Software Product Owner

Job Summary
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Product Owner to join our dynamic team. The product owner role is a leader responsible for maximizing the value of the products created by a scrum development team. The product owner serves as the customer proxy responsible for working with the Customer and other stakeholders—including other POs—to define and prioritize stories in the team backlog. This role holds the vision of what product or service needs to be developed and conveys that vision to the scrum team.

Responsibilities

• Defining and Communicating the vision: Serve as the point person on a product development team, using high-level perspective to define goals and create a vision for development projects. Communicate with stakeholders across the board, including customers, business area POCs, and the development team to make sure the goals are clear, and the vision is aligned with business objectives.
• Managing the product backlog: Responsible for managing the product backlog—the development team’s project to-do list. This includes: creating the list of backlog items and prioritize them on the overall strategy and business objectives; mapping out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development.
• Prioritizing needs: Responsible for prioritizing needs base on scope, time, and objectives of stakeholders.
• Overseeing development stages: Responsible for overseeing the actual development of the product, playing a key role throughout each event, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint.
• Acting as primary liaison: This role will serve as the primary communicator and link between stakeholders and teams.
• Evaluating product progress at each iteration: Accountable for each stage of the development process and the final product. Play a primary role in inspecting and evaluating product progress through each iteration.

Basic Qualifications

• DOD SECRET Clearance (Final)
• Experience performing implementation of engineering methods and practices
• Experience with VersionOne or Jira
• Systems engineering experience with systems of systems or engineering IT tools infrastructure
• Proven communication skills (verbal and written) with a demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels (up/down/parallel)
• Proven ability to build collaboration across organizations
• Ability to interact effectively with and lead diverse teams
• Desire to work with end users to determine product validity and areas for improvement.

Desired Skills

• Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) domain experience (Long Range Discriminating Radar (LRDR), Aegis BMD, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), C2BMC, AN/TPY-2, SBX, THAAD, Patriot, SBIRS, etc.)
• Proficiency with an architecture modeling tool (e.g. System Architect, Rhapsody, Magic Draw)
• Agile certifications (e.g. Product Owner, Scrum Master, SAFe, etc.)
• Agile Product Owner experience
• Familiarity with BMD tech baseline products (E.g. BMD SDD, BMD SS), processes, and content
• Experience developing performance requirements
• Demonstrated project and team leadership experience
• Proficiency with DOORS

If you are passionate about building great products that aide in the protection of our national defense and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity as a Product Owner.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $135,000.00 - $147,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Compensation Package:

• Yearly pay

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $135,000 - $147,000