Principal Product Manager

Leidos•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact? At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. Your greatest work is ahead! Leidos’ Defense, Defense Sensors Business Area is seeking a Principal Product Manager to join our team in Huntsville, AL developing state of the art Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) and Mobile Short-Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) aligned solutions. This role will report to the Program Manager responsible for full kill chain C-UAS sensing, decision aids, and effectors. As a product manager you will help radar, command and control, effector, and cyber product owners identify opportunities to collaborate in creating a system of systems to protect the United States and its allies from aerial attacks from any foe. This role will lead a diverse team of engineering leaders & professionals and requires deep product development and leadership knowledge across multiple business areas. Occasional travel to customer sites worldwide or to engage directly with our team in Lawton Oklahoma or Huntsville Alabama is required (10% or quarterly). If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading! Leidos Defense provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click here ! Are you ready to make an impact? Share your resume with us today!

Requirements

BS degree and 12 – 15 years of relevant experience related to software development and/or military command and control or Master’s Degree and 10 years of relevant experience related to software development and/or military command and control
Must currently possess an active Secret clearance
Ability to travel up to 10% including the potential for OCONUS travel.
Ability to set requirements, comprehend needs, and build solutions that satisfy customer requirements.
Ability to work in a highly collaborative, forward thinking, and innovation-driven environment.
Experience with Agile and DevSecOps concepts and best practices.
Experience with machine learning or artificial intelligence with preference for C2 decision aids
Hand-on experience with Atlassian and Git products (Jira, Confluence, Gitlab, etc.).
Familiar with software development practices that contribute to the Risk Management Framework (RMF) such as CI/CD pipelines, static code analysis, unit test coverage and DISA STIGs.
Must be a US Citizen

Nice To Haves

Experience with modern defense software in one or more JADC2 portfolios (ABMS, Overmatch, Convergence)
Hands on experience with Integrated Air and Missile Defense interface control documents such as MILSTD 6016 (Link-16), Universal Command and Control Interface (UCI), Open Mission Network Interface (OMNI), U.S. Army Composite Tracker and Classifier (CTC)
Experience unifying teams across a portfolio where individual product strategies do not naturally align.
Project Management Professional certification
Scrum Product Owner certification
Master’s degree in business administration or computer science

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a product vision and roadmap for sensor fusion and decision advantage leveraging existing Leidos products aligned to defense customer’s needs in Integrated Air and Missile Defense and Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Translate business and operational requirements into product features and requirements for software teams
Write user stories that articulate business value by defining agile pieces of technical work with maximum value
Groom and prioritize all stories to ensure work focuses on those that align with product strategy
Establish a portable architecture deployable to cloud or edge hardware with automation or infrastructure as code
Prioritize features and functionality based on business value, customer feedback, and market demand
Participates in team standups, scrums, demo, retro, and negotiates to inspect and adapt with team leads
Leads Product Increment planning sessions translating roadmap items into epics
Artificial Intelligence and Automation Technology – leveraging advanced methods to develop intelligent systems that analyze data, learn from patterns, and make informed decisions autonomously
DevOps – Employing practices to improve collaboration between development and operations teams
Solution Architecture – Designing and overseeing implementation of technical solutions to solve specific business problems or needs that culminate in prototype systems that meet customer needs.
Review new work proposals that may have an impact with your product(s) and roadmap