Job Description
NetImpact Strategies is seeking a Functional Lead (Hands-on AI Product Development) to join our delivery team supporting Federal clients. The ideal candidate combines client-facing leadership skills with hands-on functional expertise, bridging the gap between business needs and technical implementation. This role will lead delivery activities, manage project scope and timelines, and work directly with stakeholders to define and document business requirements, ensuring successful outcomes aligned with mission objectives. Ideal candidates are strong problem solvers, technically superb, naturally curious, and driven to deliver high-quality outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide thought leadership for product development, solution implementation, and continuous improvement.
- Serve as the primary client-facing lead, managing communication, expectations, and stakeholder engagement.
- Lead project planning, coordination, and execution across Agile or hybrid delivery methodologies.
- Manage project scope, schedules, risks, dependencies, and quality to ensure successful delivery.
- Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions and develop clear functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Act as the functional expert for a proprietary toolset, advising on capabilities, constraints, and solution feasibility.
- Collaborate with technical teams, architects, and QA to ensure alignment between business needs, system design, and implementation.
- Provide functional guidance during solution design, recommending approaches that balance usability, performance, and system constraints.
- Review and guide development of functional deliverables including process flows, configuration documentation, and design artifacts.
- Analyze existing business processes and recommend improvements that drive efficiency and mission success.
- Support development of test scenarios, provide guidance throughout testing cycles, and assist with UAT execution.
- Support training, deployment planning, and transition-to-operations activities.
- Ensure all deliverables and project artifacts comply with Federal standards and quality assurance requirements.
- Apply strong problem-solving, technical understanding, curiosity, and delivery focus to proactively address issues and identify opportunities for improvement.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field
- 8+ years of experience in IT project delivery roles, including at least 3 years in project management or business analysis within Federal environments
- Experience interacting with AI (Artificial Intelligence) to support delivery of software modernization projects
- Proven ability to