Agile Product Owner / Principal Agile Product Owner - MASC-F

Northrop Grumman Space Systems has an exciting career opportunity for an Agile Product Owner / Principal Agile Product Owner to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Huntsville, AL.

Position Overview:

The selected Agile Product Owner / Principal Agile Product Owner will provide support for the MASC-F (Modeling and Simulation – Framework) program. The selected leader will be responsible for maximizing the value of the products created by a scrum development team. The product owner will serve as the customer proxy responsible for working with the Customer and other stakeholders—including other POs—to define and prioritize stories in the team backlog. This role holds the vision of what product or service needs to be developed and conveys that vision to the scrum team.

Essential Functions:  

• Defining and Communicating the vision: Serve as the point person on a product development team, using high-level perspective to define goals and create a vision for development projects. Communicate with stakeholders across the board, including customers, business area POCs, and the development team to make sure the goals are clear, and the vision is aligned with business objectives.
• Managing the product backlog: Responsible for managing the product backlog—the development team’s project to-do list. This includes: creating the list of backlog items and prioritize them on the overall strategy and business objectives; mapping out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development.
• Prioritizing needs: Responsible for prioritizing needs base on scope, time, and objectives of stakeholders.
• Overseeing development stages: Responsible for overseeing the actual development of the product, playing a key role throughout each event, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint.
• Acting as primary liaison: This role will serve as the primary communicator and link between stakeholders and teams.
• Evaluating product progress at each iteration: Accountable for each stage of the development process and the final product. Play a primary role in inspecting and evaluating product progress through each iteration.

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings across all levels.  Limited travel may be required.

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

This requisition may be filled at either a Agile Product Owner or Principal Agile Product Owner level.

Basic Qualifications for an Agile Product Owner:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 2 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 0 years of related experience.
• Experience performing implementation of engineering methods and practices
• Experience with VersionOne or Jira
• Systems engineering experience with systems of systems or engineering IT tools infrastructure
• Proven communication skills (verbal and written) with a demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels (up/down/parallel)
• Proven ability to build collaboration across organizations
• Ability to interact effectively with and lead diverse teams
• Desire to work with end users to determine product validity and areas for improvement
• The ability to work full-time onsite.
• Applicants must have a active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued Secret security clearance at the time of application which is required to start;

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Agile Product Owner:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 years of experience.
• Experience performing implementation of engineering methods and practices
• Experience with VersionOne or Jira
• Systems engineering experience with systems of systems or engineering IT tools infrastructure
• Proven communication skills (verbal and written) with a demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels (up/down/parallel)
• Proven ability to build collaboration across organizations
• Ability to interact effectively with and lead diverse teams
• Desire to work with end users to determine product validity and areas for improvement
• The ability to work full-time onsite.
• Applicants must have a active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued Secret security clearance at the time of application which is required to start;

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) domain experience (Long Range Discriminating Radar (LRDR), Aegis BMD, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), C2BMC, AN/TPY-2, SBX, THAAD, Patriot, SBIRS, etc.)
• Agile Product Owner experience
• Familiarity with BMD tech baseline products (E.g. BMD SDD, BMD SS), processes, and content
• Experience developing performance requirements
• Demonstrated project and team leadership experience
• Proficiency with DOORS
• Proficiency with an architecture modeling tool (e.g. System Architect, Rhapsody, Magic Draw)
• Agile certifications (e.g. Product Owner, Scrum Master, SAFe, etc.)
• A current active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.