Product Owner

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Leidos Defense Systems Land Systems is seeking a Product Owner to join our teamwith the ability and experience to work missile defense projects within the BMD Simulations and Analysis Portfolio. As a Product Owner youll directly support the Agile Software Development in achieving specific program objectives in support of our nations defense. The ideal candidate will possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills be a strong team player and can establish solid working relationships with peers and technical staff members within the program.

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Primary Responsibilities.

• 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 backlogthe development teams 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.

Basic Qualifications.

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university plus 4-8 years of relevant experience or Masters with 2-6 years of relevant 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
• Must be a US citizen possess and maintain an active secret clearance
• Full time onsite support
• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area.

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.)

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