Senior Software Product Owner (Agile SAFe)

Leidos is seeking a Senior Software Product Owner with strong Agile SAFe experience to drive backlog execution, represent customer needs, and support high-value delivery across a scaled Agile environment. This onsite role is based in Huntsville, AL.

Role Overview

In this position, you will define and prioritize product features, maintain the team backlog, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure readiness for Program Increment (PI) planning and iteration activities. The role also emphasizes transparency into progress, risks, and dependencies, while promoting Agile SAFe practices to improve team outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Act as the customer voice for the Agile team, ensuring alignment to business goals and program objectives.
• Define, maintain, and prioritize the team backlog, including features, user stories, and enablers.
• Develop and communicate acceptance criteria for user stories and features.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager to refine features and support readiness for Program Increment (PI) planning.
• Contribute to PI Planning, Iteration Planning, Backlog Refinement, Iteration Reviews, and System Demos.
• Work with stakeholders and the System Architect to ensure backlog items meet Definition of Ready.
• Support delivery of high-quality increments that meet Definition of Done.
• Make real-time scope, priority, and trade-off decisions to maximize business value.
• Maintain transparency into progress, risks, and dependencies across the team and stakeholders.
• Analyze customer needs, market trends, and business objectives to support product roadmap decisions.
• Promote Agile SAFe practices to improve team performance and outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field with 12+ years of experience or 10+ with a Master’s.
• 4+ years of experience as a Product Owner or similar role in an Agile environment.
• Experience writing user stories, defining features, setting acceptance criteria, and guiding cross-functional Agile teams.
• Experience decomposing large feature sets into smaller subsets for team execution.
• Strong communication, prioritization, and stakeholder engagement skills in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Currently living in Huntsville, AL or willing to relocate to the North Alabama area.
• Currently holds a Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a large-scale Agile SAFe environment.
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification.

Compensation

Pay Range: USD 131,300 - 237,350 per year. Pay range shown as $131,300.00 - $237,350.00.

Benefits

• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement

Location and Employment Details

Location: Huntsville, AL (onsite).

Posting Information

Original Posting Date: September 24, 2026.

For U.S. positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date listed above.