Ad Hoc

Lead technical solutioning and proposal development for federal pursuits, mentor teams, and contribute to technical strategy and capture efforts. | 10+ years in software architecture or cloud engineering, federal program experience, strong communication skills, and leadership in large pursuits. | Business Development/Principle Technical Solutions Architect This is a remote position. Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government. Work on things that matter Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology. Built for a remote life Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers. Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works. Primary Responsibilities: • Mentor and coach solutioning teams and technical contributors involved in capture and proposal development, and provide leadership coaching of individuals within the team and organization. • Exhibit strong influencing skills and knowledge of federal procurement, evaluation criteria, and government contracting. Market Presence and Growth • Own the technical solutioning lifecycle for pursuits, from shaping requirements through submission. • Lead development of technical win themes, discriminators, and evaluation-criteria traceability across proposal volumes. • Create compliant, compelling technical narratives, diagrams, and orals decks that clearly communicate value, feasibility, and differentiation. • Partner with capture managers, program leaders, and pricing to align technical, management, transition, and cost stories; author or review BOE/BOM narratives. • Lead orals presentations and technical Q&A sessions, ensuring consistent messaging across solution teams. • Contribute to customer engagements that position Ad Hoc’s technical capabilities ahead of solicitations. • Maintain active awareness of federal IT trends, acquisition patterns, and competitor approaches, converting insights into actionable capture strategies. • Publish or present externally (panels, blogs, conferences) to reinforce Ad Hoc’s technical reputation. Capability Development • Support design and evolution of reusable patterns, frameworks, and reference architectures that accelerate capture and delivery. • Help identify capability gaps revealed through captures and propose targeted investments. • Evaluate and prototype emerging technologies to strengthen Ad Hoc’s competitive position. • Contribute to internal playbooks, checklists, and artifacts that standardize successful capture, solutioning, and delivery practices. • Mentor peers on solution storytelling, compliance alignment, and persuasive technical writing. Technical Excellence and Best Practices • Act as a point of contact and champion for the impact of technology best practices across a portfolio of programs, including the specific proof points, past performance, and people involved. • Mentor & coach senior technical staff across the portfolio on staffing structures, technical systems, and leadership skills to scale delivery and technical excellence across our programs. • Collaborate and contribute to Customer Success staffing plans and organizations to achieve excellent delivery, practitioner support, and financial outcomes. • Provide senior technology consulting and establish technical excellence and best practices through program billable work. Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). • 10+ years of experience in software architecture, system design, or cloud engineering. • Demonstrated leadership of technical solutioning for federal programs or major pursuits ($100M–$250M+ range). • Proven experience across two or more domains: cloud-native architecture, data systems, DevSecOps, enterprise integration, or cybersecurity. • Ability to clearly translate technical complexity into business value for diverse audiences. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including proposal writing and executive presentations. Preferred Qualifications: • Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Architect Expert, or SAFe Architect. • Experience authoring technical proposal volumes and presenting at orals. • Familiarity with federal frameworks such as NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, or Zero Trust Architecture. • Prior experience leading solution efforts across multiple federal agencies or portfolios. To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:https://adhocteam.us/join Benefits: • Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance • Flexible PTO • 401K with employer match • Paid parental leave after one year of service • Employee Assistance Program Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination. In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $170,000-$220,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. https://adhoc.team/

Lead and guide unified product strategy across multi-channel communications for a federal health digital property, ensuring alignment and user-centered delivery. | Bachelor's degree, 9+ years directing cross-functional teams, strong CMS and multi-channel platform knowledge, health policy or health content experience, and excellent communication and data analysis skills. | Staff Product Manager This is a remote position with heavy travel for the first 3-6 months Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government. Work on things that matter Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology. Built for a remote life Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers. Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works. The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact. Primary Responsibilities: Staff Product Manager serves as an emerging subject matter expert, while serving as an individual contributor that exhibits a high level of trust, autonomy and empowerment. