The Staff Agile Product Owner will serve as Chief Product Owner (CPO) for Northrop Grumman Space Systems, leading and enabling multiple software development feature teams to deliver high-level business goals across a Ground System product line.

Role Overview

As the CPO, you represent Product Management and act as the voice of customers within the Agile development team. You will guide integrated roadmap execution by shaping priorities, managing dependencies, and ensuring acceptance criteria are clear and testable across the product line.

Key Responsibilities

Own and maintain the Integrated Capability Roadmap for the product line
Collaborate with Project Leads to prioritize Features and Capabilities
Work with the Chief Engineer to align Capability and Technical Roadmaps
Ensure priorities reflect customer needs and the Program strategy
Engage with Project Leads to support customer satisfaction and confirm priority alignment
Partner with Feature Team POs, Architects, and Project Leads to break down Capabilities into team-executable Features
Work with SEIT, POs, Architects, and Project Leads to validate completeness of Features and Capabilities
Ensure Features include stories that cover all work required for the Definition of Done
Ensure Project Leads’ Acceptance Criteria are adequately defined, understood, and testable
Work directly with POs to support compliance with the roadmap and communicate the roadmap effectively
Account for consistency and compliance of PO-defined work, including Feature/Story/Acceptance Criteria and Feature Acceptance
Present Joint Release (JR) content at Gate Review to explain context and purpose of each JR item
Participate in Gate Reviews as a joint effort between the CPO and I&T Lead
Attend weekly customer tag-ups, Joint Working Group meetings, and Product Line customer-facing meetings (while not expected to be the voice of the product line)

Required Qualifications

Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance
Completed Bachelor’s degree
Relevant experience requirements based on highest education level: 12 years with a Bachelor’s in Science, 10 years with a Masters, or 8 years with a PhD
Experience with big-picture priorities and operating within a product line, or managing multiple customer priorities in one baseline
Experience translating high-level business goals into roadmaps and Gantt charts and/or integrated roadmaps
Mastery of Agile Frameworks (e.g., SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale)
Proficiency with the Atlassian tool suite, especially JIRA
Strong written and oral communication skills
Good interpersonal skills and leadership experience

Technologies

SAFe
LeSS
Scrum@Scale
Atlassian tool suite
JIRA
Gantt charts

Preferred Qualifications

Strong technical background in Software development or Systems Engineering within an Agile Software development program
Industry-wide recognized credentials such as 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

Compensation

USD 169,000 - 265,600 per yearly

The above salary range represents a general guideline; Northrop Grumman considers factors including scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate experience, education, skills, and current market conditions.

Benefits

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Depending on the position, eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay
Annual bonuses designed to reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results
Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives

Relocation, Travel, and Clearance

Relocation assistance may be available
Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time
Clearance required for start: Yes
Clearance type: SCI

Application Period

The application period is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date.

Staff Agile Product Owner

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