Principal / Senior Principal Agile Product Owner

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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 Microelectronics Center of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking an exceptionally talented, motivated, and creative Principal or Senior Principal Agile Product Owner, responsible for supporting the organization with software product planning for various programs.

Advanced Technology Lab (ATL) - located outside of Baltimore, Maryland - where we design, manufacture, and test semiconductor products for internal and commercial production customers as well as emerging technology programs. Northrop Grumman’s ATL semiconductor foundry is a unique capability supporting a range of production microelectronic devices (Silicon, Gallium Arsenide, Gallium Nitride, and Silicon Carbide) and providing leading edge technology development in superconducting electronics. Our devices enable a number of Northrop Grumman’s ground-based radars, avionic radars, and space systems. Join us for the chance to work with an amazing, experienced, and talented team while helping serve your country.

The position will support Systems and Infrastructure organization for the ATL Foundry. The Principal / Senior Principal Agile Product Owner will have an overarching responsibility for leading the development and maintenance of a suite of software products and services built by different teams and used across ATL. The Principal / Senior Principal Agile Product Owner will partner closely with other Product Owners, Tech Leads and Managers within the Application and Infrastructure Teams, as well as with Stakeholders, Product Engineers and end users to manage all business aspects of the software products and services – from inception to delivery and maintenance.  

This will be an onsite position allowing for as-needed remote work on a case-by-case basis. Up to 25% domestic travel may be expected.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and communicate the overarching product vision across the Apps teams.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify, analyze, and elaborate opportunities for using software to help ATL engineers make quick informed decisions in emerging situations.

• Coordinate and prioritize requests from multiple stakeholders across different products.

• Identify and manage interdependencies among various initiatives and teams. Conduct PI Planning.

• Manage stakeholder expectations by clarifying on scope of work, and communicating roadmaps, product release timelines, progress, impediments, successes as well as setbacks.

• Ensure that products being architected meet current and future needs of our customers while remaining compliant with company policies, procedures, and quality standards.

• Work with teams to identify modernization and continuous improvement opportunities for their products and services.

• Provide status updates and demonstrations to senior management.

• Work independently, but also escalate issues when needed to remove impediments.

• Own one or more team’s backlog and stand-in for other PO/SM/RTE when needed.

This requisition may be filled as a Principal Agile Product Owner or Senior Principal Agile Product Owner

Basic Qualifications for Principal Agile Product Owner:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of experience, Masters in a STEM discipline with 3+ years of experience

• Experience leading and managing software development.

• Experience working as a Product Owner in Agile software delivery teams.

• U.S. Citizenship required

• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD TS/SCI security clearance.

• Strong communication skills, able to tailor the message to different audiences.

• Experience using tools and techniques for project planning, and leading complete SDLC efforts.

• Open to learning about manufacturing principles, semiconducting manufacturing, and testing.

Basic qualifications for Senior Principal Agile Product Owner:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 8+ years of experience, Masters in a STEM discipline with 6+ years of experience; Ph.D in a STEM discipline with 3+ years of experience.

• Experience leading and managing software development.

• Experience working as a Product Owner in Agile software delivery teams.

• U.S. Citizenship required

• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD TS/SCI security clearance.

• Strong communication skills, able to tailor the message to different audiences

• Experience using tools and techniques for project planning, and leading complete SDLC efforts.

• Open to learning about manufacturing principles, semiconducting manufacturing, and testing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current active secret or higher clearance.

• Software Development/Testing experience with ability to query databases to analyze data.

• Led strategy and management of Product portfolios

• Prior experience leading Engineering Product Development.

• Experience with SAFe Agile practices such as daily Scrum, PI Planning and S2s.

• Proficiency in producing, organizing, and sharing knowledge articles, and tracking work items using tools such as Atlassian Confluence, Jira, Lucid, Figma, Balsamiq, SharePoint, etc.

• Track record of successful project proposals, startups and completions.

• Experience developing or testing software used in Semiconductor Manufacturing facilities.

• Experience with Manufacturing Execution System software such as FACTORYWorks.

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Salary Range: $102,400.00 - $153,600.00Salary Range 2: $127,000.00 - $190,600.00

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.