Agile Product Owner

Leidos

1d•$87,100 - $157,450•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking to hire a skilled Product Owner who can collaborate with the stakeholders, developers, business process analysts, and testing engineers daily. Responsible for understanding the business needs of the customer to help implement solutions to complex business problems. Act as the primary liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams. Responsible for requirements development and requirements management. Conduct sessions with stakeholders to document business processes and requirements. Work with the business analyst to refine requirements into effective user stories and tasks to ensure all goals of the project are recognized and entered in a task tracking system. Directly work with stakeholders and project management teams to conduct gap analysis to proactively identify product deficiencies.

Requirements

Requires US Citizen or US Person with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline (computer science, engineering, etc.) and 4 to 8 years of prior relevant experience or master’s degree and 2 to 6 years of prior relevant experience.
At least 3 years of experience as a Product Owner in an agile setting.
Proven experience managing technical teams effectively.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong communication skills to work closely with stakeholders and bridge the gap between business requirements and technical development tasks.
Ability to prioritize and make data-driven decisions.
Deep understanding of software lifecycle.
Working experience of Agile Development and continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies.
Strong project management skills.
Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Wiki etc.

Nice To Haves

Agile certification - Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), PMI-ACP, CSM, IIBA-AAC Certification, or equivalent.
Working experience with at least one Relational Database Management System (Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, etc.).
Prior hands-on software development experience
Prior experience in or knowledge of aviation, aeronautical domain, and/or FAA

Responsibilities

Lead the development team to accomplish FAA milestones and drive high customer satisfaction.
Act as an effective liaison between the development team and stakeholders.
Communicate timely project status, risks, mitigations, and schedule updates with development teams and management.
Develop and communicate a clear product vision and roadmap.
Align product direction with business objectives and customer needs.
Create, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog.
Write clear epics, features, user stories and acceptance criteria.
Ensure backlog items are well understood by the development team.
Work closely with business process analyst and development team.
Participate in sprint planning, scrums, reviews, and retrospectives.
Provide clarifications and make decisions during development.
Prioritize features based on value and risk.
Accept or reject completed work based on acceptance criteria.
Ensure timely delivery of high-quality product increments.
Gather user feedback and analyze impacts to product development and schedule.
Continuously improve the product based on insights and data.