AI-First ART Product Manager (SAFe)

Leidos Inc; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an ART Product Manager to lead a 110-person Agile Release Train within the Air Traffic Business Area, owning the program backlog and defining features aligned to the vision. The hybrid role requires 3 days onsite at Gaithersburg, MD, Egg Harbor Township, NJ, or Eagan, MN, with 2 days remote.

You will coordinate cross-ART dependencies and drive value through data-driven prioritization. Candidate will manage feature delivery, acceptance criteria, and stakeholder alignment while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of related experience or 10+ years with a Master's degree.
• Product management experience in software-intensive organizations.
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification or equivalent Agile credential.
• Experience owning a Program Backlog and serving as content authority for PI Planning in SAFe environments.
• Feature definition, prioritization, and decomposition for complex technical products at enterprise scale.
• Stakeholder management across executive, technical, and customer audiences with competing priorities.
• Translate strategic vision and roadmaps into executable feature delivery plans.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery mechanics including velocity and capacity planning.
• Data-driven decision-making using product metrics and customer feedback loops.
• Collaboration with engineering teams, systems engineers, and architects on feasibility and trade-offs.
• Capability sequencing and dependency management in system modernization programs.
• Legacy-to-modern transition planning including parallel operations and cutover strategies.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
• US citizenship is required
• Government background investigations completion

Responsibilities

• Own the Program Backlog for the ART; define, prioritize, and sequence Features aligned to program vision and customer needs.
• Decide which Features enter each Program Increment based on priorities and capacity.
• Decompose Features into user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Translate program-level capability roadmap into ART-specific delivery plans with milestones.
• Define Feature acceptance criteria and demonstrate fitness for purpose via reviews.
• Manage ART-level stakeholders including customers, business leadership, and engineering teams.
• Coordinate with peer ART Product Managers and Chief Product Manager on cross-ART dependencies.
• Drive feature prioritization using data-informed decisions balancing value, feasibility, and risk.
• Participate in Solution-level planning and coordinate ART contributions to program capabilities.
• Maintain ART-level product metrics such as feature throughput and value delivery.
• Sequence modernization feature delivery prioritizing capabilities with maximum mission value.
• Manage dependencies between legacy decommissioning and modernized services.
• Define modernization priorities across distributed sites and deployment constraints.
• Coordinate with systems engineering to ensure alignment with activation schedules and gates.
• Champion an AI-first engineering culture and apply AI-enabled practices to improve delivery quality.

Skills

Product management

SAFe POPM

Backlog ownership

PI Planning content authority

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Roadmaps to executable plans

Data-driven decisions

Cross-ART coordination

Legacy modernization planning

Public Trust eligibility

U.S. citizenship

Government background investigations

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree

Job description

Leidos is seeking an ART Product Manager to lead a 110-person Agile Release Train within the Air Traffic Business Area, owning the program backlog and defining features aligned to the vision. The hybrid role requires 3 days onsite at Gaithersburg, MD, Egg Harbor Township, NJ, or Eagan, MN, with 2 days remote.

You will coordinate cross-ART dependencies and drive value through data-driven prioritization. Candidate will manage feature delivery, acceptance criteria, and stakeholder alignment while