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About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company providing systems in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike, and logistics. Industry: Aerospace & Defense
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The Sr Principal Agile Product Owner joins the Northrop Grumman Space Systems team to serve as the Chief Product Owner for a Ground System product line supporting multiple constellations. This role involves leading and enabling multiple software development feature teams to implement high-level business goals. Key responsibilities include owning the integrated capability roadmap, prioritizing features with project leads, and breaking down capabilities into executable stories. The individual ensures consistency in feature definitions, acceptance criteria, and roadmap compliance while presenting contents at Gate Reviews. Required skills include mastery of Agile frameworks like SAFe, LeSS, or Scrum@Scale, and proficiency with the Atlassian tool suite, specifically JIRA. Candidates must possess a TS/SCI clearance and experience translating business goals into integrated roadmaps within a complex software development program.
Own and maintain the integrated capability roadmap by prioritizing features and capabilities with project leads.
Align technical roadmaps with the chief engineer to ensure consistency with customer needs and program strategy.
Break down high-level capabilities into executable features with architects and feature team product owners.
Ensure all features contain stories and acceptance criteria that meet the defined Definition of Done.
Monitor and enforce consistency in feature, story, and acceptance criteria definitions across all product owners.
Present the context and purpose of joint release items during formal gate reviews.
Attend weekly customer tag-ups and joint working group meetings to represent product management interests.
What we're looking for
Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance.
Must have U.S. Citizenship.
Must have a Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience, a Master’s with 6 years, or a PhD with 4 years in systems engineering, software engineering, business leadership, or product development.
Must have experience managing big picture priorities within a product line or managing different customer priorities in one baseline.
Must have experience translating high-level business goals into roadmaps, Gantt charts, and/or integrated roadmaps.
Must have mastery of Agile Frameworks such as SAFe, LeSS, or Scrum@Scale.
Must be proficient in using the Atlassian tool suite, especially JIRA.
Must have strong written and oral communication skills, good interpersonal skills, and leadership experience.
Strong technical background in Software development or Systems Engineering within an Agile Software development program (preferred).
Industry-wide recognized credentials such as CSPO, SAFe PO/PM, or CPrO-C (preferred).
Strong data analysis and visualization skills (preferred).
Proven track record of managing, mentoring, and scaling cross-functional product and engineering teams (preferred).
Demonstrated ability to analyze performance metrics of feature teams to identify trends and implement process changes (preferred).
Agile
Scrum
Jira
Confluence
Microsoft Teams
Earned Value Management
EVMS
User Stories
Systems Engineering
Software Development
Data Analysis
Root Cause Analysis
SAFe
C2BMC
Missile Defense Systems