Product Owner (Hybrid) - 27402

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.•Augusta, GA

4d•$115,716 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Enlighten, honored as a Top Workplace from USA Today, is a leader in big data solution development and deployment, with expertise in cloud-based services, software and systems engineering, cyber capabilities, and data science. Enlighten provides continued innovation and proactivity in meeting our customers’ greatest challenges. We recognize that the most effective environment for your projects doesn’t always look the same. Our hybrid work approach ensures that you can make lasting relationships with your team and collaborate in-person to get the job done—while having the flexibility to work from home when needed to achieve focused results. Why Enlighten? At Enlighten, our team’s unwavering work ethic, top talent and celebration of innovative ideas have helped us thrive. We know that our employees are essential to our company’s success, so we seek to take care of you as much as you take care of us. Enlighten is looking for an experienced Product Owner to directly support operations and assist in growth strategy with special emphasis on U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) at Fort Gordon, GA. Will also help provide some project management and DevSecOps support from which organic growth is desired. Will need to be on-site to work with the customer 2-3 days/week in Augusta, GA. CONUS or OCONUS travel may be required up to 25% of the time. #LI-KB2 #Mid-Senior Level

Requirements

Security Clearance: A current TS/SCI with CI Polygraph level U.S. Government security clearance is required; U.S. citizenship required.
9+ years in DoD cyber, agile development, and/or big data with a B.A. in Business, a technical field, or related; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
Must have prior government or military experience with any of the following organizations: MARFORCYBER, DCSA, DISA, Army Cyber, U.S. Cyber Command, U.S. Air Force (AFCYBER), or 10TH Fleet / Navy Cyber.
Experience directly managing complex technical projects and or programs.
Understands budget practices and acquisitions shop with the organizations or has relationships with people who do.
Strong computer skills including MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint.
Understanding of customer buying teams and how to sell to individual influencers.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with others.
Ability to speak in a public forum.
Excellent interviewing skills including active listening and empathy.
Will participate in the full lifecycle of Business Development, including proposal support, staffing, opportunity identification, bid / no-bid analysis, RFI / Market Responses, etc.
Excellent organizational and attention to detail skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability and willingness to travel up to 25%, sometimes on short notice CONUS or OCONUS.
Ability to work on customer site 2-3 days a week at either Fort Gordon, GA or the Georgia Cyber Center (GCC).
Flexibility is essential to adapt to schedule changes as needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Software Engineering, Cloud Technologies, Data Engineering and Cyber Security.
Technical background strong enough to determine system requirements and work closely with engineering and management to ensure accurate design and estimating would be an asset, but not required.
Any previous BDP experience is a huge plus.

Responsibilities

Establish, foster and strengthen relationships between company and targeted government customers.
Function as the account lead and work to integrate directly into the customers daily operations.
Provide company leadership a quarterly update on the project status, key customer engagements and overall assessment of the government's direction and adoption of capabilities.
Responsible for understanding our technology / capabilities and championing accordingly.
Work with the company marketing team to develop and implement marketing and business plans, operational roadmaps, and action plans for identified targets of opportunity.
Contribute to the development of new, competitive proposals.
Expand future opportunities by working with existing customers.
Establish an understanding of all Tiers of the Army Network to support our work towards implementing new data pipeline solutions from the Army base level to the enterprise.
Collaborate with our internal customer leads and engineers to fully understand software requirements for the Army and ensure requirements are conveyed to developers by establishing development roadmaps.
Identify new market opportunities and target markets.
Document and maintain opportunities in company pipeline tools.
Develop customer relationships and maintain updated knowledge of customer plans, programs, and general market intelligence.
Develop an external network of solution partners and providers.
Collaborate with internal marketing and engineering departments.
Own the customer experience success from start to finish.
Work closely with company development and engineer teams to ensure DevSecOps pipeline delivery dates track with customer targets and timelines.
Act as the focal point to pushing capabilities out to the customer.
Ensure the customer is fully aware of relevant DevSecOps pipeline touchpoints to ensure acceptance of new updates, features or capabilities.
Support identifying, pursuing, and capturing new business opportunities within the Department of Defense (DoD).
Additional duties as assigned.