Staff Agile Product Owner

Staff Agile Product Owner role at Northrop Grumman Space Systems (Chief Product Owner) overseeing delivery alignment across multiple software feature teams for a Ground System product line.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the Integrated Capability Roadmap for the program
• Partner with Project Leads to prioritize Features and Capabilities
• Coordinate with the Chief Engineer to align Capability and Technical Roadmaps
• Ensure priorities reflect customer needs and the program strategy
• Communicate with Project Leads to support customer satisfaction and maintain shared priority focus
• Work with Feature Team Product Owners, Architects, and Project Leads to break down Capabilities into execution-ready Features
• Collaborate with SEIT, POs, Architects, and Project Leads to verify Feature and Capability completeness
• Accountable for Features including the stories required to complete all work aligned to the Definition of Done
• Ensure Acceptance Criteria defined by Project Leads are adequately defined, understood, and testable
• Work directly with POs to ensure roadmap compliance and effective roadmap communication to PO teams
• Maintain consistency and compliance across PO execution, including Feature/Story/Acceptance Criteria definitions and Feature Acceptance
• Present Joint Release items at the Gate Review, providing context and purpose for each Joint Release (JR) item
• Participate in Gate Reviews as a joint effort between CPO and the I&T Lead
• Attend the weekly customer tag-up, Joint Working Group meetings, and Product Line customer-facing meetings (not expected to be the product line voice)

Requirements

• Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance
• Completed Bachelor’s degree
• Relevant experience requirements based on highest degree:
  • 12 years with a Bachelor’s in Science
  • 10 years with a Masters
  • 8 years with a PhD
• Experience with big-picture priorities and operating within a product line, or managing different customer priorities within one baseline
• Experience translating high-level business goals into roadmaps and Gantt charts and/or integrated roadmaps
• Mastery of Agile frameworks such as SAFe, LeSS, or 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

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• 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 enable employees to share in company results
• Long Term Incentives may be available for employees in Vice President or Director positions

Relocation Assistance

• Relocation assistance may be available

Clearance and Travel

• Clearance required for start: Yes
• Clearance type: SCI
• Travel: Yes, 10% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong technical background in Software development or Systems Engineering within an Agile software development program
• Industry-recognized credentials such as:
  • CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner)
  • SAFe PO/PM (SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager)
  • 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 feature team performance metrics to identify trends and course-correct and/or implement process changes as needed

Location

• Fairfax, VA (onsite)

Compensation

• USD 169,000 - 265,600 per year
• Salary range is a general guideline; base pay is determined based on scope and responsibilities, candidate experience, education, skills, and current market conditions

Application Timeline

• Estimated application period: 20 days from the job posting date