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At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

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Leidos’ Defense Systems Land Systems is seeking a Product Owner to join our team…with the ability and experience to work missile defense projects within the BMD Simulations and Analysis Portfolio. As a Product Owner, you’ll directly support the Agile Software Development in achieving specific program objectives in support of our nation’s defense. The ideal candidate will possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, be a strong team player, and can establish solid working relationships with peers and technical staff members within the program.

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Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click here !

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Primary Responsibilities.

• Defining and Communicating the vision: Serve as the point person on a product development team, using high-level perspective to define goals and create a vision for development projects. Communicate with stakeholders across the board, including customers, business area POCs, and the development team to make sure the goals are clear, and the vision is aligned with business objectives.
• Managing the product backlog: Responsible for managing the product backlog—the development team’s project to-do list. This includes creating the list of backlog items and prioritize them on the overall strategy and business objectives, mapping out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development.
• Prioritizing needs: Responsible for prioritizing needs base on scope, time, and objectives of stakeholders.
• Overseeing development stages: Responsible for overseeing the actual development of the product, playing a key role throughout each event, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint.
• Acting as primary liaison: This role will serve as the primary communicator and link between stakeholders and teams.
• Evaluating product progress at each iteration: Accountable for each stage of the development process and the final product. Play a primary role in inspecting and evaluating product progress through each iteration.

Basic Qualifications.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university plus 4-8 years of relevant experience or Masters with 2-6 years of relevant experience.
• Experience performing implementation of engineering methods and practices
• Experience with VersionOne or Jira
• Systems engineering experience with systems of systems or engineering IT tools infrastructure
• Proven communication skills (verbal and written) with a demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels (up/down/parallel)
• Proven ability to build collaboration across organizations
• Ability to interact effectively with and lead diverse teams
• Desire to work with end users to determine product validity and areas for improvement
• Must be a US citizen, possess and maintain an active secret clearance
• Full time onsite support
• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area.

Preferred Qualifications.

• Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) domain experience (Long-Range Discriminating Radar (LRDR), Aegis BMD, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), C2BMC, AN/TPY-2, SBX, THAAD, Patriot, SBIRS, etc.)
• Agile Product Owner experience
• Familiarity with BMD tech baseline products (E.g. BMD SDD, BMD SS), processes, and content
• Experience developing performance requirements
• Demonstrated project and team leadership experience
• Proficiency with DOORS
• Proficiency with an architecture modeling tool (e.g. System Architect, Rhapsody, Magic Draw)
• Agile certifications (e.g. Product Owner, Scrum Master, SAFe, etc.)

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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