Staff Agile Product Owner

Northrop Grumman

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Work type: On-site
Location: Morrisville, NCAurora, CO
Salary: $169,000–$265,600 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 7 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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

Northrop Grumman currently has 629 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Staff Agile Product Owner

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The Staff Agile Product Owner joins the Northrop Grumman Space Systems team to lead and enable multiple software development feature teams. This role serves as the voice of the customer, translating high-level business goals into integrated capability roadmaps for a Ground System product line supporting multiple constellations. Key responsibilities include prioritizing features, managing cross-team dependencies, and breaking down capabilities into executable stories with clear acceptance criteria. The successful candidate will ensure roadmap compliance, lead gate reviews, and participate in joint working group meetings. Required skills include mastery of Agile frameworks like SAFe, LeSS, or Scrum@Scale, proficiency with the Atlassian tool suite, specifically JIRA, and experience in systems engineering or software development. Candidates must possess a TS/SCI clearance and significant experience managing complex product lines.

Skills

Agile SAFe Scrum@Scale JIRA Atlassian Software Development Systems Engineering Data Analysis Gantt Charts CSPO PO/PM CPrO-C

What you'll do

Own and maintain the integrated capability roadmap for the ground system product line.
Prioritize features and capabilities with project leads to align with customer needs and program strategy.
Collaborate with the Chief Engineer to ensure alignment between capability and technical roadmaps.
Break down high-level capabilities into executable features with architects and project leads.
Ensure all features contain stories and acceptance criteria that meet the 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 gate reviews.
Attend weekly customer tag-ups and joint working group meetings to represent product management.

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 14 years of experience in systems engineering, software engineering, business leadership, or product development.
Must have a Master’s degree with 12 years of experience in systems engineering, software engineering, business leadership, or product development.
Must have a PhD with 10 years of experience in systems engineering, software engineering, business leadership, or product development.
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.
Strong written and oral communication skills and leadership experience are required.
Strong technical background in Software development or Systems Engineering within an Agile program (preferred).
Industry-wide recognized credentials such as CSPO, SAFe PO/PM, or CPrO-C (preferred).
Proven track record of managing, mentoring, and scaling cross-functional product and engineering teams (preferred).

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