Staff Agile Product Owner

Northrop Grumman; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Sector is seeking a Staff Agile Product Owner (Level 5) to lead a software development team onsite in Chantilly, VA. The role emphasizes maintaining the integrated product roadmap, coordinating with stakeholders, and delivering on sprint and PI plans while managing budget and staffing.

Ideal candidates will have 12+ years of related experience (or 10+ with a master’s), a Product Owner certification, and active Top Secret with SCI eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, System Engineering, or similar plus 12 years of experience, or a master’s with 10 years of experience.
• Software Development experience.
• 2+ years of CAM experience.
• 2+ years EVM Experience.
• Product Owner Certification.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Active Top Secret and ability to obtain and maintain SCI access at time of application.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Product Owner of a software development team.
• Serve as the CAM, keep budget updated, manage staffing plan.
• Regular briefings to Executive Leadership and Customers.
• Coordinate and prioritize the needs for multiple stakeholders across multiple products.
• To work with stakeholders, both internal and external, to develop solutions to solve Government needs across multiple programs and advance warfighter capabilities.
• Own the integrated Product Roadmap, defining the priorities of software capabilities consistent with stakeholder mission needs.
• Iterate Product Roadmap with the stakeholder to address evolving priorities.
• Decompose stakeholders’ needs to create, refine, and prioritize the product backlog; support all aspects of backlog refinement and story mapping.
• Drive performance of the team to accomplish sprint and release commitments, escalate and remove impediments, and participate in status and progress reporting to senior management.
• Engage in Program Increment (PI) Planning Activities; ensure PI objectives reflect customer priorities and business value, identify risks and dependencies for the Scrum Team and across the program.

Skills

Software Development

CAM experience

EVM Experience

Product Owner Certification

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / System Engineering

Tools

Atlassian Tool suite

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

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 Sector is looking for you to join our team as a Product Owner for a software product team to be onsite in Chantilly, Dulles, Fairfax VA

The Northrop Grumman Space Sector is a strategic partner specializing in commercial and classified partnerships with the design, delivery, operation and sustainment of satellites and human spacecraft. We support Tactical Space Superiority Missions with unique solutions that solve Government needs across multiple programs and advance warfighter capabilities.

Job Description:

• Serve as the Product Owner of a software development team
• Serve as the CAM, keep budget updated, manage staffing plan
• Regular briefings to Executive Leadership and Customers
• Coordinate and prioritize the needs for multiple stakeholders across multiple products
• To work with stakeholders, both internal and external, to develop solutions to solve Government needs across multiple programs and advance warfighter capabilities
• Own theintegratedProductRoadmap, defining the priorities of software capabilities consistent withstakeholdermissionneeds
• Iterate Product Roadmap with the stakeholder to address evolving priorities
• Decompose stakeholders’ needs to create, refine, and prioritize the product backlog; support all aspects of backlog refinement and story mapping
• Drive performance of the team to accomplish sprint and release commitments, **escalate and remove impediments**, and participate in status and progress reporting to senior management
• Engage in Program Increment (PI) Planning Activities; ensure PI objectives reflect customer priorities and business value, identify risks and dependencies for the Scrum Team and across the program

Basic Qualifications:

Staff Agile Product Owner (Level 5)

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, System Engineering, or similar plus 12 years of experience, or a master’s with 10 years of experience.
• Software Development experience
• 2+ years of CAM experience
• 2+ years EVM Experience
• Product Owner Certification
• Must be a US Citizen
• Active Top Secret and ability to obtain and maintain SCI access at time of application

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Atlassian Tool suite
• Systems Engineering Experience
• Product Owner Experience 5+ years
• Product Owner Certification
• Current SCI clearance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to work independently, and possess the poise and flexibility required to work in a highly dynamic environment

Primary Level Salary Range: $177,000.00 - $265,600.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate’s experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.