Principal Agile Product Owner

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: No

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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal Agile Product Owner to join the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) program. As a Principal Agile Product Owner, you will be part of the radar operations team and act as a Product Owner supporting the algorithms, calibration and data analysis team. This role will be based in Colorado Springs, CO.

Basic Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required at the time of application
• Bachelor's Degree in Science with 5+ years of relevant experience; Master's Degree in Science with 3+ years of relevant experience; PhD with 1+ years of relevant experience.
• Basic space domain radar algorithm and/or data analysis experience
• Can build tasking backlogs from radar algorithm work requests
• Can build tasking backlogs from radar analysis and trade study work requests
• Understanding and ability to work with SMEs to define an effective work breakdown of radar analysis and algorithm tasks
• Experience presenting technical status and topics to internal and external (govt. customers and SETAs) stakeholders
• Jira, Confluence experience
• Agile experience (Certified Scrum and/or Kanban)
• Experience working with teams of technical SMEs
• Excellent time management and meeting facilitation skills
• Agile story writing experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing Matlab simulations
• Support to PO/Team lead roles
• Experience working with teams developing Matlab simulations
• SAFe Agile experience
• Experience building team buy-in to Agile processes

Primary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00

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.