Chief Product Owner (CPO)

RTX (Raytheon); Fullerton (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX (Raytheon) Sensors Space & Airborne seeks a Chief Product Owner to drive the Sentinel product line, coordinating a $300M scope across 6-8 programs with ~80 engineers. The role leads PI planning, aligns roadmaps with technical milestones, and partners with CE and PM to ensure value-focused delivery.

The candidate will champion Agile execution, manage dependencies, and deliver increment objectives while mentoring Product Owners and ensuring cross-functional alignment within USG and NASAMS

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in STEM and 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in Lean, Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, XP, or similar frameworks.
• Minimum 5 years serving in roles such as Product Owner, Product Manager, Release Train Engineer, or Scrum Master.
• Proven experience building and managing product roadmaps and aligning feature delivery across multiple teams.
• Proficiency with Agile management tools (Jira, Rally, or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Execute the Program Increment, ensuring alignment between roadmap intent, backlog priorities, and team-level delivery.
• Hold regular Scrum of Scrums with Product Owners to surface blockers and coordinate external needs.
• Coordinate with stakeholders outside the teams to remove impediments and ensure alignment across engineering disciplines.
• Execute the product roadmap; support CE and LSEs in long-term feature scheduling, selection and sequencing.
• Set increment-level objectives jointly with CE and PM to support priorities and milestones.
• Partner with Product Owners to ensure teams deliver in alignment with acceptance criteria.
• Organize and lead PI Planning activities; gather and deliver retrospective feedback to the CE.
• Support the PO team across all Scrum activities, enabling backlog health, predictability, and execution discipline.
• Provide product-line Agile metrics, delivery status, projections, and performance insights to PMs and leadership.
• Drive adoption of Agile principles aligned with program execution needs.
• Promote collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement across the product line.

Skills

Agile leadership

Product ownership

Roadmapping

Scrum

Cross-team coordination

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Jira

Rally

Job description

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today's mission and stay ahead of tomorrow's threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Raytheon Sensors Space & Airborne is looking for a Chief Product Owner (CPO) for the Sentinel product line. The successful candidate will be responsible for executing Program Increments, driving Agile maturity, and ensuring predictable, value-focused delivery across a $300M scope spanning 6-8 programs within USG and NASAMS portfolios.

The CPO leads coordination across approximately 80 multidisciplinary engineers and partners closely with the Chief Engineer (CE), Program Manager (PM), Lead Systems Engineers (LSEs), and Software Technical Directors (SW TDs) to align product execution with long‑term vision, capability roadmaps, and technical acceptance criteria. This servant‑leader role focuses on cross‑team synchronization, dependency management, PI Planning leadership, and fostering Agile execution.

What You Will Do

• Execute the Program Increment, ensuring alignment between roadmap intent, backlog priorities, and team‑level delivery.
• Hold regular Scrum of Scrums with Product Owners to surface blockers, coordinate external needs, and drive cross‑team communication.
• Coordinate with stakeholders outside the teams to remove impediments and ensure alignment across engineering disciplines, suppliers, and program partners.
• Execute the product roadmap; support CE and LSEs in long‑term feature scheduling, selection, and sequencing.
• Set increment‑level objectives jointly with CE and PM to support strategic priorities and technical milestones.
• Partner with Product Owners to ensure teams deliver in alignment with acceptance criteria established by CEs and aligned technical leadership.
• Organize and lead PI Planning activities; gather, evaluate, and deliver retrospective feedback, including improvement opportunities, to the CE.
• Support the PO team across all Scrum activities, enabling strong backlog health, predictability, and execution discipline.
• Provide product‑line Agile metrics, delivery status, projections, and performance insights to PMs and leadership.
• Drive adoption of Agile principles, ensuring alignment with program execution needs.
• Promote collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement across the product line, influencing effective delivery and minimizing cross‑team dependencies.

What You Will Learn

• Working across a product line in collaboration with other teams.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience in Agile organizations using Lean, Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, XP, or similar frameworks.
• Minimum 5 years serving in roles such as Product Owner, Product Manager, Release Train Engineer, Value Stream Engineer, Scrum Master, Project Manager, or similar Agile leadership functions.
• Demonstrated experience building and managing product roadmaps and aligning feature delivery across multiple teams.
• Proficiency with Agile management tools (e.g., Jira, Rally, or equivalent).

Qualifications We Prefer

• Industry & Program Expertise: Experience supporting large‑scale defense or aerospace programs, including cost/schedule alignment and technical milestone integration.
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) and Agile EV or equivalent data‑driven performance methodologies.
• Agile & Leadership Strengths: Deep understanding of Agile principles and the ability to differentiate between "being Agile" and merely "doing Agile".
• Excellent mentoring, coaching, and servant‑leadership capabilities supporting Product Owners and cross‑functional teams.
• Delivery Expertise: Proven experience delivering complex systems involving soft

Location: US-CA-FULLERTON-675 ~ 1801 Hughes Dr ~ BLDG 675

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret

Security Clearance Status: Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.