Engagement Operations Team Product Owner

RedBeard Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RedBeard Solutions seeks an Air and Missile Defense Engagement Operations Product Owner to lead EO software development for the IFMC project office. You will review designs, provide guidance to the development team, and align priorities with program management for increments and sprints.

Expect briefings to leadership on status, risks, and recommended actions affecting the EO mission. Candidates should have 10+ years DoD/Gov experience, a STEM degree (ABET preferred), and strong command of

Qualifications

• Understanding of Engagement Operations concepts including planning/scheduling, threat evaluation and sensor/resource management.
• Ability to oversee EO SW development and verify work against acceptance criteria.
• Experience working with Agile software developers on SCRUM teams.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize capabilities and defects for each product increment and sprint.
• Provide guidance to the development team and conduct technical briefings for leadership.
• Communicate status, risks, and recommended actions affecting the EO mission.

Skills

EO concepts

Agile/SCRUM

MS Office

Leadership guidance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/science/mathematics

ABET preferred

Job description

The Air and Missile Defense (AMD) Engagement Operations Team Product Owner (PO) will work as a member of the Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS) Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Project Office (PO). The PO will be responsible for the Prioritization and validation of the development software for the Engagement Operations team. The position will include reviewing and understanding Systems Engineering concepts, designs and algorithms and providing guidance to the development team. The product owner will work with Program management in setting priorities for the capabilities and defects for the team for each product increment and sprint. The position will include technical briefings and advisement to leadership on status and recommended courses of action, competing capabilities, performance, risks, and impacts to the IFMC mission.

Basic Qualifications:

The candidate must have a basic understanding of Engagement Operations (EO) concepts to include engagement planning/scheduling, threat evaluation, target selection, battlespace prediction and sensor resource management. The candidate must have the ability to provide oversight to the EO SW development team and verify the team's work based on agreed upon acceptance criteria. The candidate must be able to work directly with the Agile software developers.

The candidate must:

• Be fluent in the Microsoft Office toolset


• Have a Bachelor’s degree (or advanced degree) from an accredited college (ABET preferred) in engineering, the sciences or mathematics,


• Have a minimum of 10 years combined Government/DoD experience in performing the essential duties listed above,

Other Qualifications:

An additional plus is knowledge in IBCS, PATRIOT, MEADS, THAAD, C2BMC, or AEGIS and familiarity with current EO implementations in one or more of the DoD services. Prior Product Owner experience on a SCRUM team is a plus.