AI Product Manager - SME at Markon
Annapolis Junction, MD
$220,000–$240,000from the description
Jul 13, 2026
Annapolis Junction, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level role bridging strategy and execution for teams building AI-driven software and data solutions in a government or defense context. The position involves guiding product lifecycle decisions — roadmap planning, prioritization, and stakeholder coordination — while advising leadership and working directly alongside engineering teams. Suited to a deeply experienced technical program or product professional holding an active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
Principal level · 15+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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Why we read it this way (8)
The role is titled 'AI Product Manager – SME' with no explicit seniority level in the title; however, the 15–18+ year experience requirement and the strategic/advisory scope place this firmly at the Principal band.
The degree requirement is tiered: 18 years with a Bachelor's OR 15 years with a Master's. The minimum hard gate is a Bachelor's degree (with 18 years), so the degree requirement is set to Bachelors; the Master's path is an alternative that reduces the experience floor to 15 years.
An active TS/SCI with Polygraph is explicitly required — this is a hard gate.
The posting is light on named technologies; the qualifications describe broad product/program management competencies and AI familiarity rather than specific tools or platforms. No concrete technology skills beyond these categories are named.
SOC classification is ambiguous: the role is primarily strategic/managerial (advising leadership, roadmap ownership, stakeholder management) which points to 11-3021, but it is framed as an individual-contributor SME rather than a people manager with direct reports. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is noted as a plausible alternative.
Work location is Annapolis Junction, MD, which falls within the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson CBSA (12580).
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): product management, roadmap planning, stakeholder management.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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