Sr Principal Agile Product Owner - Morrisville (TS/SCI)

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 136,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems seeks a Chief Product Owner to lead multiple software feature teams and translate high‑level business goals into deliverable roadmaps. You will partner with project leads, architects, and POs to align capabilities with customer needs and program strategy.

You will drive acceptance criteria, maintain the integrated roadmap, and represent the product line in gate reviews and customer engagements while leveraging SAFe/LeSS and agile practices.

Qualifications

• Active DoD SCI security clearance
• Bachelor’s degree required with years of experience: 8/6/4 rule
• Mastery of Agile frameworks (SAFe/LeSS/Scrum@Scale)
• Proficiency with Atlassian tools, especially JIRA

Responsibilities

• Owns and maintains Integrated Capability Roadmap with project leads
• Ensure alignment with customer needs and program strategy
• Break down capabilities into executable features for teams
• Ensure stories and acceptance criteria are well defined and testable
• Communicate roadmap to POs and ensure consistency across work items
• Participate in gate reviews and customer-facing meetings

Skills

Agile frameworks

JIRA

Leadership

Communication

Roadmaps

Stakeholder alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

JIRA

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is looking for a Chief Product Owner (CPO) to lead and enable multiple Software development feature teams to implement high-level business goals across a Ground System product line supporting multiple constellations.

Job Description

• Owns and Maintains the Integrated Capability Roadmap: Work with Project Leads to prioritize Features and Capabilities
• Work with the Chief Engineer to ensure Capability and Technical Roadmaps alignment
• Ensure priorities are aligned with the Customer’s needs and Program strategy
• Engage in communication with Project Leads to ensure customer satisfaction and priorities
• Work with Feature Team POs, Architects, and Project Leads to break down Capabilities into Features that teams can execute
• Work with SEIT, POs, Architects, and Project Leads to ensure completeness of Features and Capabilities
• Accountable to ensure Features contain stories to perform all work required for Definition of Done
• Accountable to ensure Acceptance Criteria defined by the Project Leads are adequately defined, understood, and testable
• Work directly with the POs to ensure compliance with the roadmap and the roadmap is effectively communicated to the POs
• Accountable for ensuring consistency and compliance of all the work POs are doing (Feature/Story/AC definition, Feature Acceptance, etc.)
• Present contents going into the Joint Release at the Gate Review to provide the context and purpose of each JR item.
• Gate Reviews are a joint effort between CPO and I&T Lead.
• Responsible for attending the weekly tag-up with the customer, Joint Working Group meetings, and Product Line customer-facing meetings, but they are not expected to be the voice of the product line.

Basic Qualifications

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance
• Must have a completed Bachelor’s degree with below years of experience in systems engineering, software engineering, business leadership, or product development:
• Requires 8 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's in Science; 6 years with a Master's; 4 years with a PhD
• Experience with big picture priorities and operating within a product line or experience managing different customer priorities in one baseline
• Experience translating high-level business goals into roadmaps, Gantt charts and/or integrated roadmaps
• Mastery of Agile Frameworks (e.g., SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale)
• Proficiency in using Atlassian tool suite, especially JIRA
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills and leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong technical background in Software development or Systems Engineering within an Agile Software development program
• Industry-wide recognized credentials such as the Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (PO/PM), or CPrO-C (Chief Product Officer – Certified).
• Strong data analysis and visualization skills
• Proven track record of managing, mentoring, and scaling cross-functional product and engineering teams
• Demonstrated ability to analyze performance metrics of feature teams to identify trends and course-correct and/or implement process changes, as needed
• Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector?

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Primary Level Salary Range: $135,800.00 - $203,600.00

• Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
• Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
• Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

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