Product Owner

Command Holdings; Napoli; Híbrido; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life and Disability Insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Pet Insurance

Resumo da vaga

CeLeen, an operating firm of Command Holdings, seeks a Product Owner to support NIWC Atlantic in Naples, Italy. You will act as the customer proxy for SAFe ARTs, own the backlog, and collaborate with Product Management, System Architects, and engineers to deliver high-value capabilities.

The role requires strong requirements discipline, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to translate mission needs into well-formed user stories with clear acceptance criteria.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Current, active secret security clearance.
• Experience in SAFe Agile environment.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as customer/stakeholder proxy for one or more teams within SAFe ART.
• Lead requirements elicitation interviewing stakeholders, end users, SMEs, and systems engineers.
• Decompose features into actionable user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Own and prioritize team backlog using WSJF and value-based prioritization.
• Translate complex requirements into clear tasks for developers and engineers.
• Collaborate with teams during planning, stand-ups, backlog refinement, and reviews.
• Validate and accept completed stories per DoD and built-in quality guidelines.
• Participate in PI Planning and roadmap alignment.
• Incorporate architectural runway and cybersecurity controls into iterations.
• Coordinate system demos and capture feedback for backlog refinement.
• Manage requirements lifecycle across Jira/Confluence/Azure DevOps/VersionOne.
• Prepare transition docs, personas, and training materials.

Conhecimentos

Agile principles

SAFe

Requirements management

Stakeholder communication

Backlog grooming

User story drafting

Team collaboration

MS Office

English proficiency

Formação

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Ferramentas

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

VersionOne

Descrição da vaga

CeLeen, an operating firm of Command Holdings, is seeking a Product Owner to support the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic (NIWC) in Naples, Italy.

The Product Owner (PO) serves as the customer and mission proxy for the Agile development team, working within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to drive the delivery of high-value capabilities and software solutions. The Product Owner is responsible for defining, prioritizing, and maintaining the Team Backlog, collaborating closely with Product Management, System Architects, and cross-functional Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to execute strategic vision and Program Increment (PI) objectives. The PO collaborates directly with end users, operational stakeholders, and system engineers to elicit, analyze, and translate operational, mission, and system requirements.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Serving as the primary customer and stakeholder proxy for one or more agile development teams operating within an established SAFe Agile Release Train (ART).
• Leading requirements elicitation and gathering by interviewing mission stakeholders, end users, subject matter experts (SMEs), and systems engineers to capture functional, operational, and non-functional requirements (NFRs).
• Decomposing high-level features, capabilities, and epics into actionable, granular user stories, enabler stories, and spikes with clear, testable acceptance criteria formatted to industry standards (e.g., Given/When/Then).
• Owning, refining, and prioritizing the team backlog in alignment with product management priorities, system roadmaps, and Program Increment (PI) objectives using Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) and value-driven prioritization techniques.
• Translating complex technical and mission requirements into clear, digestible tasks and functional user stories for developer and engineering teams, ensuring complete alignment on scope, objectives, and technical constraints.
• Collaborating daily with developer teams, system architects, and scrum master's during iteration planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, iteration reviews, and retrospectives to clarify requirements, resolve ambiguities, and mitigate blockers.
• Validating and accepting completed user stories, verifying that deliverables fulfill all defined acceptance criteria and adhere to the Definition of Done (DoD) and organizational built-in quality guidelines.
• Actively participating in PI Planning, collaborating with product management to review the vision and roadmap, establish iteration goals, determine team capacity, and identify cross-team dependencies and delivery risks.
• Partnering with system architecture and engineering to incorporate architectural runway requirements, cybersecurity controls (including DISA STIGs and NIST standards), and technical debt reduction into iteration cycles.
• Coordinating and facilitating system demos and iteration reviews to showcase working software and capability enhancements to stakeholders and sponsors, capturing feedback for iterative backlog refinement.
• Managing requirements lifecycle and traceability across enterprise agile tooling suites (such as Jira, Confluence, and Azure DevOps), maintaining real-time documentation and metric reporting (burn-down/burn-up charts, velocity, and cumulative flow).
• Preparing and coordinating transition documentation, user personas, operational concept documents, and training/release support materials in support of capability fielding and lifecycle management.

Multiple positions may be hired from this announcement.

This position is contingent on contract modification.

This is a Technical Representative position in Naples, Italy. Candidate must meet legal, technical, and status accreditation/SOFA requirements.

• Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone and printers) and /or occasional Loud noise (airfield, large equipment).
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to sit, stand, talk, and hear.
• Employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers to operate a computer.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Ability to drive a motor vehicle in environments including city, highway, and rural roads CONUS and OCONUS.

Travel:

• 10-20% / Occasional travel.

CeLeen, an operating firm of Command Holdings, a Pequot company, is a tribally-owned firm providing management consulting services to U.S. government agencies.

Pursuant to PL 93-638, as amended, preference will be given to qualified Native Americans and spouses in all phases of employment.

At CeLeen, our employees are the embodiment of our success as a firm. Our team is comprised of a tenacious group of professionals located across the globe. It includes military veterans and spouses of active duty troops, former federal employees, policy experts, academics, attorneys, and technical and business experts, all of whom share a strong work ethic and the skills to succeed in both collaborative and independent environments. CeLeen is invested in the long-term success of both our clients and colleagues for the right reasons. Our dedication to putting good government into practice is underpinned by a merit-based culture that measures success by productivity and credibility.

CeLeen will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants who are unable to utilize our online application system due to a disability. Please send your request to the Human Resources Team .

CeLeen is committed to equal employment opportunitybased on merit.We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and in accordancewith EO 14173 and Federal Employment Laws: Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Polygraph Protection Act.

CeLeen's Affiantive Action Program is available to any employee or applicant for employment for inspection upon request, to the extent required by federal regulations. The Affliative Action Program can be accessed during normal business hours by making an appointment with the Human Resources Team .

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Current, active secret security clearance.
• In-depth knowledge of Agile principles and modern systems development life cycle (SDLC) practices, with direct proficiency operating within a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment.

Expertise in requirements management, user story drafting, backlog grooming, and scope definition for complex software, IT, network, and command-and-control (C4ISR) systems.

Demonstrate strong technical literacy to interface effectively between non-technical mission stakeholders and technical software engineers, database administrators, and systems integration teams.

Proven experience leveraging enterprise agile lifecycle tools (such as Atlassian Jira/Confluence, Azure DevOps, or VersionOne) is required.

• Candidate must meet legal, technical, and status accreditation/SOFA requirements.
• Valid driver’s license (proof of which will be required after hire) and ability to qualify for and maintain company liability insurance through a clean driving record.
• Outstanding communication skills, influencing abilities, and client focus.
• Demonstrated proficiency in using all Microsoft Office applications.
• Professional proficiency in English is required.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. CeLeen will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s Degree.

• Carrying out the required experience in an OCONUS environment, across multidisciplinary teams.

CeLeen offers a competitive benefits plan including:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life and Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet Insurance

Eligibility requirements apply.

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