Staff Agile Product Owner - Morrisville (TS/SCI)

Northrop Grumman • Aurora, CO

10d • $169,000 - $253,600

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Chief Product Owner to lead and enable multiple software development feature teams delivering high-level business goals across a Ground System product line supporting multiple constellations. The Chief Product Owner represents Product Management and serves as the voice of customers on the Agile development team, collaborating with Feature Team Product Owners to define work and help the integrated team manage priorities, cross-team dependencies, and blockers to deliver capabilities within a defined period.

The role owns the Integrated Capability Roadmap, coordinates feature and capability priorities with Project Leads, and works with the Chief Engineer to align capability and technical roadmaps. The Chief Product Owner helps break capabilities into executable features, ensures work and acceptance criteria are sufficiently defined and testable, and promotes consistency across Product Owners. The role also presents Joint Release contents at Gate Reviews and participates in customer tag-ups, Joint Working Group meetings, and Product Line customer-facing meetings.

Requirements

• Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance.
• Completed Bachelor's degree and 14 years of relevant experience in systems engineering, software engineering, business leadership, or product development; alternatively, 12 years with a Master's degree or 10 years with a PhD.
• Experience with big-picture priorities and operating within a product line, or managing different customer priorities in one baseline.
• Experience translating high-level business goals into roadmaps, Gantt charts, and/or integrated roadmaps.
• Mastery of Agile frameworks such as SAFe, LeSS, or Scrum@Scale.
• Proficiency with the Atlassian tool suite, especially JIRA.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills and leadership experience.

Nice To Haves

• Strong technical background in software development or Systems Engineering within an Agile software development program.
• Industry-recognized credentials such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (PO/PM), or CPrO-C (Chief Product Officer – Certified).
• Strong data analysis and visualization skills.
• Proven ability to manage, mentor, and scale cross-functional product and engineering teams.
• Ability to analyze feature team performance metrics to identify trends and course-correct or implement process changes as needed.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the Integrated Capability Roadmap.
• Work with Project Leads to prioritize Features and Capabilities.
• Work with the Chief Engineer to align Capability and Technical Roadmaps.
• Ensure priorities align with customer needs and program strategy.
• Communicate with Project Leads to support customer satisfaction and priority alignment.
• Work with Feature Team Product Owners, Architects, and Project Leads to break down Capabilities into executable Features.
• Coordinate with SEIT, Product Owners, Architects, and Project Leads to ensure Features and Capabilities are complete.
• Ensure Features contain the stories required to perform all work needed for the Definition of Done.
• Ensure Acceptance Criteria defined by Project Leads are adequately defined, understood, and testable.
• Work with Product Owners to ensure compliance with the roadmap and effective roadmap communication.
• Ensure consistency and compliance across Product Owner work, including Feature and Story definition, Acceptance Criteria, and Feature Acceptance.
• Present Joint Release contents at the Gate Review, explaining the context and purpose of each item; Gate Reviews are conducted jointly with the I&T Lead.
• Attend weekly customer tag-ups, Joint Working Group meetings, and Product Line customer-facing meetings.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior