurate with experience
- Early stage startup equity grant
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible schedule and vacation time
- Hybrid, based out of our office in the DC metro area

To apply, visithttps://www.google.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fobviant.com%2Fcareers[obviant.com/careers](http://obviant.com/careers) Obviant is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

## About Obviant

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Obviant unifies thousands of structured and unstructured defense acquisition data sources into a single intelligence platform that helps government agencies, defense contractors, and investors make faster, more informed decisions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Washington, DC, United States
- **Founded**: 2021 (LinkedIn reports 2021; Built In reports 2023)
- **Founders**: Dylan Taylor (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Defense acquisition, data intelligence, national security technology
- **Target Customers**: Government agencies (civil servants, program offices, warfighters) and defense contractors (incumbents and new entrants) – primarily B2G/B2B
- **Mission**: Equip all sides of the defense market with the tools to execute effectively, delivering better capability to the end-user and advancing national security.

## Products & Services
- **Obviant Platform**: A unified data intelligence platform that synthesizes thousands of structured and unstructured sources (budgets, programs, contracts, vendors, requirements) into real-time, source-backed insights. Provides dashboards, curated reports, analytics, and decision-support tools.
- **Research & Curated Reports**: Analyst-grade intelligence tailored to specific needs, distilling complex data into clear courses of action.
- **Enterprise Intelligence**: Allows organizations to connect their own data with market intelligence for a holistic view of the acquisition landscape.
- **Unmatched Analytics**: Transforms complex data into actionable insights for strategy and tactical execution.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: **$7.1M** in Seed funding raised (June 2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Led by **Shield Capital**; 6 total investors in the Seed round. Also secured a contract expansion with the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment in February 2026.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 110% year-over-year headcount growth (16 employees as of mid-2025, +11 people)
  - 560% year-over-year web traffic growth
  - Active job postings increased 700% year-over-year (8 open roles as of early 2026)
  - Awarded a contract expansion with the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (Feb 2026)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unified Data Source of Truth**: Unlike fragmented manual processes, Obviant provides a single, continuously updated platform covering requirements through contracts across the entire defense acquisition lifecycle.
- **Deep Domain Focus**: Purpose-built for the defense market, with heavy-hitting national security veterans and technology industry advisors.
- **Backed by Defense Leaders**: Investor support from Shield Capital and relationships with key government stakeholders provide credibility and market access.
- **Mission-Driven**: Strong alignment with national security outcomes, attracting top talent motivated by impact.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale the data intelligence platform to serve both government and commercial customers more broadly.
- Expand government contracts (e.g., the recent contract expansion with the Under Secretary of War).
- Grow the team across engineering, mission success, and account executive roles, with emphasis on data engineering, AI/ML, product management, and government-facing roles.
- Continue to digitize and accelerate defense acquisition by replacing manual data gathering with automated intelligence.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-First Culture**: "Our work matters. We take a lot of pride in building to advance mission outcomes." Strong sense of purpose in national security.
- **Values**: Impact, overdeliver, hustle, empathy, humility, integrity. "We get stuff done, no matter what it takes."
- **Work Environment**: In-office presence is expected most days (headquarters in Washington, DC), with flexibility to work from home as needed. Small, agile team (currently ~16 people) with high growth.
- **Tech Stack**: Modern stack including Python, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Kubernetes, Docker, Snowflake, Terraform, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Kafka, and various BI tools.
- **Opportunities**: High-autonomy roles with direct impact on product and national security outcomes. Employees come from Booz Allen, Deloitte, Capital One, AWS, and other top firms.
- **Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the small team and mission focus suggest a tight-knit, driven culture with room for ownership.

## Sources
1. [Obviant.com](https://www.obviant.com/) – main site, platform description
2. [Obviant About](https://www.obviant.com/about-us) – mission, values
3. [Obviant Careers](https://www.obviant.com/careers) – values, open positions
4. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/obviant) – headcount, funding, key executives, growth metrics
5. [Built In Obviant Profile](https://builtin.com/company/obviant) – office policy, tech stack, open roles
6. [Business Wire: $7.1M Seed Round](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250624200000/en/Obviant-Raises-7.1M-in-Funding-to-Scale-its-Data-Intelligence-Platform-for-Defense-Acquisition-Contracting-and-Budgeting) – funding details
7. [FinSMEs: Seed Round](https://www.finsmes.com/2025/06/obviant-raises-7-1m-in-funding.html) – funding confirmation
8. [Business Insider: Selling to Pentagon](https://www.businessinsider.com/selling-to-pentagon-is-messy-and-complex-startups-try-make-easier-2025-6) – market context
9. [Yahoo Finance: Contract Expansion](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/obviant-awarded-contract-expansion-under-100000152.html) – February 2026 contract win

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