Agile Product Owner
About The Position
Cepeda Systems and Software Analysis is seeking an Agile Product Owner to support the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The role bridges stakeholders, customers, and software development teams and is responsible for defining and prioritizing product backlogs to support NASIC mission success through requirements management, sprint planning and execution, and workflow development. The position requires a TS clearance and U.S. citizenship. The Product Owner creates and prioritizes user stories and acceptance criteria, coordinates technical priorities with engineering, program management, and development teams, supports Agile ceremonies, and manages Agile tool environments and workflows. The role also defines mission product architecture requirements. Applicants must have a master’s degree in a relevant field, or a bachelor’s degree plus four additional years of experience, and at least 10 years of experience in Agile software development environments. Relevant certifications and experience supporting transformation or modernization efforts and intelligence missions are preferred.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience in Agile software development environments.
- A master’s degree in a relevant field, or a bachelor’s degree and four additional years of experience.
- Experience performing Product Owner responsibilities, such as backlog management and sprint support.
- Experience with workflow design, automation, dashboards, and governance.
- Experience integrating multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of Agile frameworks.
- Ability to translate engineering, systems, or mission requirements into development tasks.
- Proficiency in Agile project management tools, especially Jira, Confluence, and Azure DevOps.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to express technical needs and manage expectations.
- Ability to balance competing priorities and maintain clarity of vision for development teams.
- U.S. citizenship.
- TS clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting transformation or modernization efforts, such as Agile transformation.
- Intelligence experience in MASINT, Directed Energy, or NCTI.
- Understanding of systems engineering.
- Strategic communication skills.
- Risk management workflow experience.
- Integration and test coordination experience.
- Familiarity with cloud-native or digital engineering.
- Scrum-focused certification, such as Certified Scrum Product Owner, Professional Scrum Product Owner, or Certified Scrum Master.
- Atlassian certification, such as Certified Jira Project Administrator or Atlassian Agile Fundamentals.
- SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager certification.
Responsibilities
- Create, refine, and prioritize user stories and acceptance criteria representing stakeholder needs and system requirements.
- Align technical priorities and coordinate with engineering, program management, and development teams.
- Support sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily team alignment, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Translate system needs and mission requirements into actionable development work.
- Manage Agile tool environments, optimizing backlog structure, workflow automation, dashboards, and reporting structures.
- Define mission product architecture requirements.
- Perform backlog management and sprint support.
- Design workflows and support automation, dashboards, governance, and integration among multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
Benefits
- Full coverage medical insurance.
- Paid leave and paid holidays.
- Multiple retirement plan options.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Career development and recognition programs.
- Flexible work schedules.
- Company-sponsored events.
- Educational assistance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
