Technical Product & Delivery Lead Software Automation

United Launch Alliance (ULA); Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 113,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match + employer contribution

Discretionary annual incentive bonus

Generous paid time off

Flexible work environments

9/80 schedule

Job summary

United Launch Alliance is seeking a Technical Product & Delivery Lead 3 (Ground Software - Automation) to translate program priorities into actionable stories for our software engineers. You will own the team backlog, write epics with clear acceptance criteria, and drive sprint planning and roadmap execution to deliver critical features.

You will collaborate with Tech Leads, Solution Architects, and product managers, ensuring technical alignment, stakeholder satisfaction, and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field from an accredited college or university.
• Strong backlog management and story-writing discipline; comfortable operating at execution-level detail.
• Technical fluency to engage with Tech Leads and Solution Architects about feasibility and tradeoffs.
• Clear communicator, able to translate between business stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Experience in a Scrum/SAFe team-level Product Owner capacity.
• Demonstrated ability to lead team delivery, coordinate dependencies, and manage stakeholder priorities.
• Consistent, high-quality work; dependable and proactive.
• Strong ability to leverage metrics to improve predictability and delivery quality.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the team-level backlog, ensuring alignment with Program Backlog priorities and strategic objectives.
• Write and refine epics and user stories with clear acceptance criteria and definition of done, collaborating with Tech Leads for technical feasibility and sequencing.
• Represent the voice of the customer and business needs in day-to-day team decisions and Agile ceremonies.
• Lead sprint planning, delivery, and roadmap execution, coordinating dependencies and managing stakeholder priorities.
• Accept completed work against acceptance criteria, elevate scope or priority conflicts as needed, and produce reporting for assigned areas.
• Develop and maintain RAID logs, support continuous improvement, and drive measurable outcomes across delivery scope.
• Facilitate onboarding, enablement, and upskilling for new team members and roles.
• Lead cross-team coordination for migration, modernization, and operational support initiatives (e.g., GitLab migrations, cloud ops readiness, build pipeline reliability)

Skills

Backlog management

Story writing

Agile / SAFe

Stakeholder communication

Delivery leadership

Metrics for delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

AWS/EKS

CI/CD

SCM

GitLab

Bamboo

SonarQube

JFrog

Job description

United Launch Alliance is seeking a Technical Product & Delivery Lead 3 (Ground Software - Automation) to translate program priorities into actionable stories for our software engineers. You will own the team backlog, write epics with clear acceptance criteria, and drive sprint planning and roadmap execution to deliver critical features.

You will collaborate with Tech Leads, Solution Architects, and product managers, ensuring technical alignment, stakeholder satisfaction, and timely delivery.