Agile Team Product Lead — Mission-Critical Systems

Leidos Inc; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an Agile Team Product Lead for a complex program supporting CBP's Passenger Systems Program Directorate in DHS. The role demands strong systems, software, cloud, and Agile expertise, with on-site presence in Ashburn, VA twice a week.

You will lead agile delivery, gather requirements, refine backlog, and coordinate with product owners and developers to deliver high-quality functionality in a DevOps-enabled environment.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with Cloud Technologies such as AWS, KONVOY, Kubernetes, Docker.
• Has experience to build Development Roadmap, report against it and continue to keep it up to date.
• Knowledge of Continuous Delivery and DevOps practices.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum/Kanban, supporting Agile development efforts.
• At least five (5) years of experience writing user stories, slicing features, using test suites and maintaining issue backlog.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with diverse agile teams, product owners, and subject matter experts.
• Experience conducting stakeholder interviews and facilitating stakeholder workshops.
• Ensure compliance with software standards.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Must be able to obtain a CBP Background Investigation prior to start.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product owner, technical leads, development team on the requirement elicitation, documentation in JIRA of epic/stories/features and acceptance criteria in fast-paced Agile environment
• Work with product owners to refine, groom and prioritize issue backlog
• Work with development teams to flesh out technical and QA requirements
• Continuously monitor, identify risks and risk mitigations and capture team performance reports
• Collaborates with team on understanding the requirements and properly developing and testing functionality using BDD and ATDD
• Quickly adapt to customer dynamic environment and adopt their processes and foster innovative ideas
• Adopt to new ways of working, socializing and collaborating with stakeholders and understanding their business goals
• Must be a self-starter, strong leader, and have the ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Manages a team of experienced professionals who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments.
• Leads, directs and reviews the work of team who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments.
• Works with Portfolio Manager to hiring, termination, promotion and reward authority within own area, in accordance with manager review and approval.

Skills

Agile leadership

stakeholder interviews

communication

team collaboration

risk management

Education

BA/BS or equivalent with 12+ years

Masters with 6 years experience

4 years of experience in lieu of degree

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

KONVOY

Job description

Leidos is seeking an Agile Team Product Lead for a complex program supporting CBP's Passenger Systems Program Directorate in DHS. The role demands strong systems, software, cloud, and Agile expertise, with on-site presence in Ashburn, VA twice a week.

You will lead agile delivery, gather requirements, refine backlog, and coordinate with product owners and developers to deliver high-quality functionality in a DevOps-enabled environment.