Software Product Owner

CACI International•Aurora, CO

2d•$90,300 - $189,600

About The Position

CACI is seeking a talented and motivated Product Owner to lead the strategic execution of a team. The Product Owner serves as the primary authority on scope and Go/No-Go decisions and collaborates with engineering leadership to manage releases. The role translates high-level mission capabilities into technical features, provides development teams with the technical context needed to implement stories, and owns the team backlog and sprint operations. The Product Owner also validates that completed features meet mission intent and the original feature decomposition. The role requires an active TS/SCI U.S. Government security clearance, relevant STEM education and experience, and experience as a Technical Product Owner or Team Lead in an Agile environment. The position is full time, with travel of up to 10% within the continental United States. The proposed national average salary range is $90,300–$189,600.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI U.S. Government security clearance.
B.S. degree or higher in a STEM field and 7+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree in STEM and 5+ years of experience.
3+ years as a Technical Product Owner or Team Lead in an Agile environment.
Excellent technical and nontechnical communication skills.
Ability to write, derive, and communicate requirements to internal and external stakeholders.
Ability to brief technical and nontechnical audiences on development progress, risks, opportunities, and proposals for new features.
Ability to communicate system design via SysML, UML/Entity Relationship Diagrams, or equivalent system modeling tools.
Working knowledge of modern software stacks, including how CI/CD pipelines and microservice architectures affect feature delivery pace and sequencing.
Experience with at least one cloud technology platform, such as AWS or Azure.
Proficiency in GitLab for issue tracking, milestone management, and boards.
Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite, including Bitbucket, Jira, and Confluence.
Experience with Scrum and Kanban methodologies and understanding of when to use each.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience in Defense, Aerospace, or GovTech domains.
Direct experience in GEOINT mission planning and processing, satellite command and control systems, or advanced mission and payload planning for satellite operations.
Expert-level proficiency in GitLab for issue tracking, milestone management, and boards, or equivalent experience in Jira/ADO.
Professional Scrum Product Owner certification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Work with the Program Chief Engineer and Chief Architect to decompose high-level mission capabilities into discrete technical features.
Resolve architectural ambiguity by providing technical context for stories, including API contracts and data flow diagrams.
Own and groom the team backlog, ensuring stories are granular, technically sound, and meet Definition of Ready and Definition of Done standards before entering a sprint.
Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
Work with the Lead Engineer to clear technical blockers.
Validate implemented features against mission intent and the original feature decomposition before closing stories.
Serve as the primary authority on scope and Go/No-Go decisions, collaborating with engineering leadership to manage releases.
Write, derive, and communicate requirements to internal and external stakeholders.
Brief technical and nontechnical audiences on development progress, risks, opportunities, and proposed features.
Communicate system designs using SysML, UML/Entity Relationship Diagrams, or equivalent system modeling tools.