Senior Agile Product Lead

Njoyn; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 63,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) with matching

Paid time off

Job summary

CGI Federal in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Senior Agile Product Lead to guide product strategy and backlog prioritization for a major federal modernization program. You will partner with engineering, QA, cloud, and migration teams to deliver high-quality capabilities and ensure readiness for release across cloud, data, and migration workstreams.

The role requires an active TS clearance, US citizenship, and 8+ years in Agile product ownership or related delivery.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret security clearance required
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years in product ownership or Agile delivery
• Extensive experience leading Agile teams and backlogs
• Strong understanding of cloud, data, and modernization workflows

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the product backlog based on mission needs and constraints
• Translate requirements into clear user stories with acceptance criteria
• Align features with modernization, cloud, data and migration priorities
• Manage roadmaps, dependencies, and feature sequencing
• Partner with Scrum Masters and engineering leads for planning and execution
• Communicate readiness with development, QA, cloud, and data teams
• Prepare briefings and roadmap reviews for leadership
• Ensure transparency on progress, risks, and performance
• Collaborate with government customers and mission owners to define priorities
• Support release planning, demos, and PI planning
• Develop product artifacts and metrics for governance and success

Skills

Active TS clearance

US Citizenship

Agile product ownership

Backlog management

stakeholder leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job order - J0926-2533 - Permanent Full Time

Title Senior Agile Product Lead

Category Analytics and Emerging Digital Technologies

City Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Job Description

Senior Agile Product Lead

Position Description

CGI Federal is seeking a Senior Agile Product Lead to guide product strategy, feature prioritization, and Agile delivery for a major federal modernization and data migration program. This role leads backlog development, aligns mission and technical needs, and ensures products and features are ready for release across cloud, data, application, and migration workstreams. The Senior Agile Product Lead partners closely with engineering, Scrum, QA, cloud, migration, and stakeholder teams to deliver high quality capabilities that support mission critical outcomes. This position is located in Huntsville, AL.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Own, develop, and prioritize the product backlog based on mission needs, business objectives, and technical constraints
• Translate requirements into clear, actionable user stories with well defined acceptance criteria
• Ensure features align with modernization, cloud, data, and migration priorities
• Manage roadmap expectations, dependencies, and feature sequencing
• Partner with Scrum Masters and engineering leads to drive sprint planning and execution
• Maintain continuous communication with development, QA, cloud, and data teams to ensure readiness
• Participate in refinement, estimation, and cross team coordination sessions
• Ensure the team understands feature context, business value, and delivery expectations
• Collaborate with government customers, mission owners, and leadership to gather requirements and define priorities
• Prepare and deliver briefings, feature updates, roadmap reviews, and decision recommendations
• Ensure transparency into product progress, risks, and performance
• Validate feature completeness, acceptance criteria fulfillment, and user experience quality
• Partner with QA to ensure testing coverage and defect resolution
• Support release planning, sprint demos, PI planning, and capability demonstrations
• Develop product artifacts including user stories, acceptance criteria, feature definitions, and roadmap documentation
• Maintain visibility into product metrics, throughput, and sprint performance
• Ensure documentation meets contractual, program, and governance standards

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

• Must have an Active Top Secret Security Clearance
• U.S. Citizenship
• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in product ownership, Agile delivery, or technical program support
• Extensive experience leading Agile teams, managing backlogs, and delivering technology solutions
• Strong understanding of cloud, data, application development, and modernization workflows
• Ability to translate technical requirements into clear, mission aligned user stories
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills

Desired qualifications/non essential skills required

• Experience supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, or other national security programs
• SAFe PO/PM, CSPO, or similar Agile certification
• Background in cloud modernization, enterprise systems, or large scale data migrations
• Experience with DevSecOps environments, CI/CD pipelines, or microservice architectures
• Experience supporting federal modernization or national security programs
• Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with microservices, distributed systems, and cloud native architectures
• Scripting experience (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Experience with performance tuning and cost optimization in cloud environments

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CGI Federal is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $62,900.00 $139,300.00.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance options
• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Wellness and Well being programs

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