Senior Product Owner

Riverside Research Institute; Dayton (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Research Institute seeks a full‑time Product Owner to support NASIC PED software at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. The role requires agile leadership, stakeholder engagement, and close collaboration with DoD customers and government personnel.

The candidate will guide architecture and product development across multiple teams, ensuring delivery aligns with NASIC processing, exploitation, and dissemination needs while applying cloud and DevSecOps practices as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Top Secret clearance with SCI adjudication.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related fields.
• 12+ years’ experience in a mix of systems engineering/architecture development and technical project management.
• Strong communication and ability to work with technically and organizationally diverse personnel.

Responsibilities

• Engage with stakeholders to understand NASIC PED software needs and architectures.
• Assist software architecture users as a Product Owner in prioritizing requirements.
• Advise development teams to deliver software and architecture satisfying stakeholder needs.
• Develop and communicate product vision, goals, and deliverables to developers and Government customers.
• Advise on incorporating software development into cloud architectures.
• Coordinate efforts across multiple development teams for shared NASIC enterprise solutions.
• Provide technical leadership from vision to design and oversight of complex projects.
• Apply systems engineering methods to enhance R&D and acquisition processes.

Skills

Agile

Stakeholder management

Systems engineering

Technical PM

Cloud architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/computer science

Master's degree in related field (preferred)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Riverside Overview

Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country’s most challenging technical problems. All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.

Position Overview

Riverside Research is seeking a full-time Product Owner to support the National Air & Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. This position will function as part of a team providing systems engineering integration and architecture support. They will apply Agile methodologies in a Product Owner role to engage with stakeholders and assist developers in creating and integrating software products supporting NASIC PED throughout defined, regular intervals. They will apply their strong interpersonal and organizational skills in building relationships with community stakeholders. The work is in support of both Intelligence Community and Department of Defense (DoD) programs.

Responsibilities

• As a Product Owner, engage with stakeholders to understand their needs for NASIC processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED) software, architectures, and networks.
• Assist software architecture users as a Product Owner in developing and prioritizing requirements.
• Advise software development team(s) as a Product Owner in understanding stakeholder requirements and delivering software and architecture which satisfies those requirements.
• Develop and communicate product vision, goals, and deliverables to developers, technically diverse stakeholders, and Government customers.
• Advise on incorporating software product development into cloud architectures.
• Coordinate efforts across multiple development teams to facilitate common architecture solutions which apply across the NASIC enterprise.
• Provide technical leadership and advice to the vision, design, and oversight of complex projects, spanning hardware and software solutions.
• Apply systems engineering methodologies to enhance R&D and acquisition processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Top Secret clearance with SCI adjudication
• Bacelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related fields.
• 12+ years’ experience in a mix of systems engineering/architecture development and technical project management.
• Self-motivated, detail oriented, responsible team player able to work independently with minimal daily direction; effective/efficient written/verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work and interact with technically and organizationally diverse personnel.

Desired Qualifications

• Master’s degree in systems engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or information technology related technical fields.
• 14+ years’ experience in a mix of systems engineering/architecture development and technical project management in support of the IC or DoD.
• Experience working with Software Developers, System Architects and System Engineers.
• Experience in NASIC processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED).
• Experience working with Agile development methodologies, and/or Agile certifications such as Certified Scrum Product Owner.
• Familiarity with the Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) or Systems Modeling Language (SysML), to support creation of artifacts such as Block Definition Diagrams, Internal Block Diagrams, Use Case Diagrams, and Activity Diagrams that display operational views (OV), system views (SV), capability views (CV), and data views (DV).
• Experience engineering / implementing operational prototypes is highly desired.
• Experience with DevSecOps and/or cross domain solutions.
• Experience with Cloud-Native Architectures.
• Understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, data bases, Python, Istio, Helm, GitLab, Elastic, Tableau, Confluence, Jira and/or other related technologies.

Global Comp

$140,000- $165,000 This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.

Closing Statement

Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees. Riverside bases its employment decisions solely on technical experience, qualifications and other job-related criteria related to our organizational purpose as a not-for-profit company, and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran’s status or any other status legally protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.