Agile Product Owner

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Join the 30000strong global KBR Team in delivering technology solutions that help our customers accomplish their most critical missions and objectives. KBR is a Great Places to Work certified company offering fulfilling careers an exceptional employee experience and compelling competitive rewards. Our culture is driven by collaboration transparency mutual respect and shared purpose.

KBR is seeking an experienced Agile Product Owner to support the NAVAIR Aviation Logistics Environment (ALE) Integrated Product Team (IPT) with a specific focus on the Maintenance Engineering Ground Station for Aviation (MEGA) team. This position involves close collaboration with stakeholders to gather aviation maintenance requirements and convert them into actionable user stories for development teams. The ideal candidate will have deep subject matter expertise in USN/USMC aviation maintenance operations with a preference for familiarity with platforms such as H1 H60 P8 MQ4C and MQ25. This is a dynamic highimpact role that requires strategic thinking technical understanding and a strong ability to align product development with enduser needs. If youre passionate about aviation systems and software development in an Agile environment we invite you to join our missiondriven team.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as the liaison between stakeholders and the development team translating USN/USMC aviation maintenance requirementsparticularly for platforms like H1 H60 P8 MQ4C and MQ25into clear user stories and prioritized backlog items.
• Lead Agile ceremonies (e.g. sprint planning daily standups sprint reviews) and oversee the product lifecycle to ensure alignment with customer goals value stream mapping and mission impact.
• Provide subject matter expertise in aviation maintenance diagnostics to inform software design testing and product release strategies ensuring continuous delivery of value.
• Collaborate with engineering leads project managers and external stakeholders to drive communication integration and planning across multidisciplinary teams.
• Participate in ongoing requirements development roadmap planning software performance evaluation and the customization and deployment of ALE IT Portfolio systems.
• Technical Skills/Acumen: Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks (Scrum SAFe etc. and product lifecycle management. Demonstrated experience interpreting aviation maintenance policies from a diagnostics perspective.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Citizenship & Clearance: U.S. Citizenship and active DoD Secret clearance required.

Education & Experience:

• BS/BA & 5 years of experience as an Agile Software Product Owner (or equivalent role).
• OR AA/AS & 9 years of experience.
• OR High School Diploma/GED & 13 years of experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with managing software development/customization teams a plus.
• Understanding and wide application of advanced principles theories concepts and techniques in Product Data Management Project Management Requirements Gathering User Acceptance Major Upgrades Software implementation and validation a plus.
• Subject matter expertise in USN/USMC aviation maintenance for platforms such as H1 H60 P8 MQ4C or MQ25.
• Experience managing software development/customization teams for defense or aerospace systems.
• Familiarity with Product Data Management (PDM) value stream mapping and requirements traceability.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 hours/week.

Work setting: Flexible telework. Onsite meetings occur primarily in Patuxent River MD must be able to attend when needed.

Travel: Occasional stateside 12 events per quarter).

Compensation: $00. The salary range posted is based on the national average. The offered rate will be based on the selected candidates location knowledge skills abilities and/or experience contract affordability and in consideration of internal parity.

Additional Compensation: KBR may offer bonuses commissions or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of a signon bonus relocation benefits shortterm incentives longterm incentives or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

KBR Benefits: KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match medical dental vision life insurance AD&D flexible spending account disability paid time off or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development. #LIML2

Belong Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of teams philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong Connect and Grow. We Deliver Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age national origin veteran status genetic information union status and/or beliefs or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.