This position is located in Office of Policy and Program Analysis, Enterprise Data and Analytics Modernization Initiative. The ideal candidate for this position is an experienced product manager skilled in agile, human-centered delivery of IT, data, and analytics products, translating user needs into roadmaps, backlogs, and measurable mission outcomes.
What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as product manager for the FEMA Data Exchange (FEMADex) platform, setting product direction, evaluating existing and potential solutions, and delivering secure, accessible, user-centered capabilities aligned with FEMA and DHS mission priorities.
Typical assignments include: Partnering with FEMA programs, business owners, IT leadership, and engineering teams to understand user and business needs, identify opportunities for improved products or services, and translate requirements into user stories, technical specifications, and prioritized backlog items.
Driving the product lifecycle from discovery through delivery, including problem definition, hypothesis testing, user research, prototyping, agile development, launch planning, adoption, and continuous improvement. Using customer listening, usability testing, feedback loops, product data, and validation activities to generate actionable insights, shape the roadmap, prioritize features, and ensure products deliver measurable user and mission value.
Leading cross-functional collaboration across design, engineering, data, cybersecurity, compliance, and stakeholder teams; resolving or escalating delivery issues; integrating security and compliance early; and communicating product strategy, progress, risks, and recommendations to leadership. What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management.
Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description.
Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.
No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.
DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays. Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers.
DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities. For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
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deandra.brown@fema.dhs.gov · 2023945106
This position is with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $143913 – $187093/yr.
Applications close on 2026-09-03.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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