CO Salary Range: USD 188,200.00 - 282,200.00 per year
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.
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Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is seeking a Sr Staff Agile Product Owner to support a program out of our Aurora, CO location. This position will serve as in-ward facing technical planning/execution Lead who will be responsible for setting a strategic vision for the technical execution of the program and serve as authority over the programs technical roadmap and closure of epics.
Job responsibilities:
Represents Product Management and the voice of customers on the Agile development team. Collaborates with Product Managers to define the work so that the integrated team can review, commit, and execute within a defined period. Prioritizes key areas of work during a program increment, ensures that the software development team understands the intent and requirements of feature and user story definitions, and that the team is aligned on all acceptance criteria. Represents customer interests and continuously dictates team backlog priorities. Works with internal team, providing guidance, support, performer and team feedback to stakeholders, and individual mentoring as needed
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree with 14 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 12 years of relevant experience, or a Ph.D with 10 years of relevant experience
• Active Top Secret/SCI required at time of application
• 3+ years' experience working in a software Agile delivery framework leading cross-functional teams.
• 3+ years of experience with product lifecycle for new and existing products (replacement for must have product development experience).
• Ability to understand wants vs. needs of internal and external stakeholders.
• 2+ years of product roadmap development experience.
• Experience converting technical and business requirements into Epics, Features, and User Stories.
• Experience presenting and conducting demos of software product to users/leadership/stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize request by value delivery, not by urgency.
• Ability to pivot, maintain an open mind, and lead the product development team.
• Demonstrated communication skills and visionary on business, user experience, and technical sides of product development.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Product owner certification or any other major Agile certification.
• Experience in holding mapping and/or product discovery workshops with stakeholders and development teams for backlog generation.
• Experience with Atlassian tool suite (Jira and Confluence).
• Experience with both COTS solution and custom application development.
Salary Range: $188,200.00 - $282,200.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 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.