Principal Agile Product Owner
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
|---|---|
| Location | Halethorpe, MD, USA |
| Salary | $105400 – $158000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience, or a Ph.D.
- 3+ years’ experience working in a software Agile delivery framework leading cross-functional teams.
- 3+ years of experience with product lifecycle for new and existing products (replacement for must have product development experience).
- Ability to understand wants vs. needs of internal and external stakeholders.
- 2+ years of product roadmap development experience.
- Experience converting technical and business requirements into Epics, Features, and User Stories.
- Experience presenting and conducting demos of software product to users/leadership/stakeholders.
- Ability to prioritize request by value delivery, not by urgency.
- Ability to pivot, maintain an open mind, and lead the product development team.
- Excellent communication skills and visionary on business, user experience, and technical sides of product development.
- The selected candidate will be required to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance as a condition of continued employment.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate communications between stakeholder and web development teams to drive the delivery of value to the customers.
- Coordinate and prioritize the needs of multiple stakeholders across multiple products.
- Manage stakeholder and development team expectations of the products.
- Set the vision for the development team for highest value delivery, and be able to pivot when required.
- Decompose from product vision and outcomes (high level) into features and user stories (low level).
- Collaborate with the stakeholders and development team to drive product discovery and product releases.
- Provide scope and priority clarification in the backlog refinement and sprint planning meetings.
- Define acceptance criteria for user stories.
- Collaborate with the development team to create and refine user stories.
- Accept or reject work from the development team, ensuring acceptance criteria and definition of done are met before acceptance.
- Support preparation and presentation of demonstrations to stakeholders.
- Ensure the backlog is visible, prioritized, maintained, and reflects reality.
Preferred Qualifications
- Product owner certification or any other major Agile certification.
- Experience in holding mapping and/or product discovery workshops with stakeholders and development teams for backlog generation.
- Experience with Atlassian tool suite (Jira and Confluence).
- Experience with both COTS solution and custom application development.