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be essential to leading and guiding a unified product strategy across a multi-channel communication efforts, and modernizing one of the federal government’s most mission-critical digital properties. Given highly distributed organizational structure with the HHS portfolio and the need to provide clear, timely public health information across web, mobile, social, and API-driven channels, a senior product leader ensures alignment across communications, policy, design, and technology teams. This role drives cohesive content governance, streamlines operations, reduces redundancies, and supports a user-centered approach to information architecture, accessibility, and omnichannel delivery. The ultimate outcomes of this role is to strengthen public trust, accelerates digital modernization, and ensures health guidance is consistently understood—regardless of platform or audience. A Staff Product Manager exhibits strong influential skills to represent the product management practice in planning sessions, advocating for the best solution, while communicating tradeoffs. You will serve as the primary lead and proactively communicate with stakeholders; while utilizing strong influential skills to drive improvements in product management processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Staff Product Manager: • Strong influential skills to garner consensus among stakeholders, leadership, programs, and practice teams • Primarily supports a program/portfolio, but may support business unit initiatives in order to drive thought leadership among practice and delivery • Serves as a mentor to individuals within the assigned business unit or Program, providing constructive feedback to support employee development and practice innovations • Presents to a wide variety of audiences, inclusive of internal and external stakeholders • Primarily focused on program/portfolio strategic initiatives, but may support tactical assignments • Exhibits strong communications skills in order to gain consensus, mitigate conflict, and serves as a stewardess of innovation or change • Responsible for defining the vision and strategy for products and identifying areas of growth for a program or portfolio of work • Demonstrates the ability to make educated decisions and understands when to pivot and how to experiment in order to reduce uncertainty and inform next steps • Utilizes effective communication skills and understands how to translate complex issues for a wide variety of audiences in order to influence decision making for the highest value outcome • May support growth opportunities, inclusive of proposal writing, solution development, presentations, and briefings • Serves as a partner to Project and Program Managers to support the delivery of required scope and deliverables Required Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years of experience directing cross-functional team • Strong understanding of content management systems (CMS) and multi-channel platforms, a strategic mindset for defining content goals and user experiences, and excellent communication and data analysis skills to guide the execution of content and campaigns across various channels • Be adept at defining target audiences, developing content strategies, choosing the right channels, and using analytics to measure performance. • Heath policy and/or health content implementation experience Technical and Strategic Skills: • Technical understanding: Possess a strong grasp of content management systems, web and mobile architecture, and publishing tools • Strategic planning: Be able to define clear goals, KPIs, and metrics to measure success for both the CMS and multi-channel communication efforts • Content strategy: Understand how to develop a content strategy, including identifying target audiences, defining content types, and planning a content calendar. • Channel expertise: Know how to select the right mix of channels based on the target audience, business goals, and available resources • User experience (UX): Have a passion for creating optimal user experiences across all digital products. Execution and Analysis: • Data-driven decision-making: Use customer data and analytics to make informed decisions about product features and content performance • Performance monitoring: Continuously monitor and analyze performance across all channels using metrics like website traffic, engagement rates, and conversion rates • Optimization: Use insights from analytics to continually refine and optimize the strategy and content Leadership and Communication: • Cross-functional collaboration: Be able to work effectively with engineers, designers, marketing, and other teams • Clear communication: Translate complex technical and strategic information so that all stakeholders can understand it • "Evangelism": Act as a product champion, articulating the product's vision and value to the market • Leadership and decision-making: Make tough decisions when necessary and be able to manage competing requests while keeping the product's best interests in mind • Culture of innovation: Foster a culture of discovery and continuous learning within the team Preferred Qualifications: • .gov and social media background • Ability to obtain/maintain any of the following: • CSPO, CPM, CSM or other related certifications To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:https://adhocteam.us/join Benefits: • Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance • Flexible PTO • 401K with employer match • Paid parental leave after one year of service • Employee Assistance Program Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination. In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $140,000 - $155,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.