Senior Data Product Manager

"Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Data Product Manager to work in the National Capital Region covering the Pentagon, Falls Church, and Fairfax. Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.

The War Data Platform (WDP) is a key initiative within the U.S. Department of War's (DoW) AI-First strategy introduced in early 2026. The WDP focuses on operational warfighting data and aims to accelerate the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) on the battlefield. The WDP extends to Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret environments, and supports collaboration between Combatant Commands, Joint Staff directorates, Senior Executive Service leaders, and operational analysts.

This role directs enterprise data product strategy for WDP Core Integration, governing the design, operation, and enhancement of automated ingestion pipelines, orchestration workflows, and enclave-specific data transformation services across all security levels.

• Directs enterprise data product strategy for War Data Platform (WDP) Core Integration by governing the design, operation, and enhancement of automated ingestion pipelines, orchestration workflows, and enclave-specific data transformation services across Unclassified and NIPR, Secret and SIPR, and Top Secret and JWICS environments.
• Guides engineering teams in constructing scalable data architectures that support medallion-zone storage, cross-domain movement, lineage tracking, and drift detection using platforms such as Databricks, Apache Airflow, AWS Glue, Kafka, and federated data catalog services.
• Liaises with Combatant Commands, Joint Staff elements, and federal mission partners to synthesize operational requirements, define data product roadmaps, consumption models, and mission-aligned release schedules.
• Prioritizes features that elevate platform reliability, including encryption-at-rest and encryption-in-transit methods, identity and access management workflows, automated compliance controls, and data quality monitoring dashboards.
• Leads coordination with Data Operations teams to establish Tier2 and Tier3 support criteria, performance thresholds, outage notification mechanisms, and customer-facing documentation.
• Drives analysis of alternatives for data tooling modernization by evaluating performance telemetry, usage metrics, workload patterns, and enterprise adoption statistics.
• Oversees the creation of troubleshooting utilities, reference architectures, and standardized interfaces used by data producers and consumers across all enclaves.
• Produces reports, release notes, operational scorecards, and governance artifacts that increase transparency, accelerate onboarding, and strengthen decision advantage for DoW and interagency stakeholders using War Data Platform (WDP) Core Integration enterprise data products.
• Performs other duties as assigned.