RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
**Description**
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is seeking a **Principal (level 3) Agile Product Owner** to support a program out of our Aurora CO. location. This position will serve as the lead of a SW team with in-ward facing responsibilities for technical planning and execution while also working directly with customer POCs in defining the SW roadmap and negotiating priorities to meet customer objectives within the cost and schedule of the contract.
This Agile Product Owner will represent Product Management and the voice of customers on the Agile development team. They will collaborate with team leadership and customers to define the work so that the integrated team can review, commit, and execute within a defined period. They prioritize key areas of work during a program increment, ensure that the software development team understands the intent and requirements of feature and user story definitions, and that the team is aligned on all acceptance criteria. They will represent customer interests and will continuously dictate team backlog priorities. This Agile PO must have a strong understanding of Agile PO role and technical experience developing software products for Space Systems.
**Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:** Team oversight, scope management, troubleshooting, proposal development, management of cost and schedule for the SW team, and ensuring SW quality meets NG and customer standards.
**Basic Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor’s degree with **5+** years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with **3+** years of relevant experience; Or 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
+ **Active Top Secret/SCI clearance required at time of application**
+ 3+ years’ experience working in a software Agile delivery framework
+ 3+ years of experience with product lifecycle for new and existing products
+ Experience working with internal and external stakeholders in negotiating scope and defining priorities.
+ 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 products to users/leadership/stakeholders.
+ Experience with EVMS and Cost Account Management (CAM)
+ Demonstrated communication skills and visionary on business, user experience, and technical sides of product development.
+ Experience with Atlassian tool suite (Jira and Confluence).
+ Experience supporting fielded operational systems both remotely and on site at customer defined locations.
+ Ability to travel 10-15% in support of the program.
**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 both COTS solution and custom application development.
Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.